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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-27
Lbs Given Grant
By Civil Defense
For Construction

Lexington High School re-
ceived a cash grant rom the
Mississippi Civil Defense Office
n cooperation with the Federal
Civil Defense Office for the pur-
pose of constructing a home
shelter so the public can become
more familiar with the basic
procedures that will save their
lives in case of a nuclear attack.
The actual construction of the
fallout shelter is being done by
he Agricultural class of Lex
ngton High School under the
supervision of Mr.. o. A. Cleve-
and. head of the Vocational
Agricultural Department at the
chool.
The 12'x16' tubular shelter is
made of galvanized tin and
should be re-enforced with
either 12' of concrete or sand
or maximum protection against
he conclusion Of a nuclear ex-
plosion as well as against the
dangerous radioactive fall-out
which follows the initial blow.
MI. Cleveland said that the
concrete would not be used in
constructing the prototype shell
ter so people attending the exhi-
bit might be able to understand
the basic simplicity Of its con-
struction without the frame be-
ng covered by concrete or sand.
William Moses, Civil Defense
coordinator for .his area, indi-
ated that an exhibit of the COM
-,leted fall-out shelter would be
J acid sometime in May or early
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-27
Election OfficiuIs
For Holmes County

Election officials named to
hold the election Friday are as
follows:
Lexington - Mrs. Tom Shep-
herd, r. O., F. E. Fuller, Lynn
Jordan. Mrs. Walter Hooker,
Mrs. L. w. Rabb, S. L. White,
P. 0.
Acona - ]. D. Williams, R.
O., K. F. Downer, Mrs. j. R.
Booth, Mrs. Boswell Peacock,
Mrs. K. F. Downer, ]. r. Booth,
P. O.
Durant = Mrs. C. M. Ray, r.
O., w. c. Martin, T. c. Hit,
Mrs. John Jenkins, Mrs. John
Howard, j. S. Mcbride, P. O..
West - Mrs. Walter NJ. Brock,
R. O., Mrs. William d. Brock,
A. l.. Stevens, III, Mrs. G. l..
Brock. H. L. Bowie, S. c. Camp
bell, P. O.
Goodman. A. Ousley, r. 0.
J.. G. Jacob. Mrs. A. A. Derrick.
Sr., j. q. Neaves, George Nit
chell, Anthony McMullen, P. o.
Emory - S. S. Truitt, R. O.,
w. E. Grace, B.. S. Ellis, Miss
Davie Catron, Mrs. w. C. Down
er, T. L. Downer, p o.
Edsville, j. L. Moorhead, r.
O., F. D. Simpson, L. E. Parkin-
son, Mrs. j. l.. Moorhead, Mrs
O.. L. Lowery, o. L. Lowery, P.
O.
Bowling Green ~ A. f. Filing
ton, r. O.. George F. Wilkins,
Mrs. w. c. Sheehy, Mrs. George
Wilkins, Mrs. A. E. Ellington
Luther P. Mcclellan. P. o.
Pickens. T. 0. Buford, r. O.,
Mrs. j. D. McKie, Mrs. Bernice
Simpson, Miss Josie Burton,
Shelby Parker, E. B. Mcdaniel,
P. O.
Ebenezer Mrs. B. w. Hum
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Estimated cost of the office
and warehouse combined is
$4,000, the lot will be pur-
chased from Pat M. Barrett for
$4,000 with the remaining funds
used to cover the additional ex-
pense of architect and attorney
fees, legal publication, etc.
The Federal Government will
participate in the building to
the extent of paying 48.131 per
cent of three-fourths of the low
est estimated rent value of the
new building on a formula
worked out by the government.
At the present time the De-
partment Of Public Welfare is
paying $135.OO a month for the
building on Court Square and
$4,000 a month for a commodity
warehouse at 1O3 North Vine in
Lexington. Holmes County pays
rent and utilities for the Depart
ment as provided by law. Sub
stantial savings in utilities will
be effected with the new build
ing, cutting down present ope-
rating expenses substantially. It
will take approximately ten
years for the building to pay for
itself in rent after which it will
be owned by the county.
w. r. Ellis, Lexington banker
who has served as chairman of
the Holmes County Board o.
Public Welfare and other men,
bers of the board today made
the following statement to the
r.ialic in explanation of the
plans for a county-owned fact
litv which the board approved
unanimously:
To The Public: :
In view of public interest and
need for further understanding,
we, the Holmes County Welfare
Board, offer the following infor-
nation concerning the sale of
$4,000 in bonds for the con-
struction of a county owned well
fare office and warehouse. This
amount includes the cost of lot,
both buildings, architects fees,
7nd other costs in the sale of
bonds.
For IS years the county which
under the law is obligated to
provide office space for the
county welfare department has
rented such space in privately
pwned buildings. The present
lease is up in November 1861,
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BY Hazel BrannOn Smith

Holmes County's qualified
voters go to the polls Friday to
vote on the question of issuing
the county's bonds in the sum
of $4,000 to construct a county
owned public welfare building
and warehouse.
Sixty per cent, or three fifths
of those voting in the election
must vote f~avorably in order for
the question to carry.
We do not propose to tell our
readers how to vote. We never
have and we never will. That is
something for every individual
to decide for himself. 1t is one
of the few privileges we have
left.
But we do ask all qualified
electors to consider seriously the
question at hand and then act
in what they honestly think to
be the best interest of the coun-
ty.
Personally we shall vote for
the bond issue.
If we had our "rathers" we
would prefer that we did not
of necessity have a department
of public welfare. We wish
everyone had enough worldly
goods to get along without pub
lie assistance and that every
family would take care of its
own members who are unable
to provide for themselves even
the bare necessities of life. That
would be the Christian way.
But unfortunately, the Chris
tan way is not always the way
we humans adopt.
So it is necessary that we do
have a public welfare depart
ment and that certain needs be
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P~resbYteridns Begin Special Services Sunday

Rev. William j. Stairway. pas
tor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Hattiesburg, will
bring the messages at the evan
gelistic services held this COM
ing week in the Presbyterian
Church Of Lexington. These ser
vices will begin with the 1880
message on Sunday evening,
April 80 and will continue both
morning and evening through
May 5th.
The Rev. MI. Stairway is an
outstanding and well known
minister in south Mississippi. He
has been associated with the
First Presbyterian Church Of
Hatt;esburg for ten years, and
he has many calls to speak and
to preach outside of his own
pulpit. He is regularly heard
each week on stations WXXX
and WFOR from Hattiesburg,
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Rev. Stairway graduated from
Bob Jones College, Greenville,
South Carolina, and from West
minister Theological Seminary
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
His former pastorates include
churches in Macon and Shuqua-
lax and in Monticello, Georgia.
The morning services will be
broadcast over the radio on sta
ton WXTN of Lexington at 900
a. m. each weekday morning.
May 1st through May 5th. These
messages will be a series on the
epistle of ! John = THAT Ye
May Know!" These will be
tapped from the regular service
at 700 a. m. in the sanctuary of
the Presbyterian Church.
The daily sermon topics and
weekday morning messages will
Continued on Page Eighty
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Holmes County Rally
Attracts Huge Crowd

The Holmes County All Rally
held Saturday, April % from
1890 a. m. until 3 p. m. was a
huge success with nearly 400 All
members attending the event in
the w. B. Kenna Auditorium and
Beall Field.
The morning talent show did
not exclude the young men in
the audience but the only parti-
cipants in the three classified
tons of instrument, vocal and
dancing were girls with prizes
being awarded to the following
winners.
Senior Di-
vision - Billie Faye Knox,
Tchula; Junior Division - San
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dra Ables, Durant.
VOCAL: Senior Division -
Patricia Simon, Durant; Junior
Division Brenda Berman,
Lexington.
DANCE: Sue Ellen Parker,
Pickens.
GROUP PERFORMANCE =
jamie Moses, Sandra Hammett,
Sandra Holder, Pat Slack. Rondy
Russell and Virginia Hawkins,
overall winners with their pan
somime to "Sugartime."
Lbs ITEMS
The afternoon track meet was
won by Lexington as the girls
participated in the so and IS
yard dashes and the 200 yard
relay while the boys clashed in
the 100 and 200 yard dash and
$50 yard relay. Lexington scored
81 points, Tchula 81, Pickens %,
CoXDurg 10 and Durant D.
Individual winners of tn e
talent show will receive certifi-
Gates while Lexington, winner of
the combined boys and girls
track meet, will be awarded a
trophy.
The program was under the
direction of Mrs. Joy Frizell,
George Mullendore, Mary Har-
pole, Duane Tucker and Ann
Smith with the many super
visors chaperoning the different
groups lending their assistance
and making sure that everyone
made it safely back home.
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met in the most economical and
efficient way possible, along
humanitarian lines.
1t is sad, but true, that the
public welfare rolls is the largest
payroll in Holmes County,
amounting to over a million and
a half dollars in 1860.
So the business like arrange
ment of having a county-owned
facility instead of paying rent
from now on seems to be the
wisest choice.
Let every voter decide for
himself on the question = but
60 out Friday and vote.
The Citizens Council appa-
rently is still running the Mis-
sissippi Sovereignty Commits
sion.
A state representative, Rep.
Karl Wiesenburg of Pascagoula,
reports Sovereignty Commission
Director Albert Jones has stated
the Commission thought it best
as a matter of policy not to show
monthly grants to the Citizens
Council on the minutes; that
$64,500 has been given to the
Council to date. Nc record of
the donations to the &C is con
tanned in the minutes.
This money given by the
Sovereignty Commission to the
Citizens Council is your tax
money, dear reader. Not only
are they taking it away from
you and giving it to a private
organization Tin clear violation
of the state constitution but
now they don't even bother to
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Fall Out Shelter Nears Completion

% so about building individual
sheltors of their own.
With the world tensions strain
'ng ct every point and the ele-
ments of destruction possessed
by many nations, Mr.. Robert
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Crook, state. direc'or for Civil
Defense in Mississippi, urges
everyone to. take a vital interest
N this project so hat each COM
munitv will learn first hand the
basic concepts of survival.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-27

and as federal participation IS
available to liquidate the cost
of constructing a county owned
building, the Board of Supervi-
sors desires to take advantage of
this opportunity to invest your
tax monies where dividends are
assured. In other words, for Is
years the money spent for rent
CONTINUED on Page Eight)
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June.
Mr. Moses plans to have some
one available each day for the
duration of the exhibit to ans
wer questions concerning its
construction, expense and how
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-27

Welfare Board Indicates Need For $685. 900
Construction; Decision Hinges On Outcome

Holmes County electors go to the polls Friday to vote
on an $o6,oOO bond issue, proceeds of which will be used to
erect a county-owned welfare building and warehouse.
A full turnout of citizens is asked in order that the
wishes OF the people may be made known on this matter
of public interest.
Sixty per cent, or three-fifths, of those participating
IN the banoting must vote ~favorably in order for it to carry.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-27

PRETTY GIRLS were much in evidence at Durant's
annual Spring Festival held Sunday, April %. The bevy
OF beauties who helped receive visitors at the Art Exhibit
at Holmes County Library are pictured above, left to right,
Ann and Claudia Dodd, daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
Dodd; Jane Cox, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Cox,
Donna Ellington, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Filing
ton; Bonnie Mckenzie, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W.. H.
Mckenzie; Nancy Bolden, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler
Bolden.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-27
SEVENTEEN CUBS AND A DOG

SEVENTEEN CUBS AND A DOG = A moment of relaxation from climbing
trees. ridng bicycles and playing baseball asm members from Lexingans five Cub Scout
packs gather OF Mr. and Mrs. Pete StanLys front steps to discuss the forthcoming Elk
position in jackson, April 1929. Even Tip the SINAI puppy in font, strikes a pose
for the camera. transportation to Jackson is needed for the Cub Scouts Anyone will
ing to furnish a car is asked to call Mr.. Stanley. #f#*F
The boys ARE, front row, left to right, Kenny King, Sammy Mcclellan, Andy
Holder Mac Phillips, Buster johnson; second w, left to right, Bill Wigey, Bob
KuykendaL, jim Patton, David Stanley; third row, Bill RuHedge, Mike Cothran, Andy
King, Thd Henley, Ton Rnnker, Chris Bysma; top row, left to right, Murray
Finche, Den Chief Ooy SCOUT, Pete Stanley head Cub scoutmater Mrs.. Stan
ley Den Mother of Den One, and Jimmy Mcclellan, Den Chief boy Scout. So
photo by Smty)
Evening star., 1961-02-25
DistrictCoed.
Dies in Auto
Crash in Fog

Nancy Forster Wilson, 10,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Forster Wilson of 4701 Rod
man street NV, was killed in
an automobile accident at Law
renee. Mass, last night.
Mr.. Wilson is president of the
Magruder's, Inc, food chain
here. c,
Miss Wilson was being driven
back to Bradford Junior Col
lege at Bradford, Mass, where
she was q senior. The driver Of
the car, Nathaniel Hagnlen. jr.,
20, Of Wayland. Mass, also was
killed in the accident. 4
Miss Wilson was graduated
from the Madeira School here
and also attended Stoneridge
School on Rockville pike here.
She made her debut In 1859
at the Washington Debutante
Ball.
Funeral services will be held
at the. Shrine Of the Blessed
Sacrament at 10 am. Tuesday
The Associated Press said
the young couple was killed In
the fiery crash Of their car and
a tractor truck in a heavy fog.
Police said both were thrown
from their vehicle by the inn
pact, on Route 1876. The driver
Of the truck, Frank j. Finoc-
chic, %, Of East Boston, was
not injured.
The crash set fire to the
truck, but firefighters quickly
extinguished the blaze.
Evening star., 1961-02-25
Virginia Will Try Out
WindowIess Schools

| Another board member, Supt.
william j. Story of South Nor
folk, commented: THAT worries
me some. We've been without
electricity for as long as two
or three days"
Mr.. Chittum told the board
the buildings would have year.
around air conditioning.
Absence Of windows, Mr..
Chittum said, would provide
more wall space for blackboards
and would eliminate distrac-
tions from outside noises and
movements"
On another matter, school
superintendents proposed that
standards be raised before any
one is permitted to Join their
profession.
Fendall r. Ellis, president of
the Virginia School Superin-
tendents Association, got a go
ahead signal yesterday from
the State Board Of Education
to continue its study Of re-
quirements for education heads.
Mr.. Ellis is superintendent Of
schools In Charlottesville.
Evening star., 1961-02-25
Nursing Homes Air
Complaints for Council

A Citizens Advisory Council
Subcommittee yesterday heard
the complaints of nursing home
operators who face prosecution
under Washington's breakdown
on fire hazards in convalescent
homes.
The subcommittee, headed by
Mrs. Harold Marsh, called the
session as the District prepared
to charge the operators Of six
nursing homes with operating
without licenses. The list OF
the violations Of regulations is
scheduled to be turned over to
Municipal Court officials Nom
day by the Department Of Lii
censing and Inspections.
Yesterdays closed session ap-
parently was called because the
nursing home operators COM
planned in g hearing Thursday
that they had not been told
exactly what the District ex-
pected Of them. Before yes
terday's session, one home pro-
prietor said she had been ready
to fireproof portions Of her
home but could not get a per-
NIT to begin work.
Clark King, assistant cor
poration counsel, said he has
no power to close the homes
operating without licenses. He
said his duty was to prosecute
the cases in Municipal Court.
The first steps in the prose-
cution process will be taken
Monday, he said, when war
rants are expected to be issued.
Evening star., 1961-02-25
REGULATIONS HIT
AS TOO RIGID

Lawrence Smith Of the Le-
Droit Civic Association told the
Federation Of Civic AsSocia-
tions last night that the Dis
trict Is being unreasonable
concerning the safety qualifica-
tions Of local nursing homes.
Mr.. Smith, who represented
the federation at the Mount
Vernon Nursing Home fire
hearing on Thursday, said that
the nursing homes had been
operating under the same reg
ulations for the last eight years.
And now, he said, they are being
asked to completely change
their standards"
He added that this is hard on
most of the homes since they
now must comply with different
sets Of regulations put out by
the Fire Department. the Po-
lice Department, the building
code and the District fire regu-
lations.
Evening star., 1961-02-25

let 9:32. and the first firemen
on scene repeated calls for
more equipment for the next
IS minutes.
Chief Sutton said his men
did q good job" considering
the size Of the building and
the difficulty In reaching the
source Of the flames.
The palatial stone building is
the former home Of the late
John Hays Hammond, wealthy
mining. engineer. It was built
In 1910 and sold to the French
government for 100000 in
1886. several years after the
death Of Mrs. Hammond.
When the Alphands arrived
in the fall of 1856. Nine. Al
|phand had many Of the rooms
extensively redecorated.
She hung many priceless
paintings from French mu-
seums- some Of them the work
Inf 18th Century Artists Du
Elessis. Hubert Robert and
Vigee-Lebrun. Others were the
works Of modern Artists
Trevedy and Talleux.
Among the other valuables
taken to safety were paintings
by Matisse, Bonnard and GEMS.
An early 18th century Aubus-
son rug was saved, along with
two figurines by Sevres. EN-
bassy officials could not esti-
mate, their value.
At one point last night, as
she hurried to and fro laden
with furs and other valuables,
Nine. Alphand remarked: y
TITS awful. You have your
house just the way you want it,
and then something like this
happens"
A dinner which Ambassador
and Nine. Alphand had
planned for tomorrow night has
been Cancelled. The guests
were to have included Attorney
General and MRS. Robert Ken
nedy and the Secretary Of
Health. Education and Welfare
and Mrs. Ribicoff.
Evening star., 1961-02-25
BY a Star stan. Writer

RICHMOND, Feb. 25.-
Schools without windows-ar
innovation in virginia--today
had the approval of the States
Board of Education as an "ex-
pertinent"
But the board decreed that
its Endorsement was mot to be
construed as a precedent"
At its meeting yesterday, the
board approved, with some mis-
givings, a request from Norfolk
County Supt. E. w. Chittum for
authority to erect two school
buildings without windows. One
would be for white children and
the other for Negroes.
Mrs. John Gallhar of
Manassas, board member. ex-
pressed concern over ventila-
tion problems in chemical
laboratories. .-...
most schools have ventillat-
ing systems and sometimes
they break down and they have
to open the windows" she said.
Evening star., 1961-02-25

at a press conference here
yesterday, said the bones of the
child and Of an adult human
pre-date those Of another 600.-
00O-year-old man who had
been considered the Oldest
known human.
These latest FINDINGS were
made in the Olduvai Gorge, one
Of the worlds richest anthro-
biological sites, in Tanganyika,
East Africa.
Blunt Instrument Used
DR.. Leakey, whose recent dis
coveries were made possible by
o grant from the National Geo.
graphic Society, said the child
was killed with a blunt instru-
ment.
Murder most FOUL" said DR..
Leakey, exhibiting the evi-
dence: Pieces Of the child's
crushed skull. Skull fracture
lines and other evidence have
convinced the scientist that the
child was the victim Of pre-
historic foul play.
In 1859, the brisk, white
haired scientist was credited
with finding remains Of the
"Nutcracker Man." Zinjan-
thropus Boisei, in Olduvai
Gorge. Until now, Zinjanthro-
pus was the Oldest know man
like fossil. He lived 100000
years ago, at least a thousand
centuries before the Peking
Man.
Accidental Find
At the conference, DR.. Leakey
also announced q lesser. but
still remarkable find-the skull
Of a Chellean Man. Found last
December 2, the skull was the
first fossil fragment Of a primi-
tive man whose existence was
established 100 years ago
through the discovery Of his
Fragments Of the earliest |
man were accidentally uncov-
cred last November, the scien-
list said. They consisted Of !
bone sections of the child'SI
skull, jaw, part of a foot and
! collarbone plus fragments Of
an adults skull, several teeth.
! hand bone and q collarbone.
While additional laboratory
work viii be necessary before
he fragments can be thor
Evening star., 1961-02-25
lEIRE
French Ambassador Helps Save Art From Blaze
FIRE

Continued From First Page
one Of several firemen treated
on the scene for smoke inhala-
ton.
Pvt. J. P. Chaney Of Truck
Co. 9 was hospitalized for smoke
inhalation. and Pvt. John j.
OLeary Of the same company
was treated for q cut finger.
A large and distinguished
crowd gathered across the
street from the burning build
ing. Officers and dogs Of the
police canine corps kept them
ct 3 safe distance. s
Among the spectators we're
Senator Church. Democrat Of
Idaho. and Mrs. Church, and
District Commissioner Robert
=. Mclaughlin and his two
sons.
The flames we're confined to
the four-story center section Of
the gray mansion. Two wings
were undamaged. The attic
was badly damaged and, the
roof win have to be replaced,
Inspector Lynch said. The
third floor, where the servants
are quartered, was damaged by
flames, smoke and water.
There was some water dam-.
age to the first and second
floors.
Firemen did an extensive
cleanup job, and the Alphands
were assured 1t was safe to
spend the night there. Some
firemen stood by all night as
Q precaution. Telephone service
was still out today. 8
Fire Chief Millard n. Sutton
said a member of the embassy
staff rode up TO his third floor
room on the elevator about
$3.50 pm.
"After a short time. he
snelled smoke" the chief said.
HE ran out to the corridor
and saw flames shooting ND the
shaft" Another staff member
notified firemen.
The first alarm was sounded