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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-19
Home Owners Reminded
To Sign Up Now For
Homestead Exemption

The Advertiser wishes to re-
mind all of its readers that April
]. 1861. is the deadline for sign
ing UP for homestead exemption
this year.
All home owners who wish to
take ADVANTAGE of the Missis-
sippi law which allows exemp-
ton of taxes on homesteads up
to $4,000 value, must visit the
office of the County Tax Asses
sor each year and sign their
claims for exemption.
Denton S. Rosamond is tax
assessor of Holmes County.
Those who have built or purr
chased homes since January l.
1860, must bring their deeds with
them. PROPERTY owners whose
claesifications have not changed
will merely sign their claims, on
file in Mr.. Rosamond's office.
Previously property owners
had to sign up in both the conn
tv and municipal office in order
to win exemption. -
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-19
Oath OF Presidents Office
Acknowledges Supreme Being

hood of God over all men, and
has publicly recognized the de-
pendence of this nation on Al
mighty Sod. In their inaugural
addresses and prayers, especial
ly. has this been evident. Presi-
dent Eisenhower said: In our
quest of understanding we be-
seech Gods guidance" President
franklin D. Roosevelt prayed,
I'VE humblv ask the blessing
of God - May He guide me in
the days to come"
The Presidents Of this nation
have, moreover, translated their
religious faith into worship with
their chosen congregations. Seek
ing Gods guidance and help to
bear the burdens of the highest
office in the land, the Presidents
have sought it not only in the
silence of their hearts but also
IN the silence of "our holy and
our beautiful house." as Isaiah
describes the Sanctuary of God.
Seeing the Inauguration of a
President, millions Of
Americans will again witness a
testimony to a personal religious
conviction as well as a public
expressing of the faith of the
American people. Supreme Court
Justice William O.. Douglas said:
I'VE are religious people,
whose institutions pre-suppose a
Supreme Being" AS the Re
lion In American Life Program
urges, Find the strength TO r
your life - worship together this
week"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-19

lot OF fun.
But we understand it might be
a little embarrassing for Cover
nor Barnett to be in Washing
ton since he was the titular
leader of the Unpledged Electors
who denied the Democratic can
didate Mississippi's vote, even
though they knew Kennedy was
going to be elected without it.
What's more Governor Barnett
is quoted as saying, the I'm
pledged Elector movement will
be continued during his term OF
office. He has also been quoted
as saying he did not think the
Unpledged Electors vote against
Kennedy would be held against
the state in the way of giving
us federal grants, funds, etc.
This reminds us of a story told
by Editor Curtis Mullen recently
of which he said MI. Barnett's
antics reminded:
"A lad was playing in a ceme-
terry when he came across a
grave marker reading: He is
not dead but sleepeth." The
Youngster shook his head in
wonder and said: He sure is
not fooling anybody but him
self"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-19

Speaking of Mr.. Mullen, we
are reprinting as our Editorial of
Note this week his lead editorial
in last weeks edition of TIL e
Madison County Herald. Be sure
and read it.
This tendency of Mississippi's
political leadership and too many
Mississippians to live in the dead
past, completely unmindful of
the world we live in and the
future, is a major factor in hold
ing Mississippi down and back.
They'd rather have it like Grand
pa had it provided their Grand
pa had it) than to see the state
grow and progress; they want
to maintain the status quo even
if it means losing people and
growing stagnant, rather than
have new people come in who
might bring some foreign"
ideas.
We all know the type = we
have some of them right here
in Holmes County - and they
are helping hold our area back.
But no one seems to know
what to do about them. We've
lost about 5000 people in
Holmes County during the past
ten years. umong them some
mighty fine citizens. who sim
ply did not care about living
in the kind of atmosphere
created by a handful of Lex
ingfon men who have set
themselves up as community
and county bosses.
Fortunately. many people
have wised up on them. es-
peciallY in the past two years.
And the people will event
uallY control our county again.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-19

Other forms of raising funds
for the county's quota will be
solicitation of business houses
and business and professional
people in each community.
Ed Wilburn Hooker, Jr. is in
charge of the solicitation in Lex
ington which is as yet incom-
plete. Workers hope to be COM
pleted so that a report can be
made by next week
DR.. A. L. Gray, State Health
Officer, has called on Mississip-
plans to be generous in their
support of the 23rd annual
March of Dimes campaign in the
state and throughout the nation.
The health officer, serving his
third year as state chairman for
the traditional January fund ap-
Continued On Page SKI
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-19
Durant ~Top-Seeded
Team In County,;
Play At Tchu|a

Tchula High School is host this
week to the annual Holmes
County basketball tournament
which will get underway this
Thursday afternoon at tn {
school gym with two elimination
games.
The Lexington girls will play
he Goodman girls at 400 p. m.
and the Lexington boys will play
Coxburg boys at Sis p. m.
Durant boys and girls are top
seeded teams in the tournament,
both with a 90 record. Seeded
second are the Tchula girls with
a So record and Tchula boys
with a CO record.
Semi-Finals
The semi-finals games will be
Friday evening starting at 500
and Duran. boys meet Goodman
boys at TOO.
Tchula girls will play the win
ner of Lexington-G Goodman girls
at 800 and the Tchula boys will
play the winner of the Lexing-
toni Goodman girls at 800 and
the Tchula boys will play the
winner Of the Lexington-Cox-
burg boys at 900. I
e -p EE IL,
The finals will be held Satur-
day evening at TOO and 8:15.
Trophies will be awarded inn
mediately after the final game.
Admission for each session will
be Is cents for students and so
cents for adults.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-19
Prominent Holmes
Resident Passes

Mrs. Ida Frances Harding Cox,
mother Of Mrs. S. J.. Foose, Sr.,
of Tchula, died suddenly last
Wednesday afternoon at the
residence Of Mrs. Foose. She was
81.
Services were held at 2:30
Thursday at the First Methodist
Church of Tchula of which she
was a member, with the Rev.
Wilson Ray officiating. He was
assisted by the Rev. j. c. Wat
ION and the Rev. Roy Raddin.
Burial was in Odd Fellows ceme-
terry with Southern Undertakes
of Lexington in charge of ar
rangements.
Mrs. Cox was born and rear
ed in the Ebenezer community.
She was married to the late
Samuel Cox on October Is, 1891.
Prior to her husbands death in
1911, they lived at Coxburg
where Mr.. Cox was in the gen.
eral mercantile business and
he also had extensive farming
interests in and around Coxburg.
The community of Coxburg
was named in honor of tn e
Cox family who was instru-
mental in its founding.
Besides Mrs. Foose of Tchula.
he leaves a sister. Mrs. o w.
Nixon also Of Tchula; three
grandchildren and II great
grandchildren.
Pal1hearers were Eurene Shep-
pard, Willie Henry 7. c. Allen.
Pow Foster. John Edgar HAYES
C;n',~ Cv;n C~crr+rev Perry
c-r' Poofh. Frank Gwin, ST..
and Guy Sharpe.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-19
By Hazel BrannOn Smith

I do solemnlY swear that !
will faithfully execute the
office of President of the
United States. and will to the
best of my ability. preserve.
project and defend the Con-
stitution of the United States"
This is the oath of office which
will be administered by Chief
Justice Earl Warren of the
United States Supreme Court
when John Fitzgerald Kennedy
takes over as President of this
great republic on Friday, Jan
uary 20, 1861.
Eight years of Republican rule
will end and in all probability
an eight-year period of Demo
cratic administration will begin,
Midway between those eight
years. of course, a vote of conf
dence will have to be taken and
gained in order for the Demo
Gratis to remain in power.
AS one views the world today
and Americas responsible place
of leadership in it, one wonders
why any man would seek the
heart rending, back breaking
mind-shattering job of President
of the United States.
To keep the peace with honor,
both at home and abroad, is the
awesome task the new Presi-
dent will face, and the most
important one.
National survival takes pre-
cedence over all other problems,
both domestic and foreign, a fact
of which MI. Kennedy seems
fully aware.
Laos, Cuba, gold depletion,
Khrushchev, civil rights, unem-
ployment, all of these will come
in for their share of attention.
1t is generally agreed the men
gathered around the new Presi-
dent, the Ter selected by him
to be his closest advisers, are of
top ranking calibre, with few
minor exceptions.
It seems the new administra-
ton is getting off to a splendid
start : and all good Americans
will join in a prayer for the New
President and his families, per-
sonal and official, that each
member may play to perfection
the part assigned him in the
ensuing four years.
If we. as citizens and lovers
of this nation can somehow catch
the dream that America has al
ways been as a land of free
dom and make that dream a
living reality, then our nation
will be strengthened from within
in a resurgence of moral and
spiritual growth that will not be
denied and cannot be defeated,
either from within or without.
We are sorry Mississippi's
Governor will not be among the
dignitaries at the inaugural fes-
tivities in Washington = he will
certainly no missing ont on .
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-19
Two Holmes County
Youths Ia Graduate
From MSU This Month

Two Holmes County boys will
be among the "a students who
will receive their graduate de-
grees from Mississippi State Uni
versitv when the fall semester
ends this month.
The boys are Joseph Clifton
McGinty, son Of Mrs. Adele Nc
Ginty of Lexington and Frank
Abbott Jones. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Peyton A. Jones of Tchula.
The announcement was. made
by Bob Moulder, director of
Public Information at MSu.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-19
P. n. Williams Fills
Pulpit Sunday At
Bowling Green Church

P. H. Williams, Jr., will be
the guest speaker at the Bowling
Green Methodist Church, Sun
day, January % at II a. m.
Mr.. Williams is filling in for
the Rev. Harold Robinson,
church pastor, who is a patient
at the hospital in Bonneville.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-19
Democrats Succeed To Office Friday

John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Lyndon B. johnson, two
former U. S. Senators from Massachusetts and Texas, will
be inaugurated as President and Vice President of the United
States of America Friday in impressive ceremonies at noon
Q1:O0 a. m. Central Standard Time). The oath of office
will be administered by Chief Justice Earl Warren of the
y. S. Supreme Court.
Millions of American citizens and people throughout
The world will be viewing the proceedings over television.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-19

OBVIOUSLY A CHARMER, Linda Breese, a high
spirited young lady of four, who lives in Columbus, Ohio,
captures DR.. A. L. Gray, Mississippis Health Officer and
State March of Dimes Chairman, at a meeting in Atlantic
City. The vivacious Linda, a victim of the serious birth
defects of an open spine and excess fluid on the brain, is
the January 1861 New March of Dimes National Poster
Child. The expanded program of the New March of Dimes
now includes study and patient aid in birth defects and
arthritis, together with continued work in polio.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-19
In God We Trust

Taking his first oath of Of
flee as President, George Wash
ington originated the practice
If concluding his most solemn
promise with the words $50
help me God" This week
another President will take that
oath and use those words.
Without exception, every
President of the United States
has acknowledged the Father
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-19
Sympathy Extended

Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Alton
B. Parker sympathize with them
in the death of their brother-in-
law, Mr.. Bill Dubard at tia
Bena. Mr.. Dubard, we'll known
in American Legion circles and
in the Delta where he held plant
ing interests, died of a heart all
ment after a weeks illness. Mrs.
Dubard is the former Marguerite
Parker.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-19

CHURCH AWARDS - Ten rural Mis- i@ippi churches received development
awards at the 18th annual Institute for Town and Country Church Leaders being
held last week at Mississippi State University The people accepting the awards for
their various winning churches are as follows: First row, left to right are Rev.
Estes Denton, Arteia Baptist Lowndes County; Mrs T. E.. Yaney, Palmetto Metho-
dist, Lee County; Miss Louise Adah, Pleasant Grove Methodist, Monroe County;
Mrs Y. B. Bruce, Acma Methodist Holmes County; and the Rev. Wade Acton, Nc
Leods Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian, Noxubee. Back row left to right are, the
Rev. Arnan Richardson, Salem Baptist, Covington County; Joel Smith, tranquil
Methodist Monroe County; F. w. Ray, Tchula Methodist, Holmes County; Charles
Langley Thorn Methodist, Chckasaw CounJ "; and Charles Muninnix, Pleasant Metho-
dist, Lee County.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-01-19

We are sorry Mississippi's
Governor will not be among the
dignitaries at the inaugural fes-
tivities in Washington - he will
certainly be missing out on a
Evening star., 1961-05-19
Just $40 down, SIT monthly

Luxury odoptobiIity for present and
future living rooms at q wonderfully
appealing price. Genuine foam rubber
reversible cushions in smart black or
beige. MoVeI-weor nyIon covering.
Kodiak mirror., 1961-02-10
Blind See Again In Eye-Bank Film

How sightless child was able to see through the efforts of the eye-bank was graphically shown in film presented before the Ro- tary Club Tuesday noon during the Clubs weekly luncheon at the 49 Room.
 Dr. Milo Fritz, visiting eye, ear and nose specialist from Anchor age, and MT John Spawn, optom- etrist, who were visitors at the Clubs luncheon, presented the film entitled "A Boy Blindfolded.' The films story was taken from a case history, in which the donor stip- ulated her eyes be given to sightless person in the event of her death. She was killed in an auto mobile accident, and surgery i'm mediately performed giving sight to the boy.
 This was the first time the i'm pressive film from the BENT Foundation, has been shown any where other than TV, it was stated. Another visitor present at the meeting was MT. Victor Fischer. Jack Trent was in attend ance as student member.
Kodiak mirror., 1961-02-10

AT W 200 it.; thence N23 de- grees-13' W 117.O it.; thence N66 degrees-47' E 1883 fit. to the point of beginning, con- taining an area of 44,813 square feet. . FOR RATIFICATION OF
 ORDINANCE . AGAINST RATIFICATION
 OF ORDINANCE ". REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Registration shall be made by Poll Registration Book at the polling place prior to voting. V. POLLING PLACE: The polling place shall be the City Hall.
 FOR THE CITY OF KODIAK
 Douglas G. Preston,
 City Clerk-Treasurer. Pub. Jan. 21, 28, 1861
 Feb. 4, II, 1861
Kodiak mirror., 1961-02-10
F. R. A. WILL HOLD A MEETING MONDAY

Fleet Reserve Ass i 0 n Branch No. 165 will hold meeting Monday, February 13, at 8 p. m., at the e. P. O. Club on the Naval Sta ton.
 All members and prospective members are urged to attend.
Kodiak mirror., 1961-02-10
TRAFFIC INCREASE

Passenger traffic through the Anchorage International Airport increased by nearly 22,000 during 1860 as compared with the previous year.
 The report showed the number of passengers utilizing the An chorage airport totaled 286, ,476 dur ing 1860 as compared with 264.8 .849 in calendar 1859.
Kodiak mirror., 1961-02-10
Legal Notice
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION OF THE CITY OF KODIAK, ALASKA


 I. TIME OF ELECTION: Notice is hereby given pursuant to Or dinances No. POT, POS, 223 and 232 of the City of Kodiak, Alaska, that between the hours of 800 A. M. and 800 P. M. on February q. 1861 Special Election will be held.
 II. ELIGIBILITY OF VOTERS: Those eligible to vote at the Spe- cial Election must possess all of the following qualifications:
 (a) He or she must be a citizen of the United States, nineteen (19 years of age or over.
 (b) He or she must be an actual and bona fide resident of Alaska and must have been such resi- dent continuously for a period of one year immediately preced- ing the election; and must have been such resident continuously for the thirty (3O) days next preceding the election in the City of Kodiak, Alaska.
 (c) He or she must be able to read and write the English lang uage as prescribed and proved in Title 38, Chapter 1, Section 2, Compiled Laws of Alaska, 1949 and not be barred by any other permission of law from voting. III. P ROP SETON TO BE VOTED ON: Are you in favor of ratification of Ordinance No. PA, enacted on the 14th day of Janu- ary, 1861, providing for the sale of the following described prop erty by the City of Kodiak to Kodiak Cold Storage, Inc, for the sum of sixty-five thousand dollars ($65, ,0O0.OO), payable three thous- and dollars ($3,0O0.0O) down and the balance at the rate of five hun d r ed d dollars ($500.00) monthly?"
 That portion of Block Twenty (20), U. S. Survey 2537B, Sup plemental Plat, Kodiak Town site, and that portion of tide lands outside the meander line of said U. s. Survey 2537B de- scribed as follows:
 From W.C.MIC. 2 to MIG. No.
 2. on the Westerly boundary
 of U. S. Survey 1086; thence
 from said MIG, S84 degrees
 19' E 76.3, to the point of be-
 ginning; thence SPA degrees
 or E 255 it., plus or minus
 to the face of the wharf;
 thence S64 degrees-18 w
 along said face of wharf 1898
 it.; thence N25 degrees A w
 145.2 it.; thence S66 degrees
Kodiak mirror., 1961-02-10

Mirror classifieds bring results.
Evening star., 1961-10-18

to look with distrust on demo-
cratic principles"
The m essage also urged
Christians to work for a world
atmosphere of mutual respect
and understanding" so that
conflicting ambitions" of ma
tions may be settled by other
than a resort to war.
A budget of more than S30.-
900 for. the coming year was
approved by the gathering
This included a section asking
member churches to subscribe
2 per cent of their undesignated
gifts to the association.
Miss Pansy E. Wiltshire was
honored on her retirement as
director of the association s
training union work. A member
of First Baptist Church OF
Clarendon, she has served in
this capacity since 1945.
The Rev. Paul Harrell. pas
tor of M morial Baptist
Church and outgoing modera-
tor, presided.
Evening star., 1961-10-18

ment without going through a
difficult and bitter trial.
The judge also proposed that
If Mr.. Stielau Withdrew his
charge, Anne's father, Otto
Frank, should drop his SANDER
charges. After a five-hour re-
cess. Mr.. StielSu and Mr.. Frank
announced their settlement.
Court costs of 1000 marks
(S250l we're assessed to Mr..
Stielau.
Evening star., 1961-10-18
Request Denied
NEW ALBANY. Ind. {

NEW ALBANY. Ind. CAP)-
A woman telephoned the Floyd
County clerks office asking
that her welfare check be left
for her at the entrance to the
Ohio River bridge here. so she
could pick it up on her way to
the Churchill Downs race track
in Louisville. Request denied.
Evening star., 1961-10-18
Michigan U. Club
Elects Officers Here

William S. German, former
assistant dean of men at the
University of Michigan. has
been elected president of the
University Of Michigan Club
of Washington.
Other newly elected officers
include Bert Porter and Joseph
D. Whiteman, vice presidents,
and T. Maxwell Collier, secre-
tary-treasurer.
Evening star., 1961-10-18

Lothar Stielau, who was sus-
pended from his teaching jot
two years ago for saying the
Jewish girls wartime diary was
not authentic.
Mr.. Stielau made his new
statement after Presiding Judge
Freihsrr Won BredCw Of the
Lubbock State Court declared
that was no reason to doubt
that the diary was genuine. He
said expert studies prepared
for the court left no doubt or
this point and suggested that
Mr.. Stielau retract his state
Evening star., 1961-10-18
Teacher Retructs
Charge LeveIed
At Anne Frank

LUBBOCK, Germany. Oct. Is
(AP).-A German Schoolteacher
yesterday retracted a 3-year-
old statement that the diary
of Anne Frank was a fake
He apologized to the dead girls
father for having questioned
the books authenticity
The retraction and apology
ended the Slander trial OF
Evening star., 1961-10-18

was chosen wee moderator
Benjamin H. Dozier of First
Church, Annandale, treasurer,
and Hazel A. Braught of
Greenbrier Baptist Church,
clerk.
A native of Texas City. Tex,
Mr.. Holley is a Marine Corps
gunnery sergeant stationed at
the corps headquarters N the
Navy Annex, Arlington. The
36-year-old Marine came to
Washington in June. 1857,
from the Marine Corps Air
Station at Cherry Point, N. c.
Deacon Of Church
He is a deacon in Virginia
Hills Church and has been
Christian Witness Leader for
the Association Brotherhood.
He is married, has three chill
dren and lives at 3619 South
Roundhill road, Alexandria.
The Rev. William J. Cum
bic, superintendent of mission
for the association, reported
the organization has A
churches in Northern Virginia
with a membership of 27,918.
This is a 993 increase over the
2G,925 members in 43 churches
of the association last year.
The number Of churches was
raised to A yesterday when the
recently formed Emmanuel
Baptist Church, meeting in the
Mount Vernon High School,
was taken into the association.
The Rev. c. r. Davenport has
been pastor since the 49-mem-
ber congregation was organ
lied July %.
Race Solution Asked
A call on Christians to solve
the race problem through "the
love of Christ" was contained
in the Christian Life Commit
tee report passed by the mes
sengers (delegates) yesterday.
Observing that race relations
are one of the worlds greatest
current problems. the statement
warned that the inability of
American Christians to cope
with this problem has caused
many people in other countries
Evening star., 1961-10-18
To Discuss Operu

Bliss Hebert. general man.
ager of the Opera Society of
Washington, will discuss the
history and goals of the society
at a dinner meeting of the
arts Club Of Washington at
7:30 pm. tomorrow in the Arts
Club headquarters. 20l7 I
street NV.
Evening star., 1961-10-18
Mount Vernon Boptists
Elect HoIIey Moderator
By CASPAR NAMES
Star Staff Writer

Henry Holley member of Virginia Hills Baptist Church
of Mount Vernon Baptist Assoca
annual meeting yesterday in First Baptist Church
Annandae Va.
James Dawkns of Columbia Baptist Church. Falls Church
Evening star., 1961-09-13
7 eu Set for
Mt. HoIyoke
Freshmen

= The Mount Holyoke Club
Qf Washington will honor
Mount Holyoke freshmen
from the Washington area at
d 8 to S pm. tea tomorrow
at the home of Mrs. M. E.
Parkinson. on Kennedy drive.
In Chevy Chase.
2. Upperclassmen win be
present to meet the freshmen
and their mothers and talk
with them about college life.
Mrs. William P. King, club
president, will be one OF the
officers welcoming the stu
dents.
Evening star., 1961-09-13
Luncheon
Planned

The executive board Of the
District Of Columbia Chapter
of the Daughters of Founders
and Patriots of America will
meet for luncheon tomorrow
at the Kennedy Warren.
At the meeting, plans will
be made for the chapter
meetings of the coming club
year.
Evening star., 1961-09-13
Meetinq Set

The first general meeting
Of the new club year Of the
Suburban Woman's Club Of
Montgomery County win be
a luncheon meeting at 1880
am. tomorrow in the audi
torium of st. Johns Epis-
copal Church in Bethesda.