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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-09

led from The Advertiser. But
just to make certain | check
ed with the only people in
the world who had a copy of
the budget and the only ones
who could have given you
any information on it and
they all said you had not
checked with them and they
had given you no informa-
ton.
Now / had spent several
hours on Wednesday morn
ing digging out that story the
hard way and writing it
while you were doing Lord
knows what-and when you
copied it, without doing any
checking or research on your
own, you were guilty not on
ly of violating every journa-
listic ethic, but of downright
stealing. / don't see how you
can hold your head up and
look the people of Holmes
County in the eye.
This is just to let you
know that l have had enough
of it and / don't intend to
take any more.
From now on when we
get through with The Adj
vertiser we are going to take
it to the post office and leave
it on the back porch-and if
you dare touch one paper, l
am going to turn it over, not
to local or county authorities,
but to the United States pos
tai authorities.
You asked a former en-
ployee of mine several
months ago ''how long can
that old woman down at The
Advertiser hang on?"
Well, I'll tell you, Mr..
Shearer, with the dirty kind
of pool you play this "old
woman" will hang on til hell
freezes over.
Not respectfully,
HAZEL BRANNON SMITH
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-09

and Mike Killebrew.
Leading the cheers for the
purple and gold" of Lexington
will be Betty Lynn Sudbeck,
Odessa Kellum, Gwenda Ham
NETT. Claudia Thomas and Jau-
wiece Minis.
The green and white" of Du-
rant will be cheered under the
direction of Doris Rigby, Hell
aine Worley, Vicki Vaughn,
Linda Wiltshire and Kay Sum-
MERRILL.
Hornet Record
The Lbs Hornets this season
have played eight games. gain
ing ITO points and allowing on
ly 90.
OF the total games three have
been non-conference: Moorhead,
Tchula and Ruleville. These
three opponents earned only IA
points against the Hornets while
Lexington made SO.
The complete record of the
Hornets to date includes the
following, all wins: Sept. 8,
North Carrollton 200; Sept 10,
Walden 27-13; Sept %, McAdams
27-24; Sept 80, Moorhead 21-0;
Oct. 6, Kilmichael 60; Oct. II,
Ethel 21-7; Oct. 20, Tchula 90
a.; Nov 3, Ruleville 1910.
Durant Record
Durant has played nine game
N the current season and
scored a total of 206 points
While having only 30 points
scored against them.
Four of their games have
been non-confercnce: Tchula
Itta Bena, Noxapater and Bran
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-09
TchuIa PTA Will Hold
Talent Show Nov. 18th

The Tchula Parent Teachers
Association will sponsor a talent
show on Friday, November II,
in the Tchula School Auditor
ium at 7:30 p. m.
A featured attraction will be
the lovely and talented Misses
Linda and Janice Bounds, stu
dents at the Mississippi School
for The Blind in Jackson. The
attractive teenage sisters play
the piano and sing on WLBT,
Jackson.
The Rev. Roy D. Raddin, pas
tor of the Tchula Baptist
Church. will give. a demonstra-
ton of baton .twirling. The Rev.
Raddin was state champion ba-
ton twirler in 1949.
Home baked cakes, pies and
candy will be sold before and
after curtain time, also coffee
and cold drinks.
Admission will be r5c for
adults and Csc for children. The
proceeds will be used for the
PTA Scholarship fund and to
apply payment on the fans in
stalled in every room of the
school recently.
Mrs. Billy Randle will serve
as chairman and Mrs. Guy
Duke as co-chai rman, as an
nounced by Mrs. j. A. Braswell,
PTA president.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-09
W. ]. Ellison Funeral
Held In Grenada SAT-.

Sympathy is extended to Mr..
O. L. Ellison and family in the
loss of his brother, w. j. Eli
son of New York City.
Mr.. Ellison died Friday, No
vember 3 at 900 a. m. at a
Grenada hospital, after an ILL
ness of about a month. He was
&c.
Accompanied by his sister,
Mrs. L. j. Doak of Grenada, he
was flown by ambulance plane
from New York, arriving in
Grenada Thursday night.
Funeral services were held
at Gamers Funeral Home in
Grenada on Saturday morning
and in,erment was in the fam
lily plot in Okolona.
= Survivors are his brother, O.
L. Ellison of Lexington and a
sister, Mrs. L. J. Doak of Gre
NADIA.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-09

Wilson.
18th Grade: Charlene Jones,
10 Ann McCrory, Sylvia New
ton, and Patsy Wynne (All AS.
Honors, Mary Katherine Albin,
Frances Allen. Tommy Gray,
Laverne May, Dixie Slaton and
Carolyn Vandiver.
10th Grade: Allie Bridgforth.
Howard Burrell, Magaet Cald-
well and Shirley Killebrew (All
A's): Honors, Chris Campbell,
Susan Cox, Sterling Crawford.
Elybia CHM, 10 Ann Hender-
son, Grace Jones, Tommy Nc
Crory, Nathan McKie, David
Stricken and Patricia Thomas.
9th Grade: Jimmy Neaves
(All Ass); Honors, Ann Akin
SON, Sharon Boyette, Dianne
Browning, Janice Floyd, Merle.
Ann Owen, 10 Ann Parker,
Betty Denise Parke. Nancy
Carol Smith and Irby ToombS.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-09
By Hazel Brannon Smith

PERSONAL TO JACK
SHEARER, editor of the
Holmes County Herald:
For a long time now /
have been having to come
back to the office around
midnight to take The Adver-
tiser to the post office, or get
up at 900 a.. M. and take it
in time for it to 60 out in the
morning mail.
| have had to do this des-
pite the fact that we are us
ually finished with all of the
mail around TOO or 800 p.
m. and should be able to
carry it on to the post office,
leave it on the back porch
like we always have and be
through with it.
But | can't do this any
more.
Why?
Because you have been TAX
ing our paper from the post
office, as you well know.
Now, / didn't mind it SO
much as long as you took
just a copy of The Advert
ser although it robbed a sub
scriber Of his paper for that
week. We usually know
whose paper you get be-
cause the subscriber usually
calls and wants to know
what happened to his paper
and we send him another.
But when you start copy
ing my stories too, the sto-
ries I've worked so hard to
get and write, that is another
thing altogether-and that
is where l draw the line.
Specifically, l resented the
story you stole from The Adj
vertiser on the budget Of the
City Of Lexington.
You came out that week,
late as usual. and | could
tell by the story on the bud
get as it appeared in your
paper that it had been cop
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-09
% %Sophomores And
~ Freshmen Make
Hue Honor Roll

Dean E. w. Wilson of Holmes
Junior College announces that
% sophomores and Al freshmen
are on the college honor roll
for the first sixth period this
year.
Four sophomores rated special
honors with grade points from
2.7-3.0, where 80 is all AS. The
students are: Joyce King, John
Shook. Polly Terry, and Shar-
ron Daniel. Three freshmen
made special honors and are
Linda 10 Staten, James Taylor
and Lynn Hall.
Sophomores rating honors are:
Edna Anglin, Charles Bond,
Vera Lavender, Jerry Tate, Bar
bara Brock, Billy eagle, Peggy
Ellington and Bruce Stone.
Sophomore Deans List is as
follows: Douglas Allen, William
Britt. William Lamb, Bobby
Waddell, Emmitt Wilkerson,
Barbara Kinnebrew, Robert Mar
tin, Annette Thompson, Claud-
cite Armstrong, Johnny Austin.
Jimmy Cobb, Patricia Grantham
Nelson Gray, Charles Newton
David Thomas and Carolyn Up
church.
Freshman honors are: Leo
nard Blanton, LLOYD Lewis
Jean Parker, John Peoples. Ann
Pickle, Joan Standard, Janice
Welch, Talmage Mccullough,
Nancy Guion, Elizabeth Adams,
Bobby Jerald Heath, Marths
Morris, Charles Peoples and
Ann Sprayberry.
The freshmen Deans List i
as follows: Patricia Chisolm,
Patsy Moore. Betty Wayne Muir
ply, Frances Payne, Dewey
Stoker, John Henry Day, Carl
English, Edna Faison, Charles
Mullen, Joe Frank Singletary,
Ellen Suddeth, Doyle Love.
Beth Mcknight. Linda Thomp-
son, Marilyn Ables, Joe Carley,
Marilyn Cummins. Don Goss.
Kav Gowan, James Guyton.
Mary EVELYN Hand. Linda Nc
Clure. Joe Don McCorkle. Flet-
cher Ray. Gene Ray, Mary Ann
Stapelton, Patsy Toombs.
To rate college honors a stu
dent must have a grade point of
24-2.6 and to be on the Deans
List he must have an average
CT 2.3 and not less than 20. All
the above students have a B.
average or higher at Holmes
Junior College for the first
grading period.
HANS Honor Roll
The Holmes Agricultural High
Honor Roll is as follows:
18th Grade: Patty Branch
(All AS; Honors: Sherry Al
ford, Mac Gotten, Frank Kille-
brew, John Maxwell and Billy
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-09

CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY
Farmers Home Administration
Office will be closed for a Holt
day Friday. November 10th.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-09
Open House Planned
By Simpson, Stepp &
Lott In Lexington
Souvenirs And Door
Prizes To Be Given
Those ATTENDING

Simpson, Stepp and Lott in
vite the public to attend ar
open house at an attractive new
home on China Street in Lex
ington, two doors from Ricky
Theatre on Saturday and Sun
day, Nov. HIP.
Door prizes will be given and
gifts presented those attending.
This 3%-bedroom home, modern
in every detail. will be of great
interest to everyone interested
in home construction. particu-
'arly to those interested in build
ing or buying a home at reason
1ble cost.
This type of home may be
built anywhere and financed
through The Institute For Es-
Sentjal Housing for as little as
$4,000 per month and if a person
owns his own lot, no down pay
ment is required.
Four different building met
hods or plans are available on
these homes. They may be built
IN the shell stage; or in the
she'll stage plus material for in
side finish; or the Lexington
firm will finish the interior, ex-
cept painting, permitting the
customer to choose his own: and
finally Simpson, Stepp & Lott
will do the entire job, interior
md exterior.
A variety of floor plans suit
abIe for different families is
available.
See advertisement on back
mage of this issue for additional
details and make plans now to
attend the open house Saturday
nr Sunday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-09
Hornets Play Tigers
In Durant On Friday
Annual Classic Will
Determine Mid-Stute
Conference Champion

The football classic of the
year for Holmes County will
unfold Friday at 800 p. m. on
Bennett Field in Duranu when
the defending Mid-State Con-
ference champions. the Durant
Tigers, host the Lexington Hor-
neIS.
Both teams have unblemished
records within the conference
and the winner will receive the
conference crown and a posi-
ole bowl bid.
Durant's record is marred
with one tie game while Lex
ington has won every game on
its schedule.
Sixteen seniors, eight from
each school, will be playing
their last game and the affair
promises to be the highlight of
the season. They + pictured
elsewhere on this page.
Durant goes into Fridays
fray under a severe handicap in
that eight of the usual starters
are injured and will not be
In good physical condition. Five
men were hurt in the tough
Brandon game and two, Larry
Ramage and Gary Mcbride, had
been injured before. Ramage,
left half, was able to play only
three or four minutes in the
Brandon game and Mcbride,
right guard, did not see any ser
vice at all. Another player has
been injured in practice.
Lexington will be at full
strength with the exception of
Larry Spell. a 10th grade guard,
who received a broken arm in
practice several weeks ago.
The Hornets have held daily
drills this week and a skull
practice on Tuesday night in
preparation for the big game
and are expected to give it all
they've got at game time.
Starting Lineup
The tentative starting lineup.
as released by Coach Woodson
Earle and Coach Harvey Ray, is
as follows:
Lexington: David Dillon, RE;
Gray Brock, RT; Wayne Ellis,
RG; Bill King, c; Johnny Allen,
LG; Paul Edwards, 1T; Dale
Russell, LIE: Mike Daniel, OBJ;
Mickey Mott, LII: Don Barrett,
FB; Paul Hale, RH.
Durant: Cade Becker, RE; Will
lie Terry, RI; Jerry Streetman,
RG; Jackie Hague, c.; Bobby,
LG; Gary Mcbride or Wesley
Mcbride, 1t; Elmer Keith, LIE;
Clyde Mansell, OBJ; Morris
Keith, FB; Larry Ramage or Ed
die Wigley, LII: Bill Mcclellan,
RH.
The Hornets are coached by
Head Coach Earle and CoacheT
Hosea Grisham and John Davis.
Jr. Their managers are Buddy
Downer, Al Downer and Teddy
Moses.
The Tigers r under the di-
rection of Head Coach HARVEY
Ray and Coach Joe Cooper. I'll
ger managers are Gary Lane
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-09

last year was named one of
three favorites among the goods
as web as freshman maid in the
Homecoming Court. She was
also secretary of her class and
assistant editor of the school
annual.
This lovely young lady is the
daughter of Mrs. Richard F.
Byrd and the late Mr.. Byrd.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-09
Mrs. Truvis Hood
Wins $500 Prize

The $500 Golden Harvest Day
cash prize was won Saturday in
Lexington by Mrs. Travis Hood
on ticket No. 327997. Her son,
Bill Hood, had been a $1,000
winner earlier this fall in the
promotion sponsored by mer-
chants and business firms OF
Lexington.
Mrs. Lucille Carpenter, with
ticket No. 349626 won the Sc
cond cash prize of $25 and Mrs.
Leonard Graves won the third
prize of $40. Mrs Graves ticket
was No. 266529.
This Saturday the top prize
will again be $500 and two
smaller cash prizes will also be
awarded. $25 and $40.
Everyone is invited to attend
the weekly promotion held on
Court Square in Lexington at
300 p. m. evey Saturday. Tick
cts are obtained by trading with
Lexington merchants.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-09
YARD OF MONTH PLAQUE
AWARDED TO Fl. TERRY'S

The Lexington Garden Club
plaque for the Yard of
he Month has been awarded
o Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Terry
or the month of November.
Their home is at los Clifton
Avenue. Drive by and see this
ovelv yard.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-06-02
Our Opinion
EDITORIALS
Press Censorship

Ever since President Kennedy suggested a vol
untary censorship on the part of the press on matters
concerning the national interest, editorial writer's and
columniStS have, for the most part, been pillars OF
righteous indignation.
Among others, E. L. ScrippS, David Lawrence,
and Holmes Alexander have all bemoaned the Presi-
dents suggestion as a blow to the responsibility OF the
press to tell the truth in a free and open society.
SO FAR, so GOOD, if we are only concerned with
a principle. In practice however, we know the press
often exercises great "selectivity" on what it shall or
shall not print.
A current example is the Federal aid to educa-
ton issue. A few weeks back the National School
Boards Association met in Philadelphia. This group
represents about 900 of the nations 10000 school
directors. AT their convention the NSBA defeated a
resolution supporting Federal aid to public school
education and then to make its intent clear the group
passed another resolution opposing further extension
of Federal aid to education until the school boards Of
America express the need for such funds"
VAS THIS ACTION newsworthy in light of the
present legislative proposals? You would think so. Al
ter all, the school board members are the individuals
who act for the community in building, maintaining,
and operating public schools. They should know better
than anyone else whether Federal aid is needed at
this time.
But was this convention properly publicized, par
ticularly when it was the first time in its 21-year his
tory that NSBA took stand on Federal aid to educa-
ton.
1T WAS NOT, The CATHOLIC STANDARD AND
TINES Of Philadelphia points out that in the conven-
ton city only one daily paper gave the resolutions
coverage. The rest of the press treated this story with
stony Indifference.
And if this story was carried in the area covered
by the Columbus Diocese, we did not see it. The first
treatment we read was in Raymond Moley's column
published May %.
The conclusion seems to be that the press did not
want TO offend the NEA or school administrator lob
bies that are pushing for Federal aid. Otherwise, how
explain the omission of a n%ewsWorthy stand on a cur
rent question of Importance?
WE ARE NEITHER defending nor attacking
President Kennedy's suggested censorship. We simply
say that the press must be consistent. Only in that way
can it live UP TO its heritage in a democratic So
ciety. A
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-06-02
Month OF Brides

The excellent family magazine MARRIAGE has
an article in its May issue that should be required
reading for young single women and their mothers.
1T is TITLED Are Weddings Getting Out of
Hand?" and reveals that the average wedding today
costs $1,000 per couple. When you add to this the
cost of showers for the bride land even for the bride
groom in some instances) the entire amount runs about
equal to the cost of a mediumpriced new car.
Now no one wants to detract from the Joyous
celebration of marriage. The bride, especially, regards
this as her special day and rightly so. But these extra
VACANT weddings only put those involved in needless
and burdensome debt. And such gaudy displays de-
tract from the true meaning and beauty of the marri-
age ceremony.
WHY DO PEOPLE Succumb to this extravaganza?
The main reasons seem to be desire to Guido the
Jones's or to make a display. Often the result is vul-
gar as well as expensive and show up the individuals
lack Of taste and seriousness about the Sacredness of
matrimony.
The article quotes Msgr. Irving DeBlanc "a
TIMES columnist who says: "The Catholic Church
feels that marriage should be emphasized, for it is
important. But that does not mean that couples should
emphasize the merely secular, the vain, the empty and
the gaudy. A wedding is an occasion for dignity, both
within the church and without"
BUT THE QUESTION is can a wedding be me-
morable and still spiritual, dignified, and economical?
Some priests think this can be achieved in a ceremony
that would cost from SITS TO $3.50 exclusive of the
cost of rings and a wedding trip.
How can this be done? The article suggests 10
ways to save on a wedding. Perhaps it is too late to
save this years June brides, but we strongly urge
others to read MARRIAGE for May. A
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-06-02
The Yardstick

Will the Caribbean be-
come a communist lake?
That is the fear that
hauntS the minds OF
many American military
experts. The area teens with
impoverished people who find
it very difficult to get a job.
PRoDDED BY THE SHARP
knife of hunger, they assall
the United States as being
the culprit responsible for
their troubles.
What makes the situation
even more ominous is that
there are STRINGS Of "bl~ck
nationalism" on the islands.
1t is easy to see how the
communists will make capt.
tai out of this explosive Sltua-
ton.
The u. S. News and World
Report (May 8th) ran an
article entitled Caribbean:
One More Sea of Trouble"
To cite an example of the
general conditions prevailing
on the islands not far from
Cuba, l quote from the
articles summary of the
crisis in jamaica:
TO some
places is a must for many
Jamaicans. There are simply
not enough resources and
jobs here for the population
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-06-02

have an exeitahle three
year.oId who sleeps little,
easily, fits from one activity
to another and squirms so
much it is all but impossible
to dress him. He demands at
fention constantly. In help
ing him | feel | may be hurt
inc the rest of the family.
II ignore him he goes info
tantrUms. Would spanking
help?
MD.
A high-strung child is
generally born that way.
And the way he is hand
led may have very little
to do with the way he
now acts. Though he may
need a physical check up, the
first rule remains that this
child needs your acceptance
as any other child does.
YOUR DEMANDS on him
should take his nature into
account. This does not mean
that you should allow him to
run wild-he needs firm and
consistent control. But he
must have the security of
knowing what to expect.
You can avert and diminish
tantrums - not, however, by
spanking. This would only
over-Stimulate the child whose
behavior is due to being al
ready too stimulated. When at
home, isolate the child by
carrying him to his own
room. OF more Importance,
however, is the need to stop
tantrums before they start.
One can generally tell early
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-06-02
The YardStick
We Should Play Positive
Role In population Problem
by Msgr. George C.. Higgins

which is growing at the rate
of 10000 a year. Only half
of Jamaica's area is arabic
-. National production has
tripled in the last decade.
Yet unemployment is esti-
mated as high as 25 per cent
if you count those who work
only a day OF so a week"
The widespread discomfort
in Jamaica, coupled with anti
white feeling, has led to a
"back-to-Africa" movement.
This whole question of over
population is a tough one to
answer. We can advance to-
wards a solution not by
simple formulas or by name
calling but by rational dis
cusSion. Pope Plus XII, adj
dressing the delegates to the
World Conference on Popula-
ton in Rome on September
9, 1854 said:
THE SCIENCE OF POP.
uLATIoN is young but it is
basic -. We can only re-
ioice at the light that your
labors and those of all sim
cere population experts bring
to the knowledge of the laws
and values which condition
the development of popula-
ton -. We are also ur1ing
Catholics to take an active
part in the researches and in
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-06-02

the efforts which are being
made in this field"
One Of the troubles that
block the way to a solution
is that some of the experts
today are not shedding much
light on the question but are
giving off a great amount OF
heat. At a one-day confer.
ence at the Waldorf-Astoria
on May 18th on the World
Population Crisis" a few of
the experts INDUCED in jul.
venile outbursts against the
opposition.
DR.. HARRISON BROWN of
the California Institute OF
Technology berated the foes
of birth control as "neolithids.
the new rockheads." Robert
C. Cook, president of the
Population Reference Bureau,
went him one better with
the sage observation that the
"rockheads" could be called
"fatheads" as we'll. Nor did
Julian Huxley contribute any
light to the discussion by
charging the Roman Catholic
Church with having pressur-
ed the world Health Organ
ization into killing any policy
discussion of the worlds pop
ulation.
1t is unfortunate that we
Continued on Page 81
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-06-02
Sum and Substance:
The Catholic Ecumenical
Movement In The u. S.
by FIR. John B. Sheerin, esp.

employ them, as the minister
of Gods providence, for the
benefit Of others"
AGAIN, POPE PoUS XII
re-applied the same principle
to current conditions when
he pointed out that 1.-THE nat
ural riches of a region, a
country, or a continent, are
destined not just for the eco
nomic profit of the few, but
for the improvement of liv-
ing conditions - first of all
material but also and para
mountly moral and spiritual
of the groups of human
beings who must live by ex-
ploitation of the earth'S re-
sources"
Catholic organizations here
in the United States have
frequently stressed this gen.
eral theme. The statements
of the National Catholic Rural
Life Conference and the
Catholic Association for In
ternational Peace have been
outstanding in this regard.
Similarly, the Catholic Bish-
ops of the United States have
Individually and collectively
urged the promotion of in
ternational social justice as
one of the prime requisites
for the establishment of a
sound world order.
OVER THE YEARS. there
has been a growing aware
ness in government circles
that the foreign aid program
must rest on a more solid
foundation than a merely
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