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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-18
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For freedoms Sake
Responsible Citizenship Is Need OF The Hour

like this (about the ~EisenhowersD pub
licly or secretly can be as honest as the
day is long and the Communist menace
is big but he Isl not mentally compe-
tent to be the Dynamic Personal Leader
as he calls it of a semi-secret order with
and an immense patriotic appeal"
In the same way our principal OBJ
lection to the Citizens Councils is that
they seek to destroy by economic pres
sure and or intimidation anyone who dis
agrees with them or. their methods which
are highly questionable to say the least,
and in our own opinion un-Christian and
un-American.
We still believe in the right of all
Americans to have, hold and express any
opinion they may choose on any subject,
whether it conforms with popular public
opinion of the moment or not. This in
cludes the rights of all people who think
as the Citizens Council would have them
think, as well as those who differ with
with them.
The national president of the Citi-
zens Councils, Roy Harris of Augusta,
Georgia, told a Columbus, Mississippi
audience several days ago that 'now is
the time for us to stand up and tell all
America that the Negro race is inferior"
The racism inherent in the Citizens
Council movement today will destroy
America in the future, if carried far
enough. just as it destroyed Nazi Ger
many under Hitler. 1t is a divisive move
ment which sets friend against friend,
white and white, black and black, and
white against black = which eventually
means black against white. Only the
Communists gain from such division and
strife.
Such extremism and radicalism is
not in the interest of a community or
county where the ratio is three to one
Negro, to say the least: it is not to the
best interest of a state when the total
population is so equally divided; it is not
in the interest of a strong, united nation
which we vitality need today to fight the
completely Sotalitarian concept of Com
munism which seeks to make slaves ont
of all of us, white and black.
Responsible citizens and citizenship
is the crying need of the hour today in
America and throughout the world.
Each generation faces anew the task
of keeping the lamp of freedom burning
bright and passing it on to those who
follow. Only by c%herishing and guarding
cur w freedom can we prove worthy
of our wonderful heritage. Only by living
up to our obligations as responsible
American citizens can we hope to re-
main free and pass that precious free
dom on to succeeding generations, thus
repaying our eternal debt to those who
have gone before.
Let each of us speak out out as
responsible citizens = before it is too
late.
The loss of freedom begins here,
now, at home in our own community and
state.
Are W. equal to the task?
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-18
AMERICAN LEGION ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS

At the regular meeting of the
Daniel w. Beall Post No. IS, Of
the American Legion, held on
May Is. 1851, the following Off
GERS were elected to serve the
post for the ensuing year:
J. H. Warner, post command
er; Allie Povall, vice command
er; Edward L. Ellington, Ade
jutant; Curtis Carr, finance Of
ficers; E. H. Skinner, post SER
geant-at-arms; P. H. Williams,
service officer: H. w. Watson,
historian; w. B. Kenna, chap
lain; j. G.. Robertson and t. I.
Garnett, color bearers.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-18
d. C.. LTTNDY
r HOME INTO
THREE

D. c.. Lundy has purchased
the McBee homestead on Church
Street and will convert same in
to three modern apartments. He
stated this week it is his in
tension to add to the attractive
apartments of Lexington that
seemingly knows no end in de-
mand. Work on the remodeling
of the structure to conform to
the plans outlined will be stated
at an early date.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-18
Listen Ameritans!
...by Dr.. George S. Benson
PRESIDENT - NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
Searey. Arkansas

ton: Certain it is that there IS
more than n state which,
though abundantly able to pay
for an educational system OF the
greatest efficiency. fails to do
so. and contents itself with inn
perfect temporary make-shltts
because there are immense sut-
p'uses every year in the national
treasury which, rumor and I'M
authorized promises say, may be
distributes amongst the states in
aid of education.
Local Responsibility
'If the Federal government
were more careful to keep apart
from every strictly local scheme
of Improvement, this culpable
and demoralinzing policy could
scarcely live. States would cease
to. wish, because they would
cease to hope, to be stipen-
diaries of the Union and would
address themselves to their pro-
per duties. with much more
benefit to themselves and to he
federal system"
While president of Columbia
University, Dwight D. Eisen-
hover wrote in 1919: "In my
own mind | am perfectly clear
as to basic principle and have
more than once made public
statements to the effect that /
definitely oppose every unneces-
sary intervention of the Fed
eral Authority and the Federal
Treasury in what should be local
business and local responsibility
= | would flatly oppose any
grant bv the Federal Govern
ment to all States in the Union
for educational purposes. Such
policy would create an ambition
almost a requirement - to
spend money freely under the
impulse of competition with
other localities in the country.
1t would completely decry and
defeat the watchful economy
that comes about through local
supervision over local expendi-
lures of local revenues"
Push Toward Socialism
Himself the president of a
great university, Mr.. Wilkinson
thus forecfully emphasizes the
theology of American statesmen
on this issue. Certainly it can
be said that at no time in our
n9tion's history has education
had all the money it needed.
Every college president is faced
with the problem of paying the
bills for his educational pro-
gram, whether the institution is
public or private. There is no
school superintendent who will
deny the importance of the dol
lar in buying" a worthwhile
program of education for his
community.
Yet, there are right ways to
accomplish these goals. There
are principles to be observed, if
we desire to keep this republic
on a sound basis. Federal aid
takes centralized bureaucracy into
a field where it cannot function
well - into an area reserved
individually to the states by the
Constitution = and leads to loss
or to abdication of local respon-
sibility, to waste of tax money,
and to more socialized, big
government.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-18
The theology Of Federal Aid

In his protest against the
brush-off Republicans gave to
arguments against federal aid to
education at their 1860 national
convention, Mr.. Ernest Wilkin-
son, president of Brigham Young
University. has well outlined the
traditional thinking or this issue.
This kind of thought has been a
sign;fican. element in basis
Americanism. He points out that
all prior presidents of the nation
believed that a program of gem
eral federal aid to schools was
not a proper function of the fed
eral government.
Mr.. Wilkinson cites Presidents
Jefferson, Wilson and EisenhoW-
er as among those prior presi-
dents who believed firmly that
federal aid is opposed to con-
stitutional principles. None OF
these presidents was opposed 10
good schools. All three Of them,
III fact, served as responsible
professional leaders in the field
of education. These men, as did
most past presidents of the ma
ton, provided vigorous oppos:-
tim to the idea of federal aid to
education.
Not A Federal Matter
Jefferson is shown as believ-
ing that the federal government
could not enter this area OF
activity without a constitutional
amendment. He did not think,
either as President of the United
States or founder of the Uni
versity Of Virginia, that the fed
eral government should be re-
sponsible for the education OF
its citizens. A Jefferson opinion
of 1906 is quoted to the effect
that an amendment to the Con-
stitution by consent of the
states would be necessary be
fore any public money could be
applied for such a purpose.
Mr.. Wilkinson cites Woodrow
Wilson's book, Congressional
Government, published in 190(
while Wilson was still a pro
fessor Of government at Prince
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-18
For Freedom S Sake

ms american citizens we hold a
priceless he4i1age of personal freedom and
independence. Despite the restrictions
placed upon us today in the management
of our personal affairs and in business,
I'M he form OF laws, rules and regulations,
we still enjoy more personal freedom than
the people of any other nation in the
world, To say nothing of our other bless
ings under the American system.
Personally we want to keep our free
dom - and we believe our readers do too.
And our system.
Today there are two principal kinds
of government in the world - the repre-
sentative, democratic kind such as ours,
in which the final power is vested in the
people; and the totalitarian in which
power is vested in q dictatorship, either
in one person or a group. The totalitarian
concept prevailed in Italy under Musso-
ini, in Germany under Hitler, and today
it prevails in Russia under Khrushchev.
So many assaults are being made
upon our country today some by ex-
IRENE leftwing groups and some by fana-
tics on the far right. But the result of
these attacks is the same = an under
mining Of the confidence we nave in our
government and our own system.
irresponsible criticism of our govern
ment, from the lowest to the highest
echeion, up to and including the Supreme
Court of the United States, tends to break
down the confidence Of American citizens
in our government and our system. No
VIII indulge himself in such irresponsible
talk regardless of what he may think is
just p~roVocation.
We would be the last person to adj
vocate giving up criticism of government
officials on any level. Public officials are
the elected representatives of the people
and as such are our servants. They should
not seek office unless they are willing
to account to the people for their actions.
But in our criticism we must always re-
member they are the guardians of our
government and our system. We owe them
loyalty and our constructive criticism. But
the criticism, again, should be construc-
tive and with the welfare of our country
in mind.
1t doesn't matter that some of the
critics of our American system and
government are very sincere and feel
themselves to be patriots. In fact, some
of the worst offenders are people of UNI
questioned loyalty and patriotism who are
misguided because they are so woefully
miS-infOrmed, in most cases.
But the well known road to extermi-
nation is literally paved with good in
t%entions = and ignorance, however sin
cere, is i%nexcusable and should not be pied
or tolerated when the very existence of
our nation is at stake.
A case in mind is that of the John
Birth Society founder = Mr.. Robert
Welch - who privately circulated print
ed charges against President Eisenhower
and his brother. Milton Eisenhower, that
in his opinion they were Communists.
In the Welch case, we feel like John
Temple Graves that "a man who thinks
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-18
INGALLS, DELIVERS MISSILE
TRACKER TO u. S. NAVY

The USNS Range Trackerl an.
instrument-packed mobile mis-
sile tracking and guidance ship,
was delivered to the u. S. Navy
this month by the ingalls, Ship
building Corporation at Pasca-
gouIa. Activated and converted
from the 445-foot. World War
ii victory ship SIS Skidmore Vic
tory, the renamed Range Track
er will initially serve in tn e
Pacific. Ingalls, was prime con-
tractor on the reconversion job
which took approximately 10
months.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-18
INDUSTRIAL
PROGRESS
REVIEW
NEW INDUSTRY FOR
COFFEEVILLE ANNOUNCED

Yalobusha county supervisors
have announced plans for a new
industry to be located in Coffee
vile. Known as Normandie
Mills, Inc, the industry is d
Mississippi corporation operated
under the auspices of Kingsboro
Mills, Inc. which is owned by
General Shoe Company Genes
COZ of Nashville, Tennessee. The
new company will be an expan-
sion Of G%enesco's opepration
and does not represent a move
ment of industry from one site
to another. Production is ex-
pected to start within 80 days.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-18

Your social security account
number is your key to future
benefits. Your number Identifies
your personal account. Be sure
to give this number to your en-
ployer. If you lose your social
security card, ask your local So
cial security office for a dupli-
cate card with the same num-
Der.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-18
BACCAI.AUREATE SERVICES
HELD AT BAPTIST CHURCH

Lexington High School bac-
calaureate services were held at
the First Baptist Church, with
the Rev. Hayes Clark delivering
the sermon. Mrs. c. w. Carr
was organist and Miss Lucille
Oaks. director.
Ushers were Banks Shepherd,
Bobby Fisher, Billy Gilmore, and
Joe Moore. Graduating seniors
were Grover Bailey. Sylvia
Lynn Cohen, Vivian Ellis, Lo-
rance Frost, Charles Goudelock,
Chester Goudelock, Billy Ray
Lee, Blanche Legate. Cecile Ma
son, Sylvia Netherland, Fred
Rodgers. David Skinner and Lee
D. Spell.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-18
the YEARS
TEN YEARS AGO THIRTY YEARS AGO
FACULTY ANNOUNCED FOR
LEXINGTON CITY SCHOOLS

J.
LEXINGTON CITY SCHOOLS
Election of the faculty for the
1892 session Of the Lexing-
ton Public Schools has been held
states Superintendent w. B.
Kenna, and the members of the
various departments are named
as follows:
High School Mrs. Effie
Swittenberg, principal and ma
thematics; l.. R. Thompson,
Science and athletic director;
Norman Weathersby, CONNER
cial work; Miss Edith Hayden,
Latin and French; Miss Dorothy
McBee. history: Miss Mary Eve
lyn Williams, English; Miss Ruth
Elmore, English and library.
Elementary School - Mrs. w.
A. Ramsey, principal and hall
teacher; Mrs. w. H. Wallace,
junior high mathematics and
other assignments; MISS Mae
Davis, junior high history and
other assignments; Miss Melvin
Ellis. junior high English and
other assignments; Mrs. w B.
Kenna, fifth grade. Mrs. M. A.
Scobey, fourth grade; Miss May
Gwin, fourth and fifth grades;
Miss Elizabeth Tackett, third
grade; Mrs. D. B. Miles, second
grade; Miss Geneva Herring,
first grade and girls coach;
Miss Emma Mclean, prpimary;
Mrs. H. l.. Martin, music depart
ment.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-18

Handle Company, has announced
that a contract has been let for
construction of a 160X50 #. steel
building to replace the n re-
Gently destroyed by fire. The
fire put the company out OF
production, but Mccullough said
that limited production had been
resumed this week. The COM
pany produces handles and
tables.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-18

Pastures. we'll fertilized and
weed-free, mean dollars in the
farmers pockets.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-18
The Lexington Adve' tiser
Thursday Nav Is. 1861

HAZEL BRANNoN SMITH (Mrs. Walter d. -
Established in 1897 Published Every Thursday
where in Holmes County, $500 per year; Outside
Entered as second class matter at the Post Office
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-18
HOUSTON INDUSTRY
RE-BUILDS AFTER FIRE

James Mccullough, co-owner
and manager of the Chickasaw
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-18

Examinations are now in pro-
gress in the various departments
Of the school and as sOon as
some are completed, prepara-
tons are being made for the
annual commencement exercise
that will start Sunday, May "a.
The commencement sermon will
be preached at the Lexington
Baptist Church by DR.. H. L..
Martin.
The following are numbered
in the senior class for 1881: Dick
Barrett, Robert Duke, Mamie
Ella Farmer, Robert Gray, Will
burn Hooker, James Henley,
Ernest Huffstatler, Clarence
Holloman, Helen Heard, Lucille
Johnson. Louise Jordan, Merit
Lunsford, Kathleen Lundy. Cora
Lunsford, Clarence Minyard,
jamie McRae, Madeline Rhyme,
John Stephenson. Virginia Stew
art, Ida Lee Taylor, Ethel It'd
well, Powers Warner and Robert
White.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-18

and Publisher
Subscription rates: Any
Holmes County, $3.50.
at Lexington, Mississippi.
Evening star., 1961-07-07
EXCLUSIVELY
YOURS
Rv BETTY BEALE
Rescue of Little Caroline
Was WeIL-Kept Secret
By BETTY BEALE

eyes above the water. Caroline
is still too young to have
learned to swim, so by the
time she reached her she had
sunk below the surface.
Also as a young mother OF
two children with a third due
in 2la months, it was fright
ening to recall later how un-
predictable are the actions of
a small child, how quickly it
had all happened practically
under their noses. and low it
could happen to any child,
even the Presidents daugh-
ter.
But Mrs. Saltonstall was
certainly not the one to break
the news to the KennedyS.
Having the kind of lnodeSty
that minimized her part in it,
she was genuinely distressed
when this reporter heard
about the incident and called
her.
Nor did any of the other
mothers feel like running to
Mrs. Kennedy with the tale
of such a chilling mishap. 1t
would only have frightened
her unnecessarily since the
danger was over.
The Secret Serviceman on
duty that day was extremely
concerned and discussed it
with some of the mothers
afterwards and no doubt to
his superiors. But the eye
witnesses exonerated aim
from any blame. He was
standing where he was sup
posed to be and where he
could have spotted any would
be kidnappers or interloperS.
BESIDES MRS. KEN
NEDY, in an effort to give
her daughter a normal life,
has tried not to have a Sc
cret Serviceman glaring at
her from close range every
minute she's out. She wants
Caroline to have complete
protection but at the same
time she does not want her
to be aware of receiving diff
ferent treatment from other
children.
Another reason the story
probably didn't reach the
Kennedy ears is that they
left town the day after the
incident for Hyannis Port,
where Mrs. Kennedy is still
vacationing, and the William
Saltonstalls we're also away
through the Fourth.
Ordinarily, there's less
chance of keeping a secret in
Washington if as many as
two people knew it, than
there is of settling the Ber-
lin dispute by Sundown today.
The only misconception
about the whole story was
that little Ivan Steers party
was not a birthday party,
said his father. Miss Curran
Evening star., 1961-07-07

Vichy. France. where they
penned a printed letter IN
script type that they mailed
to all their friends. Among
other things it says:
"Since leaving La Jolla
March IL we have:-Fought
tsetse flies in the Congo,
mosquitoes in Beirut. :.
Seen Khrushchev's May Day
Legions, Spanish horses in
Vienna. Reviewed Table
Mountain in Capetown and
"Simba" in Nairobi. Filled
on pasta in Roma, stuffed
on homus in Tel Aviv.
Visited lovely Kyrenia in Cy-
prus, beautiful beaches in
Dakar. Bottled waters of
the River Jordan, unbottled
Evening star., 1961-07-07

The best kept secret in
Washington for a whole week
was the story of how little
Caroline Kennedy was sink
ing in deep water in the
Newton Steers swimming
pool when Mrs. William Sal
tonstall jumped in with her
clothes on and pulled her
out.
If President and Mrs. Ken
nedy did not know a thing
about it until Wednesday
night or Thursday morning,
neither did Mr.. Steers. He
did not hear about the near
mishap that occurred during
his small son Ivan's party on
June 29 until the wire serv-
ices began calling him yes
terday after The Star broke
the story.
HE NATURALLY thought
it was not true, he said, and
was inclined to deny it until
he checked with Ivan's nurse,
Miss Kathryn Curran, who
confirmed the story. Miss
Curran used to take care of
Mrs. Steers, the former Nina
Auchincloss, when she was
a child. Mrs. Steers. by the
way, was in New York the
day of her sons party and
was back there again yester-
day when the story broke.
She has Just received her
M. S. degree in journalism
at Columbia University and
she is now working on the
thesis for her MA. degree
in history.
In the opinion Of at least
three witnesses. little Caro-
line, whose relief nurse was
inside the house, must have
walked unseen down the
steps of the shallow end of
the pool and reached for the
little canvas-covered "flutter
board" or miniature surf
board, that was floating
there. But by the time she
was seen by the others, the
board was slipping away from
her little hands in the middle
Of the pool and she had
started to go down.
According to Mrs. Sal
tonstall and another mother
present. plus Mr.. Steers, who
received a detailed report
from Miss Curran, Caroline
did not have a plastic tube
around her.
JANE SALTONSTALL,
whose Mortified reaction to
this scene caused her to
move with lightning speed
to Caroline's side, confeSses
that the whole incident
struck more terror in her
later that day when she
began to think about it. She
said she had a terrible mem
ory of seeing only Caroline's
Evening star., 1961-07-07

the marriage of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Eleanor Taylor joss,
to Mr.. William M. Hume Of
San Francisco.
Mrs. Hume is the widow-of
Mr.. John Hubbard JOSS. "A
graduate of Smith College,
she is also a member of the
Junior League here. :.
Afted a European trip, The
couple will live in San Fran
cisco.
Evening star., 1961-07-07

had been instructed to tell
the mothers of the other
children that it was not Ivan's
birthday. He won't be 3 until
July 20, but some of the
Evening star., 1961-07-07

fermented juice of the grapes
OF Florence. Had Dover'S
sole in England's London,
frankfurters where they
were born" And so forth.
Evening star., 1961-07-07

mothers brought presents
anyhow since he will be
away by then.
4
THE JOHN A. KENNEDYS
Evening star., 1961-07-07

of La Jolla-she's the former
Bruce Lee-arrive in Wash
ington today and will be at
the Sulgrave Club until the
18th. They are fresh from
Evening star., 1961-07-07
Marriage
Announced

Mrs. william M. Taylor of
Indianapolis, Ind, announces
Evening star., 1961-02-14
White House
CORRESPONDENTS
Elect Knichton

William II. Y. Knighton. jr.,
Of the Baltimore Sun yesterday
was elected president Of the
White House Correspondents
Association.
Mr.. Knighton win succeed
Garnett D. Horner Of The
Washington Star at the asso-
ciation's annual dinner Febru-
ary rs at the Sheraton Park
Hotel. President Kennedy will
be honor guest at the dinner.
Robert Roth Of the Phila-
delphia Bulletin was elected
vice president and Paul Wooton
Of the New Orleans Times
Picayune. for many years Sec
retary-treasurer Of the associa-
ton. remains in that post.
Members chosen for the
executive committee were Mer-
riman Smith Of United Press
International. William H
Lawrence Of the New York
Times and Alan L. Often Of the
Wall Street Journal.
Evening star., 1961-02-14
Nv the Associated Press

Secretary Of Labor Goldberg.
back from . tour Of areas of
high unemployment, has issued
two departmental orders to try
to cope with the problem.
And, undeterred by Republic
can criticism, he has gone
ahead with plans for early visits
to other depressed areas for q
series Of meetings on the prob
lens Of the jobless.
The two orders issued after
Mr.. Goldberg's weekend tour
are:
/. Creation Of q new office in
the Labor Department to study
unemployment problems re-
sulting from automation.
2. From now on, the Labor
Departments Bureau Of Un-
employment Security win issue
figures once . month showing
areas Of the country with SUBJ
stantial unemployment. In the
past these figures have been
provided once every two
months.
Keep Up TO Date
Mr.. Goldberg said q monthly
report win help his department
Keep abreast Of the situation. "
The orders were among sub
jects discussed last night by
Mr.. Goldberg and President
Kennedy in an hours talk at
the White House.
Mr.. Goldberg reported that
Mr.. Kennedy win have some-
thing to say ct his news. con-