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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15
'BrozviUe HID Club Meets
With Mrs. M. Devine

The Brozville Home Demon
stration Club held its regular
meeting on Friday, June 8 at
2 o'clock in the home of Mrs.
Monroe Devine with ten mem
bers, n agent, Mrs. Joy Fri
zell and five visitors, Mrs. An
ME Booth, Mrs. Dewitt Poe, Mrs.
Edward Weems, Mrs. o. B. Byrd
Jr. and Mrs. Thomas CAN'T
present.
Mrs. Monroe Devine, vice
president, presided over the
business. Mrs. Frizell led the
opening song Springtime In The
Rockies.
The devotional was led by
Mrs. C. M. Winstead. The roll
was called and minutes of the
last meeting read and approved.
A garden report was given
by Mrs. Frank Devine. Mrs.
Brady Davis gave the study
topic on Recognizing Early
Signs Of Mental Illness.
The demonstration on putting
in zippers, making round button
holes and interfacing was given
by Mrs. FriZell.
Mrs. H. H. Spell was in charge
of the recreation.
Mrs. G.. M. Winstead and
Mrs. Frank Devine co-hostess,
assisted the hostess in serving
refreshments.
The July meeting will be
held in the home of Mrs. Aaron
CAN'T.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15
Murtogh-H ommett Vows
Exchanged May 30th

Mr.. and Mrs. r. D.. Hammett
of Lexington announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss
Virgie Ruth Hammett to James
Edwin Murtagh, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. E. Murtagh of Lexing-
ton.
The VOWS were exchanged at
$3.50 p. m. on May 80 in Living
ston, Alabama by Judge Dear
man.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15
Return From Starkville

Mrs. L. w. Rabb of Lexing-
ton returned home last Friday
after visiting a week in tn
home of her daughter Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Wander Veen OF
Starkville. MI. and Mrs. Van
der Veen accompanied Mrs.
Rabb home. They spent Friday
night with her before returning
to their home.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15
Luncheon Guests

Mrs. R. M. Gwin, Mrs. Leslie
Johnson, Mrs. T. d. Lobby, Mrs.
j. M. Powers all of Lexington
and Mrs. c. M. Purvis of Ray
vile, Louisiana were luncheon
guests of Mrs. Marion Rogers of
West.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15
Leaves For Yellowstone

Miss Sue Sullivan, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Sullivan
of Lexington, left Tuesday for
Yellowtone National Park
where she will be employed for
the summer.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15
Returns Home

Mrs. Annie Ford Stewart re-
turned home from Choctaw
Lake where she spent a week.
Mrs. Stewart was accompanied
by her three sons, Joe, Rubber
and Tim.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15
Dinner Guests

Dinner Guests
Rev. and Mrs. David Skinner
OF New Orleans, Louisiana were
dinner guests last Sunday in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton
Holley and family.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15

Texas Visitor
Mrs, Effie Swittenberg left
Saturday for Lubbock, Texas
for a visit with her daughter,
Mrs. George Mecham and Mr..
Mecham.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15
Visits Mother

Mrs. Brady Cole and son, Roy
Of Randolph Air Force Base,
Texas left Thursday after a two
weeks visit in the home of her
mother, Mrs. r. C. Moore.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15
Visits Sister

Visits Sister
Mrs. Leslie Johnson and Mrs.
r. M. Gwin of Lexington visit
ed in the home of their sister,
Mrs. c. M. Purvis of Rayville,
Louisiana. While they were
there they attended the LSU
graduation. Mrs. Purvis' grand
son, George Purvis, Jr. was
among the 100 graduates.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15
House Guests

Miss Pat Brumby, daughter of
DR.. and Mrs. P. B. Brumby of
Lexington had as her house
guests David Koch and David
Glenn of Columbia, Missouri.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15

Visiting Relatives In Kansas
Mrs. E. w. RainWater and her
daughter, Mrs. John Carrot
Herbert of Meridian are visit
ing relatives in Kansas.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15
Lexington Visitor

Lexington Visitor
Mrs. c. M. Purvis of Ray
vile, Louisiana is visiting in the
homes of her sisters, Mrs. Les
lie p. Johnson and Mrs. R. M.
GWin.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15
Holmes County
Community Hospital
WHITE PATIENTS

WHITE PATIENTS
Mrs. w. H. Britt, Lexington
Baby Girl Britt, Lexington
Sam Carpenter, Lexington
Earl Alexander, Lexington
Mrs. w. E. Burrell, Goodman
Mrs. Vernice Williams, Lex
w. S. Owen, Pickens
Mrs. H. L. Bowie, West
w. E. Hill, ST., Durant
Mrs. H. L. Nichols, Lexington
Mrs. S. E. Henry, Lexington
Mrs. j. M. Coward, Cola
Mrs. B. G.. Basel, Grenada
Grady Roberts, Lexington
Miss Melvin Ellis, Jackson
Mrs. Mollie Weems, Lexington
Melvin Grantham, Lexington
j. T. Alderman, Lexington
Birdie Waldrup, Lexington
Mrs. Luther Mayo, Lexington
Mrs. L. B. Nichols, Lexing-
ton
COLORED PATIENTS
Elma Garrett
Lille Raymond
Sarah Richardson
Hattie Harris
Mable Rule
Olander Parker
B. B. Cooper
Fount Carter
Waddell Owen
Eddie Jones
Mae Ida Smith
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15
Hospitalized

Mrs. Louie Beall Nichols is a
patient in the hospital here. Her
friends wish for her a speedy
recovery.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15

Agriculture is big business.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15
Visits Gulfport

visits Gu11POIf
Mrs. Jack White and children
Of Lexington visited in the
home of her sister Mrs. Inez
VanLandingham. Mrs. White
and the children left Thursday
and came home Saturday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15

Lexington Visitors
Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. McRae and
family of Jackson visited in the
home of his sister Mrs. R. c..
Moore Sunday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15

Attend The Church OF Your
Choice This Sunday
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15
Attend Wedding

Attend Wedding
Mrs. P. B. Brumby, Miss Pat
Brumby and Miss Slbyl McRae
attended the wedding of Miss
Nance Mcintyre to Mr.. Edward
Stephens. III. The ceremony was
solemnized at the First Presby-
terian Church in Greenwood on
Monday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-15
Visits In Lexington

Visitors in the home of Miss
Mary Elizabeth Glover Sunday
afternoon were her uncle, Mr..
E. w. Williams of Belzoni and
LIT. and Mrs. w. B. Cloughley
and children, Bill and Susan of
Bermuda. Mrs. Cloughley is the
former Miss Rosemary Williams.
Visits In Memphis
Mrs. Necie Povall was a re-
cent guest in the home of her
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hook
er and family of Memphis, Ten
neSSee.
Evening star., 1961-09-25
Desegregoted Buses

The Interstate Commerce Com
missions ban on segregated seating on
interstate buses is considerably less than
an earth-shaking reform. Still, the
CalmneSS with which this order has been
received in the South, as contrasted to
what might have been expected 10 years
ago, is evidence that the public mood on
the race question has indeed changed.
This ICC pronouncement was made
pursuant to a petition filed last May by
Attorney General Kennedy. 1t requires
the posting of notices that seating on
interstate buses cannot be governed by
considerations of race, color, creed or ma
tional origin, and it forbidS the use of
segregated terminals by these Buses
This latter does not apply to establish
ments which merely sell tickets, without
offering any facilities for bus passengers.
So far as we have observed, there
has not been so much as a murmur of
protest in the South. Taking this to-
gether with last weeks mayoralty run
off in Atlanta, in which a racial
moderate defeated an out-and-out
segregationiSt by vote of 63522 to 35,-
922, the conclusion Is inescapable,
or so it seems to us, that the old order
is dying.
Evening star., 1961-09-25
As Washington Saw 1t

~ George Washington, in retirement
at Mount Vernon, enjoyed looking
across the Potomac-he called it my
river" to the wooded shoreline of
Mockley Point, in Prince Georges
County, Maryland. He could not have
envisioned a day when those scenic
shores would be threatened by bull
dozers and power ShovelS That day
arrived, however, and we are glad that
Congress has taken steps to preserve
the landscapes natural beauty.
Two private conservation founda-
tions have been buying up land in the
Piscataway Bay-Mockley Point area
to prevent subdivision and apartment
promoters from proceeding with plans
for building construction there. Some
900 acres have thus been protected
from the builders. Nearly an equal
amount still was in need of protection
however, and private funds to acquire
this additional land were not available.
OF particular concern was an area
near Piscataway Bay, designated by
the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission as the site of new sewage
disposal plant. We can think Of no
place more inappropriate for the con-
struction of sewage plant. Not sur
prisingly, the foundations, the Mount
Vernon Ladies Association and numer-
Gus other groups and individuals
have induced Congress to authorize
Federal purchase of the remaining
threatened land opposite Mount Vernon.
Federal acquisition of the area as
park is we'll justified.
Evening star., 1961-09-25
Market Place Pressure

The normal pressures of a free en-
terpriSe market place may be tipping the
scales in favor of President Kennedy'S
hopes that big industry will refrain from
across-the- board price increases this
fall.
The first significant break has come
in the aluminium industry where the
giant among United States producers,
the Aluminium Company of America, has
announced a wo-cents-per-pound re-
duction in ingot prices. In doing so, it
explained that the move was forced by
the pressure of foreign competition both
Canadian and European, in United
States markets. Only few days earlier,
Canadian prices had been revised at
border delivery points through an intri-
cate formula that domestic producers
claim will mean lower prices to most,
if not all, United States customers. The
Alcoa reduction on its primary product
amounts to about TT per cent.
Actually it has been in steel, and
secondarily in automobiles, that the ad-
ministration has taken the initiative in
pressing for continued and voluntary
control of prices. First in a press con-
ference and later through letter to the
heads of major steel companies, the
President expressed the hope that steel
would hold the price line despite higher
wage rates which become applicable by
contract at the end Of this month. In
their written responses, the steel men
have declined to commit themselves on
Mr.. Kennedy's appeal, but while several
of their letters indicated some resent
ment at this publicized effort at perSua-
sion none has expressly said there would
be price increase.
The most prophetic of these replies,
In fact, may have been that of Roger
M. Blough, president of U. S. Steel, who
referred to the "ineXorable preSSures"
of the market place as the basic factor
in price determinations in free econ
omy and mentioned competition, not
only from imports but from other ma
terialS, as being high among these pres
SureS. In recent years, aluminium has
become an increasingly great competitor
of steel. Plastics, glass, paper and ce-
ment are others that have cut into the
markets of certain steel products.
In the background of this watch
over basic prices, of course, is the valid
concern that any broad upward move
ment will signal a new round Of infla-
ton While it is correct that the pricing
policies in steel alone should not be held
exclusively responsible for in1ationary
presSures, avoidance of across e-board
steel price rises would make it much
easier to hold the line on other major
products. If it is able, within reach of
a fair profit, to do this, the steel indus
try will be doing real service to the
national interest.
Evening star., 1961-09-25
Some Thoughts for 1865

In the heavy fire which invariably
is exchanged during each years battle
of the budget, an estimate today OF
Federal spending in fiscal 1865 probably
will be forgotten before that date arrives.
Even so, Chairman Byrd of the
Senate Finance Committee, whose Gre
dentialS as a budget authority are
properly respected in most quarters, has
submitted for current consideration a
calculation that expenditures for that
future fiscal period will reach record
total of $137 billion, as a minimum. OF
this sum, he estimates that $106 billion
will come through the so-called regular
budget with the additional $31 billion to
be disbursed from various Federal trust
funds, such as those for highway con-
Struction and social security.
If there is any tendency to scout
the Virginia Senator's figures as being
high, it is interesting to note that the
Budget Bureau itself made some 1865
projections last January. Applying
three sets of aSsumptions-to indicate
low, medium and high levels of spend
ing-it came up with high figure on
regular budget expenditures that ex-
ceeded Senator 'Byrd's by more than
So billion. In calling attention to this,
the Senator pointed out that policy
and attitudes in Washington today E.
are remarkably similar" to the bureaus
assumptions for the high level of
spending.
Actually, the Senator's study is
significant on much more than a
statistical basis He is concerned, and
rightly so, with the whole psychology
of Federal budget-making and its
constantly greater preoccupation with
more and more spending, rather than
with any offsetting sense of urgency
that deficits should be avoided or the
top-heavy public debt reduced AS he
said, Federal spending programs grow
and grow, they are seldom If ever cur
tailed and rarely allowed to expire.
This is particularly true in the case OF
domestic civilian programs, where Spe-
cial interest pressureS are continuous,
and it is in these areas that the Ken
nedy administration has been most
lavish in it's proposals of recent months.
There is little room for belief that the
trend will be different next year, and
there is considerable doubt that a really
equitable tax revision to meet potential
extra needs" will be enacted in an
election year.
In a world where external threats
were not so terrifying, the luxury of
Federal generosity on all sorts of domes-
tic programs would be less cause for
concern. There are few, however, who
would dare deny that our fiscal integrity
and stability are most important today
to our overall strength.
Evening star., 1961-09-25

In Fairfax County there
has been a we'll organized
and initially successful cam
paign for the proposal that
the county become a city.
The effect of that change on
our taxes has not been made
clear. Just a year ago, about
5000 signatures were cb-
tained on a petition Tor a
referendum on adoption of
the Urban County Plan"
These proposed changes did
not stem from any dissatis-
faction with the existing
form of local government but
only from a desire to pre-
serve the county through
prevention OF annexations by
adjoining cities and incor-
porationS of additional towns
and cities within the county.
The proposed city charter
would continue the same
form Of government. chang
ing County Executive" to
City Executive" with few
changes in power. 1t would
give complete protection
against annexations or inter-
nal interpretations. An i'm
portant change from our
present local government,
however, is that the city
would become responsible for
construction and mainte-
nance of its highways. Our
county highways are main
tanned by the State, but as
a city we would receive funds
from the State which would
probably be adequate for
maintenance of the primary
highways but would be sub
Stantially less than is now
provided for the secondary
roads. The effect of this
change is not generally un-
derStood.
The maintenance of our
roads by the State has not
been satisfactory and the
public is thoroughly oissat-
isfied. If the control of road
construction and mainte-
nance we're shifted to the
local government, the public
would demand rot only I'M
provement bat a really good
and adequate road system.
We would have to pay for
this improvement from local
taxes while continuing as
individuals to pay the State
automobile license fees and
gasoline taxes, frcm which
we would get less in return.
How much would this ad-
ditional cost amount to? On
Evening star., 1961-09-25

We wish to thank The Star
for the very excellent supple
ment The New Washington"
which appeared in The Sun
day Star September II, 1861.
The D. C. Society of Pro-
fessional Engineers takes this
opportunity to strongly in
dorse the immediate ap-
proval by Congress of the
center leg of the inner loop
system Of freeways for the
District Of Columbia.
A detailed study of the
transportation problems of
the District was made by the
consultant firm of DeLeuw
Gather & Co. in 1865 and the
present proposed system of
freewayS was suggested. The
National Capital Planning
Commission, after due study,
approved these plans. The
District Highway Depart
ment, with minor revisions,
adopted these proposals.
Downtown Progress" studied
, the center leg of the inner
loop and found it very i'm
portant to their plans for
development of the downtown
area.
The Sunday Star pointed
out that the center leg of the
inner loop will speed workers
to their jobs and will speed
shoppers to the revitalized
downtown area.
The Southwest freeWay is
under construction. as is the
planned interchange at End
and E streets S.W. with the
center leg.
These plans are progress
ing, An alternate plan has
been proposed to keep the
center leg entirely below
grade between Independence
avenue and Constitution ave-
nue.. 1t will not be visible
from the Capitol grounds.
Action must be taken in
order to foreStall the build
ing of new structures by pri-
vate interests within the nee
essary right of way of the
proposed center leg. It is
unfair to penalize the owners
of properties within this
Evening star., 1961-09-25
Patent Office Milestone

In connection with the issuance by
the Patent Office the other day of the
three -millionth patent, it is interesting
to reprint comment by the first patent
commissioner, Henry L. Ellsworth in
his annual report for 1843. He said:
The advancement of the arts, from
year to year, taxes our credulity and
seems to preSage the arrival of that
period when human improvement must
end"
Commissioner Ellsworth had reason
to be impressed by the march of science
and technology. Such amazing in
ventions as Eli WhitneyS cotton gin,
the Mccormick reaper and the steam
boat had been patented and more
inventions were being demonstrated to
the commissioner and his staff every
day. Even before formal establishment
of the Patent Office in 1886 as separate
agency, more than 1000 patents had
been issued Prior to 1885 the patent
system had been administered by the
State Department., with Thomas Jeffer-
son granting United States Patent No.
for an Improvement in the manufacture
of pot ash and pearl ash" The rapid
increase in applications for patent
rights led Congress to create the Patent
Office, which this year is observing its
125th anniversary.
If Commissioner EllSworths credu-
lity was taxed by the advancement of
the arts in his day, we wonder what
he would say if he could examine the
three -millionth patent, which was for
an electronic reading brain" developed
by the General Electric Company. Or
Evening star., 1961-09-25
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Speck of Matter Has Shortest Life
By THOMAS R. HENRY

An elementary particle of
all matter with a lifetime of
only 100000, 900, 900, ,000th of a
second is described by Naval
Research Laboratory Scien-
fists.
This is a million times
briefer than any other
natural process yet measured,
according to Drs. Robert
CHASER, Nathan Seeman and
Bertram Stiller in a current
report on Office of Naval
Research activities. The time
span will be one of the uni
versal constants of physics.
The particle is the pion, one
of the 80 known elementary
particles that account for all
forms Of matter and energy
in the universe. The constant
is one which physicists have
been trying to pin down for
the past decade. The time of
its existence was measured by
the time required to travel,
at almost the velocity of light,
a 3 millionth of an inch
through a Photographic emul-
sion. The lifetime is a million
times shorter than that of
any other known particle,
according to the Office of
Naval Research report.
How Span Was Measured
The neutral pions," says
the report, break down in
two ways. The second way,
which occurs one time in 30.
provided the means by which
the life span was measured.
In this case the neutral pion
breaks down into one gamma
ray and a pair Of electrons,
the latter leaving visible
tracks. 1t is produced by the
breakup of a meSon, or
neutral particle, and breaks
up into one gamma ray and a
pair of electronS.
by measuring the point
from where the electron
tracks started it was possible
to determine where the pion
broke down and where it be-
gan. From the measured
distance. which was three
millionths of an inch it was
possible to obtain the time it
took the particle, moving at
80 percent of the velocity of
light, to decay in each of II
cases observed.
The determination of this
universal constant is expected
to help in providing better
understanding of the forces
holding together the nuclei
of atoms. The pions appear
to act as a nuclear glue, hold
ing the nuclei together"
n
The Navy will send aloft
Evening star., 1961-09-25
Warns Of Bumpy Road in Fairfax Drive to Become City

cal city; it spreads from the
Potomac River in Dranes-
vile District above Cabin
John Bridge to the Potomac
River at Fort Belvoir. Rel
atively many miles of "coun-
try roads" would become
city streets" Furthermore,
We would have the problem
of remaking our whole sys-
tenn at once instead of grad
ually as the city grew.
Is it necessary for Fairfax
County to become a city in
order to preserve itself? No.
There are now three cities
which might annex part of
the county: Falls Church,
Fairfax City, and Alexan-
dria. Annexation suits by
Falls Church have been twice
denied by the Circuit Court
and there seems little likeli-
hood for any future success
in such efforts. Fairfax City
recently, while still a town,
annexed part Of the county
and, therefore. must wait at
least five years before trying
again. Alexandria has filed a
suit for annexation; if we
were to become a city after
the next session Of the legis-
lature, it could have no ef-
feet on that suit.
The State Legislature has
provided for an urban county
optional form of government
which provides a bar against
any further incorporation
within the county. If we
would adopt that form with
out the optional district
council. we would effect a
mlnimal change in our pres
ent government, which is
what the proposed city char
ter aims to do. And it would
not cost one additional cent.
II that were done promptly.
we would have time to seek
an amendment to the urban
county form in 1864 to pro-
tect us against annexation
by an adjoining city. If the
legislature will grant us a
city charter. it should be
equally willing to amend the
urban county form to the
same degree of protection.
If the taxpayers want to
reconstruct our highways at
their own expense we
should try to become a city
for that purpose, but not dis
guise the action as a means
to preserve our integrity. I
think we should try TO get
the State to do its job.
Richard P. OvenShine