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Holmes County herald., 1961-06-29

Moore, Dist. No. 2; B. w.
Humphrey, Jr., Dist. Nos; T.
E. Powell, Dist. No. 4; w. G.
Lowe. Dist. No. 5.
1t is hereby ordered that the
sum of $500 per month be
donated to the following indi-
gent sick persons. to-wit: Mr..
George r. Strowd, Mrs. Kate
Strowd. Golden Age Nursing
Home for the benefit of Mrs.
Show Green.
1t is hereby ordered that T.
N. Touchstone, Jr. be given a
contract as architect on the
Welfare Building.
1t is hereby ordered that the
sum of S1.OO per day be APP
propriated for Dulaney Reid,
a tubercular person, to the
Mississippi State Sanitor1um
Pursuant to due and legal
advertisement for bids to fur
nish the Circuit Clerk with an
adding machine the bid OF the
Holmes County Herald in the
s1rm of $50 90 being the lowest
and best bid received is here
by accepted.
1t is hereby orederd that Uhe
of 81, 10000 be transferred
from the Gasoline Fund to the
maintenance Fund of District
No. 4.
# is hereby ordered that the
following accounts be allowed
due and payable, as follows:
7. c. Johnson, MBS No.
600 90: o. R. Campbell, MBS
No 2 100000; W. Leslie Smith,
MRS No. 8 S3Oo.oo; Estell
Scott MBs No. A. $780, 90; w,
W. salley, MBs No. 5 $4,000;
Parham H. Williams, Clerk
Sac. 90; Mrs. Andrew Smith,
Sheriff $500 70.
1T IS HEREBY ORDERED
THAT THE BOARD DO NOW
ADJOURN UNTIL THE REG
ULAR JULY. 1861 MEETING.
w. Leslie Smith, President
BRIDGE FUNDS
Il is hereby ordered taht the
following accounts be allowed
due and payable out OF the
g.idnIen 2O8. go
- Moddox 2O3.8 5
D,,rbam 21.70
ia Materials CO. 1O33.20
nu Cunnlv GO 1920
571.50
Saxton-G Gardner Hdwe. co.
o"N'' 1898
Tchula Hardware Co. lo'4z
R. B. Rushing VIZ
Hutchinson & Allen LUMBER ".
Rhvne Coal & Feed Co. lz.oo
= ny ~ 1obnson $780, 5
Choctaw, Inc. llo ~
Cole Bros. & Fox Co. Zo.oo
Hutchison & Allen Lumber 70.
226.09
Planters Hardware Co. 1879
Joe Gilmore 90
w. Spell loo' w
Co. Welfare Dept. 3o'1o
.hoctaw, Inc. o ~ ~
John Jones WV
Holmes County herald., 1961-06-29
Official Proceedings OF The Board Of Holmes County Supervisors May 1861

MISCELLANEOUS FUNDS
Lyon Appliance Store 149.95
DR.. J. C. Pegues 1875
Holmes County Health Dept.
1878 80
Susie B. Minyard 1884
Holmes County Library $4,000
Sou. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. 100
j. c. Patton 5000
j. G. Patton 1889
Golden Age Nursing Home
207.0O
E. M. Spell 1000
w. T. Brock $500
j. B. Bradley $500
Mrs. Nina Tye $500
Verlet Chunn Pugh $500
Annie Mae Anderson $500
Bobby Jean Dulaney $500.
Cora Sutton $500
Elizabeth Moody $500
Olive Tyson $500
Mamie Anderson 1900
Mrs. Ann Heard $500
Essie Mae Reeves 1000
Carrie Powell 1000
Mrs. Fannie E. Martin 1880
Mrs. Joseph Abels 1880
Mrs. Annie Clover $500
Richardson Rest Home $500
Mis-. Grady Roberts $500
Ruby Weems 1880
Holmes County Welfare Dept.
120.57
State Welfare Dept. 305.73
j. S. Bevill 1850
j. A. Evans 213.25
Gordin Hutchinson 5000
Miss. Power & Light Co. 3.75
Miss. Valley Gas Co. 1.18
Andrew ]. Noel 1870
Redd Pest Control. Inc. 500
CrosStoWn Pharmacy $50
Miss. State Sanitorium $500
Leon Ivy 1000
Holmes County herald., 1961-06-29

The Road Report for Separ-
ate Road District No. 2 having
been filed with the Board, and
! the same having been O.Ked
by the Board. it is hereby
ordered that the following ac-
counts be allowed due and
payable as follows:
Standard Oil Co. 1892
Gulf Service Station TIPS
Evon Lepard's Garage 400
A. L. McNair 800
Miss. Power & Light Co. 6.56
Hugh McLellan's Store 4.68
G & M Tire Co. 428.00
Cities Service Oil Co. 1859
Hammett Gravel Co. 201.75
Parham H. Williams, Clerk
7.35
Hand Motor Co. 1875
McLellan'S Truck & Equip.
Co 29.40
.Ioe's 66 Service Station 66.14
Reeves StoneStreet 202.55
Richard Ellis 1850
Dennis Mcbride 1895
Jim Siddon 1850
Halbert Farmer 1850
John B. Yeager 1880
In Re: Road Report for
Separate Road District No 3.
The Road Report for Separ-
ate Road District No. 3 having
been filed with the Board, and
the same having O.Ked by the
Board, it is hereby ordered
that the following accounts be
allowed due and payable as
Holmes County herald., 1961-06-29

AT A REGULAR MEETING
OF The BoarG of Supervisors
of Holmes County, Mississippi.
begun and held in the City of
Lexington, Mississippi, on this
the 5th day of June. 1861. it
being the first day of said
term with the following men,
bers and officers present to-
wit: L. c. Johnson, LBS. No.
|; w. Leslie Smith, M.B.S. No.
3. President; Estell Scott. M,
B. S. No. 4; w. w. Salley, M.
B.S. No. 5; Parham H. Will
liams, Clerk; Mrs. Andrew P.
Smith, Sheriff; and H. H.
Johnson, Attorney for the
Board.
When and where the follow
ing proceedings were then and
there held and had:
In Re: Budget Report for
month of May, 1861.
Holmes County herald., 1961-06-29

ate ROdU DlSIT1CU mo. . IldVlllS
been filed with the Board. and
the same having O.Ked by the
Board, it is hereby ordered
that the following accounts be
allowed due and payable as
follows:
Oscar Rogers 1874
James Harthcock 1870
Edward Chisolm 134.55
j. P. Malone, Jr. 1877
Norman Stewart 1877
Kimble Parkinson 1850
Larris Terrell 1877
Sidas Steed 108. "a
w. O. Reynolds 77.6O
Byrd Ables 5O.44
Paul Davis 50.44
Bilbo Marshall 145.50
Johnny Harthcock 1886
w. E. Luby 5.95
w. E. Luby 5 80
Povall Printing Co. 7.21
Lexington Implement Co. 21.6O
Presley Chevrolet Co. 27.70
Tri-County Coop. 161. go
Bailey Lumber Co. $40
Aubrey Pierce 5000
Cole Bros. & Fox Co. $500
Tidwell's Service Station 21.10
T. ]. Brown 232.l2
Spot Cash Tire Co. 1850
Lexington Auto Parts Co. "a. 20
Miss. Road Supply Co. 253.S0
Holloman Mch. & Supply Co.
$40
Yazoo Valley Elec. Power
Assn. 1.O
Allied Equipment, Inc. 1659.27
Sou. Equipment Sales, Inc.
& 8.37
Petermann Gravel Co. 44.15
Johnson Implement Co. 1904
Weathersby Chev.-Buick Co.
0.40
Miss. Road Supply Co. 10000
Sou. Equipment Sales, Inc.
10000
Miss. Supply Co. 143.4O
Cole Bros. & Fox Co. 1921
H. U. Spell 54.O5
Jack brennan 800
Standard Oil Co 1254.28
In Re: Pickens & Richland
Road District Report.
The Road Report for the
Pickens & Richland Road
District having been filed with
the Board, and the same
having been O.Ked by the
Board, it is hereby ordered
that the following accounts be
allowed due and payable as
follows:
Irby Toombs 1863
Luther Upton 1887
Byrd White 1914
Miss. Bearings, ms. 21.55
Sou. Equipment Sales, Inc.
22.54
Dalrymple Equip. Co. 206.15
Henson Motor Co. 1850
Standard Oil Co. "a
Sou. Equipment Sales. Inc.
1851
In Re: Road Report for
Separate Road District No. 4.
The Road Report for Separ-
ate Road District No. 4 having
been filed with the Board, and
the same having been O.Ked
by the Board, it is hereby
ordered that the following ac-
counts be allowed due and
payable as follows:
Mrs. Vincent Fonti 9.45
Mrs. Verna Carroll 800
Mrs. Bobbie Edwards 4.8O
n w. Nixon 1920
Western Auto Store 3.59
Shields Oil Co. 216.36
Smiths Super Service Station
$50
Yazoo Valley Elec. Power
Assn. $50
Planters Hardware Co. 1903
Welder's Supply Co. 2.4O
Hall Supply & Equip. Co. 9O.95
Hall Supply & Equip. Co. 1880
Sou. Equipment Sales, Inc.
1887
6 w Hearn Isl. Is
Joe Carroll l0l.lI
Walter Wigley 1896
Jim Davis 1861
Shields Oil Co. 1885
Shields Oil Co. 1914
r Do. DooH Pnp0rf for
Holmes County herald., 1961-06-29

The Road Report for Separ-
ate Road District No. 5 having
been filed with the Board. and
the same having been O.Ked
by the Board, it is hereby
ordered that the following
accounts be allowed due and
povohlo nc folloxxyc.
Evening star., 1961-04-09

ANTIQUES-Yine oil painting Of
Lincoln; Directoire sofa. nah.
corner cupboard; pie-safe: Queen
Anne tilt-top table and hundreds
sAREE g. Sfffs saoP ifof go caAPIT9h Ps2h asL aVs
Sc, Ii. 3-1Sl9. Open Sun. 1890.
Evening star., 1961-04-09

FhlNIlNG, papering and repairs /;
expert white mechanics; reason
able prices. HE. 4-723O.
Evening star., 1961-04-09

ANTIQUES-Sacrifice, moved from
New York. Chinese cabinet, 1860
Thonet rocker: European clocks;
Meissen pieces: ETC.. oil paintings.
AP. 7-5100.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
OF
REAL ESTATE
PRACTICE

gchool Director Joseph Mensh.
LIB, LIN, faculty member Of
a local university, member Of
the Educational Committee of the
Washington Real Estate Board.
The next class in Real Estate
Practice will start Wednesday,
April 26, at 20l3 Eye st. NV.
The course will run for 4 weeks,
3 times a week (Mon., Wed. and
Fri, Z to 8 p.m), and offers a
comprehensive coverage of real
estate practice and salesmanship.
Through a novel method Of in
struction students will work with
actual real estate instruments,
enabling them to make practical
application Of the theory covered
in the lectures.
The course offers a complete prep
aration for the D. c., Nd. and
Va. real estate broker and sales
man license examination.
Placement facilities for full and
part time statesmen.
Registration Mon. through Fri, 3
am. to 3 pm, at 1913 Eye st
NV. Registration by mail per.
mitted. Full tuition S35. Tuitior
may be paid in instailments. FoI
further information, call JOSEPH
MENsH, Ma. S-6440.
Evening star., 1961-04-09

CAMERA, Argus C-3. Matchmatic,
l year. light meter, flash; S35.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
ABC Demolition Corporation

N7our Local Dealer Tor ABc Aluminium Awning Wndows)
1881 JEFFERSON DAVIS HWY, OF. 4-8755
Mile South of 18th st. Bridge on Rte.
Evening star., 1961-03-15
HOLLYWOOD
BY SHElLAH GRAHAM
coreer-KHIinq Role

lin 'The Enemy Within" auth.
ored by Attorney General Bob
Kennedy.
Van Johnson is terribly nerv-
Gus about his Music Man
opening in London tomorrow
night. In spite of his having
started on Stage in pal joey, "
Van would rather do anything
than face q live audience. His
co-star, Pat Lambert, made a
big hit in the try-out before
London. Now that ErrOI
Flynn's son Sean is launched
las an actor, watch for Charles
B0yeT's 17-yeay-old Michael to
follow in dads footsteps. He's
handsome. too.
x o. ~ y Z T.
Wen, Leslie CarOn will soon
achieve her hearts desire-tc
star on stage in "The Street.
walker" Not here, but in Lon
don where she Is happily mar
ried to Director Peter Hall,
Leslie stated recently, IT never
want to make another picture
in Hollywood. I can't stand
the phony life there"
Oh, my aching back! Metre
showed its four hour lonl
Gone With the Wind" rerur
to the privileged press without
the interval. The picture Il
Evening star., 1961-03-15

HOLLYWOOD (NANA).-
The leading role Of Allison in
''Peyton Place" is career suicide
for the girl who plays her.
Diane Varsi, in the original
movie, retired into private life
soon AFTER Now, young Carol
Lynley, who plays Allison in
Return to Peyton Place" has
announced her retirement as
an actress, preferring her real
life role of Mrs. Mike Selzman.
Rudolf Bling, manager of the
Metropolitan Opera in New
York, asked composer Ann
ROnelE for the address Of her
friend John Ford. and3 wired
the. director an offer to direct
a new. version of "Giri OF the
Golden West at the Met. He
signed the wire "Bing." On
receipt of the telegram, Ford
phoned Bing Crosby, and there
was much myStification until
Mr.. Bing's follow-up letter ar
rived. P.S.-Ford is interested;
might do it next season.
= 4 4
SpyrOs SkOuras will continue
to Cairo after his consultations
with Elizabeth TaylOr's doctors
in London. He obviously hasn't
given up on Cleopatra"
Jerry Wald says all the top
stars are hankering to appear
Evening star., 1961-03-15
THE LYONS DEN
r. By LEONARD LYONS
In One Ear

NEW YORK Joe Bushkin
returned to The Embers last
week. He headlined the first
show there 10 years ago.
brought Vladimir HOrOwitz to
The Embers that night. Louis
Armstrong was sitting in, and
blew a New Orleans medley in
greeting. We were seated on
the far side Of BuShkin's piano,
and FranchOt Tone shouted: !:
Hey, that's no place for Horo-
Evening star., 1961-03-15

using inSulin. Miss Collier once
explained her cure: Most
patients die out of sheer polit-
ness. They see their relatives
gathered around them, and say
ito themselves. Well. I suppose
I ought to die.' and then they
pass away politely. I, however,
decided to be impolite about it
and lived" q
Evening star., 1961-03-15

stuff. man, because you've got
it covered, hard" He hunched
his shoulders, ran his fingers
over the keys and the ball was
on. "Got to upset the town.
he murmured and swayed and
stomped his feet to the beat
while Armstrong blew away
The rhythm was a strange one
and when a faint strain identi-
fled the song as California,
Here I Come" we had the tri-
umphant feeling a viewer of an
abstract painting would get in
Evening star., 1961-03-15

even better than I remembered
it to be-. but that 10-minute
break is very necessary.
Sam Brcnston's king Of
Kings" scheduled originally
for release at Easter time. has
been postponed until the fall,
q time favored by those with
Academy Award aspirations
Bronston's eel Cid" starring
Charlton HestOn and Sophia
Loren, will be moving to Rome
for the final weeks Of filming.
This picture is costing the
nicely round sum of 81 million.
Douglas Fairbanks has been
in the South on Scripto pen
business and returns to New
York soon on his hotel busi-
ness chores. Doug, up to his
neck in businesses, reports that
his newest venture in England
bowling alleys-has caught
on very successfully.
50 H&
The way the cookie crumbles:
Three years ago, pretty Eliza
beth MacCrea was trying for
an interview at Warmers. She
brushed against Bill Orr, then
in charge of TV activities at
the studio. Nothing came of
her interview or brushing. Last
week Bill saw Elizabeth at a
social function. He is now
head of all studio production,
and is now negotiating a con-
tract with Elizabeth. No moral
to this story except: Be sure
to go to a social function. Bill
Orr might be there.
Evening star., 1961-03-15

discovering which side was up.
Bushkin's lips moved as if in
incarnation as he played. "You
know what?" Horowitz beamed.
81 like it." .
= -
MEDICAL NOTE: Katherine
Hepburn's mentor, the late
Constance Collier, was the first
diabetes patient ever saved by
Evening star., 1961-03-15

witz where he can't see Joey's
lingering. He won't learn O
thing"
Horowitz assured the actor
that he didn't have to look at
Bushkin's lingering to see it. Il
see it here" he said, and point
ed to his ear.
Bushkin told Horowitz: II
won't try the fast, technical
Evening star., 1961-03-15

"Portrry the whole uord respondr
JOEL McCREA
"Miss Smith sing ssunnrgly"
~ -NEW YORK TINES
you'll be overwhelmed BY its pOcer and bedutyr
iE-s ~ = LOS ANGELES MIRROR
"Cives promise of a better America!"
.~. -LOUELLA prisons
"One Of the re,Carding family entertuinmensT
+. -MOTION PICTURE DAILY
Through the CrOning Experience haze the
country from Communism"
Jean BolikGngo, MINISTER OF DEFENSE, CONGO
"One Of the finest. Music hantingly lovely"
LOS ANGELES HERALD EXPRESS
Evening star., 1961-08-18
TowerstoOper
4Area Stores
On Thursday

Towers International, Inc,
will simultaneously open four
discount stores in Metropolitan
Washington next Thursday.
Another two will open here by
the end of the year, the COM
pany said.
The four are at Hillandale
at New Hampshire and Frank
lin avenues; Wheaton at Viers
Mill and Randolph roads; Falls
Church at Arlington and Will
son boulevardS, and in Fairfax
County on Shirley highway at
Edsald road.
Samuel j. RoSenstein, Tow
ers board chairman, said the
discount department stores
will offer free 30-day charge
privileges plus revolving charge
accounts and variety of credit
involving monthly repaymentS
for scrip.
Each store will have nearly
10000 square feet of space, and
goods ranging from apparel to
tops. Shopping hours are 10
a m. to 10 pm. Monday through
Saturday. Towers officials at
$3.50 am. ceremonies Thursday
will include Donald Jaffey,
president; David Portneys vice
president, merchandising, and
Jack Graber, vice president
and general manager.
Evening star., 1961-08-18

up in everything from brief
cases (VIPs don't carry them
because they ask, not answer,
questions) to haircuts.
A lieutenant, for example,
may look in the mirror at
lunch time and decide he
should visit the Pentagon bar
bershop, biggest in the world
with Is chairs and an equal
number of BARRIERS all snip
ping. The lieutenant does as
you and I do, just strolls in
and takes a seat.
Not so the VIP. He asks his
secretary to phone the shop
and make an appointment,
Better still, the Gal Friday no.
tices his ears are disappearing
under his locks and makes the
appointment on her own.
For top-drawer people," an
officer adds, "the barber might
take his equipment to the gen.
erals office"
Pentagon parking permits
probably account for more
gripping than any world issue
including the Berlin crisis. An
Evening star., 1961-08-18
National AirIines
Plans Youth Fares

National AirlineS has filed
a schedule of youth fares with
the Civil Aeronautics Board
that will allow passengers be-
tween the ages of IL and %
to fly for half the first class
adult rates.
Holders of youth fare tickets
cannot make reservations until
three hours before a schedule
flight. If a reservation for the
desired flight is not available,
they will be embarked on fol-
lowing flights only after all
other standbys are boarded.
They fly first class only if no
space is available in the coach
section.
If they are boarded on a
jet as standby passengers they
will not pay the jet Surcharge.
The special fares are proposed
to go into effect September Is
and would terminate Decem-
ber 10.
Evening star., 1961-08-18
Mitchie Elected
Vice President
Of Controllers

Robert W. Mitchie, vice pres
ident-finance of the Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone
Companies, was elected a vice
president of the Controllers
Institute of America at a meet
ing of the institutes board at
Virginia Beach, Va, today.
Mr.. Mitchie succeeds Gerald
L. PHILIPPE, who resigned upon
becoming president of General
Electric Co. a few days ago.
Active in the institute since
1949, Mr.. Mitchie became a
director in 1859. He was chair
man of the committee on CO.
operation with Government in
1954-58 and president of the
institutes District of Columbia
Control in 1956-57.
Established in 1881, the in
stitute is a non-profit manage
ment organization of controll-
ers and finance officers from
Evening star., 1961-08-18
TALKING OF BUSINESS
New Stotus Symbols Established;
IS Equals Doors Divided by Keys

estimated 10000 people want
to park there every day. But
there's only space for 9,O00
cars.
So according to rank, you
start at the distant reaches of
North Parking, where you walk
half a mile after leaving the
car, and move inward. Defense
Secretary McNamara's car
awaits him near his private
elevator entrance in a subter-
ranean driveway, protected
from rain and snow.
Although a battery of tele-
phones used to be a sign of
exalted power on an executives
desk, an inverse law has taken
hold. In some suites now, the
man can be measured by the
distance from his phone. If it's
on his desk, he's middle rank
manager. If it's concealed in
side the desk, his prestige in
creaseS. Putting the phone on
a table nearly, so that he has
to get up to answer it, seems
to be even more exalted.
And the corporation presi--
dent, some insist, should have
no telephone at all in the room,
condition stipulated by the
late Queen Mary, who refused
to speak on a telephone at all,
insisting that royalty should
write notes instead.
The Pentagon has its hierar-
chy of office furniture, rang
ing from yellow oak and metal
desks used by the bottom ranks
up to polished sandalwood for
admirals and generals - also
referred to as rug rank"
But it remained for a civil
ian agency director, William E.
Finley, heal of the National
Capital Planning Commission,
to leave the military agencies
in a one-down position three
years ago. when his office in
the Interior Building was
tastefully furnished in con-
temporary walnut and teak,
reminiscent of Scandinavian
designs.
Executive Interiors, Inc,
Washington company, antici-
pates a swing to this style by
other Federal offices, noting
that the National Institutes of
Health already have followed
suit.
In fact" says Sidney Eich-
ner, general manager of Exec
utive Interiors, Il don't think
there's any particular status
symbol attached to contempo-
rary style any more"
And that's what happened to
limouSineS and yachts.
Evening star., 1961-08-18

taneously released the Institutes
preliminary figures showing the
heavy volume of spending by
visitors here.
Among the statistics:
About is million persons visit
the area annually.
About Sc million of these
stay one night or longer.
Visitors spend $3.50 million a
year in Metropolitan Washing
ton.
Excluding eating and drink
ing places, visitors spend about
$40 million a year in the CEN
tral business area alone. (The
Committee defines downtown
as Fifth to Fifteenth streets
NV. between Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts, avenues.)
The Stanford Research In
Stitute, a non-profit organiza-
ton with a staff exceeding
1900 and offices around the
globe, was hired last May by
the Downtown Committee to
study the economic impact of
visitors and to suggest how
Washington business might
better meet their needs.
An institute spokesman said
the full report on Washington
will be released this fall, and
is now being proceSsed in the
Pasadena offices.
The institute found previous
attempts to measure the flow
OF visitors were based on rather
haphazard methods, a spokes-
man explained, such as null
tiplying the number of persons
visiting the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition by formula"
Stanford experts used hotel
and motel occupancy rates,
physical head counts at monu-
mentS and other sites, and sur
veyed Government agencies.
Evening star., 1961-08-18
Six Bankers Complete
University School

;, Six area bank officers are
among rs who completed the
three-year course of special
lied instruction at the School
of Consumer Banking at the
University of Virginia in Char
lottesville.
They include: William King.
Riggs National; Ted M. Huff
man, assistant vice president,
Suburban Trust Co.; Gerald
P. LeNoir, assistant treasurer,
American Security & Trust;
Raymond F. Stoner, assistant
cashier, Security Bank; Will
liam E. Bell, assistant vice
president, Mount Vernon Bank
& Trust; George j. Grady, as
siStant treasurer, Farmers
Banking & Trust Co.
Sponsored by the Consumer
Bankers Association, with head
quarters in Washington, in CO.
operation with the university,
the school has Just concluded
its 10th resident session. Some
$50 bank officers and repre-
Evening star., 1961-08-18
S-P Trading Exceeds
Million This Week

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 (AP).-
Trading in Studebaker-Packard
Corp. stock yesterday scared
above the one million share
mark for the week.
The motor company stock
was the most actively traded
on the New York Stock Ex-
change for the third straight
day. A total Of 453,700 shares
changed hands, bringing the
weeks TOTAL to 1,055,200
Brokers attributed the sud-
den, strong rise in interest to
reports of advance orders for
the company'S Lark and Hawk
cars, of a cleanup of dealer in
ventories of 1861 models, end of
profitable operations by the
firms non-automotive divi-
Sions.
Evening star., 1961-08-18
BY TRUMAN r. TEMPLE
Star staff Writer


Status symbols are taking
new forms these days among
the Nations business and Gov
ernment executives. who ap-
parently consider the limousine
and the yacht have lost their
dazzle.
One of the subtlesJ now is
how many keys you carry. Ev-
cry Federal agency and cor
poration must have keys for
its doors, but just who lugs
them around has become an
issue in the prestige race.
It works the reverse of what
one might think.
According to Robert Som
mer, writing in the current
journal of the Planaria Re-
search Group, University of
Michigan Department of Psy-
chology, your rank can be fixed
by the formula: S equals DIX.
S is the status of a person
in his organization, D is the
number of doors he must open
on the job, and K is the num-
ber of keys he carries.
The author explains with a
poker face that janitor needs
to open 20 doors and has 20
keys, which gives him a score
of /.
AS you go up the ladder, you
carry fewer keys - but each
opens more doors. Thus, an
underling carries many weak"
keys but a brass hat totes a
few powerful" keys.
The ultimate in this cor
porate pecking order is the
company president or agency
director. He goes through
many doors but never has to
carry any keys since there is
always someone there to open
doors for him. Hence his sta
tus rank in the company
reaches infinity," says Mr..
Sommer.
In Washington, no agency is
more aware Of the tiny grada-
tions in these symbols than the
Pentagon, where status shows