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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-04

that the minutes of the State Sovereign
ty Commission show no record of it's
order allocating the monthly payments to
the Citizens Council Forum and no record
of the payments.
Weisenhurg said he was told by
Albert Jones, director Of the commission,
that the commission 'felt It best, as a
matter of policy, not to show monthly
grants to the Citizens Council on the
minutes"
This sort OF beneath-the-table deal
ings is unworthy of an agency of the
State of Mississippi. 1t indicates that the
Sta e Sovereignty Commission itself would
prefer to keep its action quiet - out of
the news.
1t indicates. that the commission is
we'll aware that its support of the Citizens
Council program is highly irregular.
This Citizens Council has long since
departed from it's avowed purpose of stay
ing out of politics. It has become deeply
enmeshed in the deliberations of the adj
ministration of Gov. Ross Barnett.
There are times when interested
Mississippi voters may wonder who does
occupy the governors office - Gov. Bar
nett or the Citizens Council.
If we don't like the former, at least
we can take responsibility for his decisions
ourselves. We elected him. He was the
chosen candidate of the people of Missis-
sippi.
But that cannot be said for the
Citizens Council or any of it's maneuvers
= political or private. The Citizens Coun-
Gil is a private organization which must
succeed or fail by the efforts of its men,
bers alone.
1t has no proper claim to subsidiza-
ton by the taxpayers of Mississippi =
the vast majority of whom have not
chosen to identify neither their dollars nor
themselves with the organization.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-04
Uhr Grxtngtnn Anurrtiarr
EDITORIAL OF NOTE
Public Funds To Councils Should Ni Be Continued
EDllo ORAL OF NOTE
Reprinted from The State Times

1t is becoming more apparent as
the weeks pass that the State Sovereign
ty Commissions decision to substitute the
Citizens Council was a grave error in
Judgment.
AT first the protests were raised
only by a number of newspapers across
the state and a scattering of legislators.
many citizens, although they disliked the
idea of using Mississippi's public tax
money to support a private organization,
kept their thoughts to themselves.
But today the cries of protest have
been sounded from one end of the state
to the other. Mississippi has no business
spending its tax revenues = already in
desperately short supply = on a private
ly sponsored program of dubious effec-
tiveness.
Mississippi has no business spend
ing its tax dollars to sponsor irrespon-
sible attacks on some of our most dis
tinguished citizens. We have no business
financing a television and radio forum
whose effectiveness Isl completely un-
tested.
And above all, we have no business
giving Our tax money to a private agency
which makes no public accounting for the
way in which the tax money is spent.
Atty. Gen. Joe Patterson is the latest
to voice his dissatisfaction with the situa-
ton.
Patterson made a motion last month
to discontinue payments to the Citizens
Council which, during the past 10 months,
have amounted to S64, 800 in state funds.
The Attorney General said he felt
the money should be used for state prog
ress, and he predicted that it will be-
come necessary to discontinue the funds
in order to finance the growing num-
Der of state-financed projects.
State Rep. Karl Weisenburg of
Pascagoula has called attention to the fact
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-04

said. Better communities mean
a better state; in fact, our state
is only as strong as its commu-
mites. Therefore, we urge any
community that wants to inn
prove itself to investigate the
Merit Community Program. It
is the best plan yet devised for
communities to lift themselves
by their own bootstraps."
He said the following commu-
mites have won one or more
Merit Awards since the program
started last fall: Bay Springs,
Benoit, Canton, Clarksdale,
Drew, Greenville. Hazlehurst,
HoHandale. Kosciusko, Leland.
M~endenhall, Okolona, Poplar
vile, Senatobia and Yazoo City.
Other towns which have COM
peted their scoring. and are Of
ficially entered are: Brandon,
Cleveland, Columbia, Ellisville,
Goodman, Gulfport. 1ndianola,
Lexington. Louisville. Magee,
Meadville Newton. Noxapater,
Philadelphia, Quitman, Rule
vile, Sa~ndersville, Sardis. Stark
vile. Sunflower. Taylorsvi1le,
Walnut Grove, and West Point.
Communities in the process of
scoring themselves are:
Alderman, Amory, Anguilla,
Batesville. Bay st. Louis, Boone
vile, Brookhaven. Carthage,
Charleston, Columbus, Corinth,
Crystal Springs, Edwars. Forest,
reenwood. Grenada, Heidelberg,
Holly Springs. Houston, Inver-
ness, Itta Bena, jackson, Laurel,
Liberty, McComb,
Macon, Magnolia, Marks, Me-
ridian, Monticello. Moorhead,
Morton. Moss Point, Natchez,
Olive Branch, Osyka. Pascagou-
Ia. P~icayune. Pontotoc. Prentiss,
Raleigh. Rolling Fork, Shaw.
Terry, Vicksburg. Water Valley.
Wavnesboro, Webb, Wesson, and
Winona.
To enter the program. COM
munities score themselves in ten
basic categories of development.
Scoresheefs and other material
for use in the program can be
secured. without charge. from
the Mississippi State Chamber
of Commerce, P. O. Box 1849,
Jackson.
The Merit Program is the sue
cessor to the former Hometown
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. and i.
financed by 43 firms and agen-
cieS.
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Goodman Scores Highest In Municipal
Finance Division OF State Merit Community
Program With Nine Hundred twenty Points
Thursday, May A, 1861

addition, an attractive two-color
sign has been shipped to the
Goodman group for erection at
a prominent downtown location.
H. o. Thomas, general chair
man of the local program, said
committees have been assigned
to carry out projects to improve
the towns standings in phases
selected for first attention.
eve challenge everyone to
give their support to this worth
while project" the chairman
said. "It is going to take the
help of many people to attain
our goals; but with cooperation,
our goals can and will be met.
This program is to improve the
overall welfare of our area, and
everyone will benefit as goals
are reached"
He complimented those work.
ing to score the community in
the ten general classifications
of: Identification. education, fire
protection, health and santa
ton, housing and construction,
long range planning, municipal
finance, police and traffice, re-
creation, and streets.
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Hilary Thomas
Director Of 1861
Program; Other
Choirmen Are Named

Goodman has scored itself in
the ten general categories Of de-
velopment, and is now officially
entered in the Mississippi Merit
Community Program.
The Goodman entry is being
sponsored by City Planning
Commission.
High And Low Scores
Goodman scored highest in the
category of Municipal Finance.
The scoring committee said the
minimum qualifying score in
the category is 100 points, while
this community scored 900
points.
The lowest score was in the
category of Police and Traffic.
The minimum qualifying score
in the category is 400 points,
with the local community scor-
ing only $50 points.
1--WE will be foolish not to
recognize our weak points," the
chairman said. "The real value
of this program is p;n~pointing
our weaknesses and striving to
improve them"
Committees set up to carry out
assignments at this time, and
their chairmen, are:
Identification, Mrs. Louise
Gwin--
Education, F. B. Branch;
Fire Protection, Roy Nc
Daniel;
Health and Sanitation. Mrs.
H. M. Terry;
Housing and Construction, Bill
Taylor;
Long Range Planning, George
Mitchell;
Municipal Finance, ]. G. ia
cob;
Police and Traffic. j. w. Potts;
Recreation, E w. Wilson;
Streets. A. S. Donald. Jr.
Don Colmer. Of Hattiesburg,
chairman of the statewide local
self-improvement project, said
the community is now ready to
claim the attractive Merit Award
Plaque in the categories in
which n meets mod
standards. Inspections are made
before plaques are awarded. In
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-04
May Proclaimed Mental Health Month In
Mississippi By Governor Ross Barnett

hospitalized because of mental
illness.
"The Mississippi Association
for Mental Health is conducting
a fund raising campaign to raise
$4,000 for mental health In
Mississippi.
e., Ross Barnett, governor
of the State of Mississippi, do
hereby proclaim the month OF
May. 1861, as Mental Health
Month and urge everyone to
support mental health to the
fullest extent
There is a reason for such Of
fetal sanction of a fund drive.
Mental illness hospitalizes
more patients than all other dis
eases combined. That's more
than everything else added to-
gether.
That makes mental health the
number one problem.
But it's a sorry seventh in
contributions to voluntary health
agencies. It's like this: as prob
lens go, mental health is the
biggest, but it is in seventh
place in having the money for
solving problems.
A Bell Ringer Campaign for
Mental Health will be held in
nearly all Of the counties of Mis-
sissippi. This offers citizens of
the state an opportunity to con-
tribute to the Mississippi Asso-
citation for Mental Health.
Anyone who might have been
missed by a Bell Ringer volun-
teer can enlist in the fight
against mental illness by joining
the Mississippi Association for
Mental Health. Membership dues
are a dollar a year, or more,
which may be mailed to the Mis-
sissippi Association for Mental
Health, Box 2081, Jackson.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-04
B,hindvhe Scenes
In american
Business
BY Reynolds Knight
By Reynolds Knight

NEW YORK (Special)-T h e
American consumer appears to
be sitting in the drivers seat
these days as industry studies
him and attempts to curry his
favor.
He's even escaped any blame
for the recession, which has been
attributed I'd. overcapacity and
too-large inventories. On the
contrary Mr.. Consumer is even
receivnsg some credit for mod
era ng the recession.
A Feaeral Reserve Bank econ
omist notes Id the monthly review
that the consumer refused to be
panlcked by the recession into
reducing his spending drastically.
Consumer spending was a
record high in the final quarter
OF 1860 despite all the talk OF
recession.
The banks economist says the
downsWing in inventory pur-
chasess by. business may have
been excessive in view Of the
consumers attitude.
A Midwest Investment firm re-
ports that today''s consumer is
spending 40 per cent of his dol
lar with service industries, COM
pared with 80 per cent in 1913.
The service Industries include
travel bureaus, auto repair shops,
piano tuner, doctor, dancing
school and such.
HOT POLICE T~IRES-Hard-
driven police patrol car and
other emergency vehicles that
often have to travel long dis
tances at high speeds face more
than-average danger from shock
wave damage to tires.
E.. F. Tom1inson, president of
B. F. Goodrich Tire Company,
says emergency runs on turn
pixies or other highways permit
destructive ''shock waves to
build up to a point where they
can cause blowouts or other fail
ures.
Now BIG has developed a
Silvertown Highway Patrol tire
specifically designed to eliminate
this kind of damage. Tomlinson
says the Apply nylon tubeless tire
runs 20 to 25 per cent cooler at
high speeds than normal tires
and the "shock waves are pre-
vented from reaching danger
point by a scientifically deter
mined cord angle.
The tires were tested by an
independent tire testing COM
pany at speeds up to 100 m.p.h.
in temperatures up to 1902 de-
grees and under rigid require
ments laid down by various state
highway patrols. At the end OF
the tests they showed no signs
of tear, thrown tread rubber,
tread separation or weakness
that could cause %blowouts, he
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-04

Dr.. Norman w. Cox has ac-
cepted the position as Director
Of the Greater Clarke College
Expansion Program, according to
an announcement by President
w. L. Compere. He was .unani-
mously elected by the Executive
Committee Of the Board of Trus-
tees which is the Steering Com
mite for the campaign. He has
begun his new work which will
continue throughout most of the
current year, and is now lead
ing in the preparation for the
campaign to secure a million dol
lars for additional physical facili,
ties and endowment for Clarke
Memorial College.
DR.. Cox is widely known in
Mississippi and throughout the
Southern Baptist Convention. He
is remembered for his long and
successful ministry as Pastor of
the First Baptist Church of
Meridian. During this time he
served as President of the Mis-
sissippi Baptist Convention
member of the Convention
Board, and in other places of
UNCONVENTIONAL leadership. His
ministry includes also pastorates
in five other ~states-Georgia,
Virginia, Alabama, West Vir-
ginia, and Kentucky.
For eight and a half years he
served in the strategic position
as Secretary of the Southern
Baptist Historical Commission
from which he retired last year
and moved to his new home at
Mobile. He is author Of four
books and was managing editor
for the Encyclopedia of Southern
Baptists published by Broadman
Press in 1858.
DR.. Cox brings to Clarke Col
lege campaign outstanding abil-
itv in organization and leader
ship, a rich background of ex-
perience, and a strong faith in
the future of Clarke College. He
has accepted the task with as
surance that Mississippi Baptists
will respond to the challenge and
share in Building for the Needs
of Today and the Challenge of
Tomorrow"
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said.
EVERYBODY WINS-Unlike
the big leagues in baseball where
only two teams can win the first
place pennants, business and
groups from the public some
times can undertake a project
that concludes with everybody,
including the consumer, winning.
Such a project is now getting
under way across a wide area
of the Upper Midwest. The
teams are Cargill, Inc, farm
products shipper and professor,
and 40 local chapters of the
Future Farmers of America.
Under the program, sponsored
by Cargill Hybrids, the FLA
chapters will undertake five
month corn management projects
underwritten and guaranteed
against financial loss.
Each chapter will grow corn
from seed provided by Cargill
on a five-acre parcel of land,
and will give the sponsoring firm
crop condition reports at various
stages of growth. AT the outset
the youths may borrow up to
$3.50 to get the crop started.
When harvest time comes, the
chapter keeps the net profit from
the crop. The whole theory is
in tune with FFA's motto of
Learning to do-doing to learn,
notes w. J. Kortesmaki, Mime
sofa FLA executive secretary.
Cargill Hybrids later will be
able to use the crop reports in
its continuing research to de-
velop better seed strains. And
in the long run, better corn may
be produced as an aid to the
Farm Belt economy.
THINGS TO COME-W til
spring just around the corner,
golfers will be checking on their
clubs. For the real zealots of the
game, who guard their woods
with as much pride as the owner
of a new automobile, the divot
dlggers may now purchase
pseudo mink golf club head COW
ers for as little as SIT for the
set of four woods. Science
minded youngsters may now
delve further into the field
through a new series of edu-
cational toys which enable them
to recreate the Gutenberg print
ing pres, Edison's electrical light
bulb, Hero's steam turbine, Cali
leo's telescope and Morse's tele-
praph
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-04
Forty Towns Complete
PIuns For Merit
Community Progrom

Mississippi now has 40 towns
entered in the Merit Communi-
tv Program. and so more in the
process of scoring themselves
preparatory to entering.
The group includes Goodman,
Lexington and Tchula in Holmes
County.
Durant is among the commu-
mites now scoring itself to enter
the program.
Francis J. Lundy, Hatiesburg,
who assumed Craftsmanship OF
the statewide project being spon-
sored through the Mississippi
State Chamber of Commerce,
is issuing a call for more towns
to participate. He succeeds Don
Colmer, also of Hatiesburg, as
chairman Of the program.
"The program offers a real
opportunity for communities ia
score themselves, chart long.
range planning and work To-
ward self-improvement on 8
sensible and planned basis" hi
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-04

Almost half the u. S. pop
ulation is unguarded against
Gripping polio.
Basil O'Connor, president Of
The National Foundation, has
described the vulnerability of
some IS million Americans to
paralytic polio as "a national
disgrace"
There is no scarcity of the
Salk vaccine, he pointed out,
and two NEGOTIATIONS now,
within q months time, would
provide at least some measure
Of protection against polio out
breaks and epidemics in the
summer.
In thousands of cities, vii
lagos and hamlets across the
nation, Salk polio vaccination
IS available at little cost, and
in some communities the pre-
scribed series of at least three
shots is free. A fourth boost
er" shot is now recommended.
THE individuals common
sense and will to survive
should dictate immediate vac
cination," Mi. O'Connor said.
III he or she has I family, all
the more urgent ground Tor
polio protection"
The National Foundation has
been joined in its nationwide
appeal to the unvaccinated by
the American Medical Associa.
ton and the US. Public Health
Service,
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-04

News
G PRODUCTION
RECORD / G
BY HEBER LADNER

Farm flocks in March laid ia
million eggs, the highest produc-
ton of record for the state.
This compares with the previous
record production of 108 million
eggs in May, 1860. March pro-
duction q year earlier totaled
l06 million eggs. Rate Of lay in
March was 17.2 eggs per layer
compared with the March 1860
rate of ITO eggs. Laying flocks
averaged $780, 900 layers dur
ing March, up s per cent from
March, 1860. Production Of eggs
for the first quarter of 1861
totaled 298,0O0,000 eggs, an in
crease Of 6,ooo, 900 over the same
period in 1860.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-04

May is Mental Health Month
in Mississippi, and there's an
impressive document signed by
Governor Ross Barnett and with
the big official seal at the bot
tom to prove it!
The legal paper contains all
the awe inspiring "Whereases'
and Nov. Therefores" and "In
Witness Whereofs."
But its message is starkly SIM
pie. Mental Health has become
the nations number n health
problem.
"There is a great need for re-
search, education and assistance
to the thousands Of Mississip-
plans who are h~opitalized in our
state mental institutions an
general hospitals as a result Of
mental illness.
Zone out of every ten Mis-
sissippians has been or will be
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-04
Now Is The Time
To Check Your
Social Security

Don't wait until you retire
to find out about your social
security; do it now" advises
the District Manager of the So
cial security office. Security
consists not only of receiving
benefits when due, but also be-
ing certain in advance that the
necessary credits are there to
make future payments possible"
the District Manager added.
Records of the Social Securi-
ty Administration r. confiden-
tial but upon request, a social
security account number holder
will be given a statement of
the earning credited to his social
security account. A postcard
form for this purpose is avail
able at any social security office,
the District Manager explained.
"By checking up on your ac-
count you can make certain that
you have all the work credit
due you. If an error has been
made, the social security office
will help to correct it."Nthe Dis
trict Manager concluded.
Try Advertising With Us -
We Appreciate Your Business!
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-04
MARCH HATCHERY
PRODUCTION UP

Commercial hatcheries in
Mississippi produced a total Of
1885, 900 chicks during March
- q per cent more than the
II. 914,O0O Matched in the same
period a year earlier and COM
pares with the 1869 acreage
Of $3.50, 900 chicks. B~roiler-type
chicks Matched in the State
totaled 1, 1897, 900 and compares
with II 440, 900 produced in
March, 1860. Total production
during the January : March
period amounted to 5000 600
chicks, compared with 81. 1872, 600
for the same months in 1860.
EE&+ F&4
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PROSPECTIVE E


Wheat production in Missis-
sippi on April / is forecast at
1,178, 600 bushels, slightly above
the 1,llO,000 bushels produced
in 1860, and compares with the
average production Of 971, 900
bushels for the l950-59 period.
The crops is reported to be
mostly in good condition and
generally showed Improvement
from week to week during
March with warmer tempera-
lures prevailing in most areas.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-04

number of cattle. Figures show
Kentucky leading with 2,115,000
head, and Mississippi is just be-
hind this state with 100000
head of cattle. Along with guam
tity, the quality of Mississippi
cattle and calves has gained
steadily
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-04

A $700 million farm income
is pyramided through related
agricultural industry to 4 more
than s. billion enterprise.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-04
CATTLE IN STATE

The latest summary gives
Mississippi second place among
all Southeastern states in total
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-04

Attend The Church OF Your
Choice This Sunday.
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The Lexington Adve, tiser

The Lexington Advertiser
Thursday, May A, 1861 M
HAZEL BRANNON SMITH Ors. Walter d. - Editor and Publisher
Established in 1887 = Published Every Thursday Subscription rates: Any
where Holmes County, $500 per year; Outside HOlme County. $3.50.
Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Lexington, Mississippi
Evening star., 1961-11-05
SUNDAY-Meet the Press.
Bullwinkle Show.
Walt Disney's World.
Bonanza.
MOnnAN Tup0IIHu EDTnl

Continental Classroom.
American Government.
Play Your Hunch.
The Price Is Right.
1t Could Be You.
Jan Murray Show.
Bozo the Clown.
News. Weather. Sports.
News.
Weather. Sports.
Sam and Friends.
Jack Paar Show.
Evening star., 1961-06-18

BETHESDA = New 4-bedrm., la
baths. rambler. Wv. carpeting,
drapes. dishwaSher, disposal, wash
eI-dryer, contemporary architure,
close-in location, suitable for pro-
fessional man requiring office in
home with priv. entrance; well
financed, S25,000, ready for oc-
cupancy, open Sun. . to . pm.
weekdays by calling OIL. 1880.
DIR: North on Wis. ave. TO Bradley
Ia. right / blk, left / blk, right
u hnmsn AZ 1Inn RidHe ST
Evening star., 1961-06-18
MONTGOMERY COUNTY

GARRETT PARK-AttractiVe l.
shaped brick rambler; 3 bedrms. Il,
sep. din. rm.. de luxe kit. 2 fire.
plS.; -pine-paneled rec. rm.; asking
S23,500. SAMUEL E. BOGLEY,
INC. PO. 2-6l5l.
Evening star., 1961-06-18

BETHESDA-Close--in off Bradley
blvd. New brick contemporary
ramblerS under construction. and
4 bedrms.. pa baths. rec. rm:
with fireplace. garage. wooded
lots. Hurry-These VIII sell be-
fore complication for the low price
of So. $50. Open by appoint, to-
day. | to 3. KROLL REALTY. OIL.
. EnSn nros VI S-R0.l
Evening star., 1961-06-18
BETHESDA-CHEvY CHASE

BEL kIhESDA-SnEv ShHS1
Brick Colonial, large bedrms,
plus den; finished rec. rm, ia
baths, center-hall entrance, oreaH-
fast room, large electric kltcnen'
garage, screened porch; upper 2OS.
Evening star., 1961-06-18

BETHESDA, only SlS.250-3-bed-
rm, brick Colonial in select area;
Choice wooded lot, chain linked
fence. quiet dead end street; walk
NH, Navy Hospital, schools. Sep.
din. rm., carpeting: bsmt. Assume
4Izes Gi. OIL. 4-1S31 after l pm.
Nh apentS
Evening star., 1961-06-18
TRADES CONSIDERED

One new brick-and-frame rambler
with 4 bedrms. and , baths lone
leve); din. room, entr. hall, fin,
rumpus rm.; wooded lot.