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Evening star., 1961-10-18
Restaurant Plan Hit
On Zoning Grounds
Officials Erred,
Georgetown
Citizens Soy
BY SAM EASTMAN
Star staff Writer

A proposal to open a restau-
rant near Georgetown Uniyer.
sity was attacked today on
coming grounds by group Of
Georgetown residents.
The Progressive Citizens AS
sociation Of Georgetown argued
that city zoning officials erred
in granting a certificate of oc-
cupany for the proposed
restaurant at Thirty-sixth and
Prospect streets NV.
The arguments were heard
today by the Board of Zoning
Adjustment, which has author
ity to grant coming variances.
Would Convert Buildings
An ALUMINIUM og Georgetown
University, Richard j. McCooey,
wants to convert two buildings
on the Northwest corner of tile
intersection into a restaurant
that would appeal mainly 70
the schools students. faculty
and alumni.
The university, which owns
the property, is backing the
proposal. A liquor permit Is
being sought for the restau-
rant.
Today. Attorney Charles
r hey, representing the
GEORGETOWN citizens group, ar
gued that coming officials had
made no finding Of fact on
certain zoning standards that
would apply to the restaurant.
Such a finding Of fact would,
he said, make it clear that the
proposed restaurant should be
barred.
Mr.. Richey's arguments In
cluded the statement that the
current zoning classification
for the site, a neighborhood
shopping district, calls for
establishments that have "a
minimum impact" on the area.
This would not be the case
wit hthe restaurant, he argued.
Counter Arguments
Attorneys representing spon.
Sors of the proposed restaurant,
however, submitted counter
argument son the coming points
by Mr.. Richey.
Yesterday, a statement by
Attorney Eugene L. Stewart,
representing Mr.. McCooey, cre-
ated some confusion on res
taurant plans for the liquor
permit.
Mr.. Stewart reported that
q request to the Commissioners
% amend the Alcoholic Bey-
erage Control Board regula-
ions to permit sale of liquor
400 feet of the school
was being withdrawn. He
added. however, that Mr.. Nc
cooey still will seek to estab-
ish the restaurant within the
framework" Of the present ABC
regulations. This makes IL
clear that he will continue to.
press for a liquor license.
Evening star., 1961-10-18

Road approaches. completion
of which were delayed by last
winters severe weather. will
be ready on both ends Of the
bridge by mid November.
Virginia highway officials
say the multi-rnillion dollar
Route ] interchange and ramps
to the bridge win be ready by
November /.
( But Maryland road officials
do not expect the approaches
leading TO the District line,
tying in with the Anacostia
freeway under construction,
and to the Indian Head high
way to be completed until No.
vember Is.
Evening star., 1961-10-18

DID WE HAVE a wonder
full dayl
We embarked about $50
on the Stella Maris with
Capn Gene Hunt at the TIL
Ter.
Two diesel motors chortled
as we put out past the break
wall.
The day was wonderful in
the October sunshine that
became brighter and bright
er.
The Rambler wanted to
divest himself Of his cloth
ing, espeeially long under
wear. and take a swim.
Ablne lay flew aboard and
rested under the fire ex-
tinguisher.
Two hours later he took
off.
That's not unusual" said
cap'n Gene. Shore birds
often board q boat and rest"
The Bay was alive with
birds. Coots flying up and
down close to the water
flashing the white of their
wings, Black ducks-they're
really n allards - flying
across our bow.
A flight of geese going
south, and not in the waver-
ing v that we all see so
often. These were eight geese
flying in a straight line be-
hind their gander.
But to the fisherman the
important birds are the
gulls, both herring gulls and
terms. Cap'n Gene kept scan
ming the Bay with binoculars
and going where there was
action That would be
where big fish were driving
little fish to the surface and
the gulls were picking them
off.
Evening star., 1961-10-18

missioner, will be transferred
to succeed Mr.. Harris as Mr..
loves executive assistant.
Donald B. Rideout. chief of
the employment and placement
section Of the District person
mel office. will be promoted
from grade 13 to grade "a to
succeed Mr.. Miller as special
assistant to Engineer Commits
sioner Frederick j. Clarke.
No replacement has been
named yet to succeed Mr.. Ride
out.
Evening star., 1961-10-18

Acceptance Corp. branch. He
said he would use his vacation
time in making the test.
The Perkins do rot now have
a shelter at their 43-by- 28- foot,
home at 1924 White Oak drive,
Oxon Hill. Mr.. Perkins said
that since he became part of
this test, 1T makes you think
Evening star., 1961-10-18

seriously about having a shell
ter"
Richard, a student at Oxon
Hill Elementary T2hool, will
not actually be on y.cation.
His parents will be supplied
with a full weeks set If les
sons by his teacher. ard they
will act as his private tutors.
Evening star., 1961-10-18

Richard is really excited
about the experiment" Mrs.
Perkins said. why, he's the
hero of his SCHOOL,"
But even Richard couldn't
resist asking his Gather, Its
not very big, is it?" when he
watched workmen building the
shelter today.
Evening star., 1961-10-18

draw up a program Tor re-
newal.
The action was taken in the
wake of pleas last winter by
public and private officials for
county help in stemming the
decay of various neighbor-
hoods.
I'VE have taken a very i'm
portant step today" Mr.. Ca
hoon declared. This is the
first essential step in a vigor-
Gus attack on our enclaves Of
slum conditions and obsolete
commercial and industrial
areas"
Another proponent of re-
newal, Councilman Stanley B.
Frosh, hailed the vote as "s
move ward eliminating
blighted areas"
Sees Vast Areas
Montgomery County, he said.
has vast areas in its business
districts that are becoming run
down. Both Bethesda and Sill
yer Spring have suffered con-
siderably in the last several
years"
Councilmen indicated they
would probably give prompt ap-
proval to a proposed survey Of
renewal needs in the county
when and If the workable pro-
gram is accepted by the Federal
Housing and Home Finance
Agency.
Mr.. Butchers assistant, Alan
F. Kiepper, said ne would be-
Evening star., 1961-10-18

quainted with the facts of the
cutback, but would make my
own investigation" The We'll
fare Department also Is plan
ming an investigation. after re-
ductions go into effect No
vember /.
Long Term Families Large
Payments are to be reduced
81 for families with four chill
dren and 81 for each additional
child in aid-to-dependent chill
dren cases. The average num-
Der of children in the "ADC"
category is three.
But the size of families grows
in cases carried for five years
or more on relief rolls. In
these long-term cases, .103 fam
lilies have four children; "A have
five; A have six; 81 have seven:
IA have eight; S have nine:
2 have ten, and family has
twelve children.
Total savings of 1920, 900, in
a $2l million annual budget,
would be realized in the cut,
affecting 2.441 families.
Under the new program, a
dependent family which now
gets $215 per month-the al
lowance for five children
would be allowed $209 per
month. The cut might or might
not be applied to food, depend
ing on what priority the moth
ers themselves place on needs.
vexed by Red Tape
Senator Morse said he was
fed up" with red tape that
threatens to keep surplus food
in empty bins. plans to make
sure surplus food distributions
are maximum" here.
The Senator said he would
reopen his Senate District SUBJ
committee investigation of
hungry children" in the cap
ital should facts indicate that
cutbacks will deprive yeung-
sters of required food. His 1857
study led to increased cash
allowances for needy families
and distribution of surplus food
to relief clients.
Evening star., 1961-10-18
Montgomery to Plon
Attack on Urban Blight
Butcher Ordered to Draft Program
In Response to PIeus for County Help
BY WILLIAM MacDOUGALL
Star Staff Writer

Montgomery County officials worried about the growing
blight Of business and residential taken
that may some day lead to widespread urban renewal in SUBJ
urban Maryland
Led by Councilman David L. cahoon the county council
yesterday instructed County Manager Mason Butcher
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National Figure Is
z Per Cent; 9,230
Persons Employed

Holmes County's unemployed
workers are more than six per
cent above the national average
CT about seven per cent, accord
ing to a report issued by the
Lexington office of the Missis-
sippi S ate Employment Service.
The total civilian labor force
in the County. currently esti-
mated to be 10,650, is down
ITO from preceding month, and
shows a "a per cent increase
over the same period one year
ago. Total employment is down
TO $3.50. a decrease Of 800 per-
sens under December.
Unemployment amounted to
approx mately 1873 per cent of
the total labor force, an increase
of approximately "a per cent
from the last report. Agricultural
employment is down, due to
seasonal reductions.
Employment Trend
Employment shows a down
ward trend of Al per cent from
December. This is partially nor
NAL, due to the season of the
year. Misunderstanding employ
ment shows on upward trend
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B:q Brother Is Watching

other dangerous types. So every time
someone utters a remark which might be
construed as vaguely "disloyal' to segre-
cation, the present state administration,
or our more violent ~racists, off it goesl
to Jackson. Large secret dossiers are built
up on our fellow Mississippiansb files of
half-truths and distorted facts which
could someday spell ruin for many in
dividuals if unscrupulously used.
But the point is not that such files
might be badly used in the future, but
that they exist at all. This is a free coun-
try, in which a citizen supposedly can
say anything he wishes without fear of
reprisal. And yet, here in Mississippi,
what a man says is being stored against
him, ready for use at any opportune
moment.
It is a frightening thought, actually,
ITO consider that in this democracy al seq
ment of our society, under stress, can
condone such action. Are we someday
going to conduct a program and wipe out
all those who are different? Do we in
tend someday forcibly to remove from
our borders all those who do not nave
answering allegiance to every facet Of
our traditions? We doubt it.
And yet, the secret police-type files
being built up in Jackson can have no
meaning unless they are to be used, as
they have already been used, for purposes
which clearly violate the tenets of the
United States Constitution. A society Isl
truly sick when each man begins to look
s~uspiciouusly at his neighbor and ques-
tion his loyalty. But in Mississippi, we
have gone one step further and put our
own state government to looking suspi-
ciously at everyone.
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Home A9enA No1e4
b. MARY HARPOLE

chief sources of vitamins A and
c. Vitamin A comes from green
leafy and yellow vegetables such
as turnips, collards, mustard,
squash, sweet potatoes, spinach,
kale and broccoli.
Vitamin c comes chiefly from
citrus fruits, tomatoes, turnips,
and collard green's, strawberries,
raw cabbage. Both vitamins B1
and b and possibly other nu-
trients may be low in your diet
if you are emitting vegetables
and fruits.
Eat fruits and vegetables If
you are Troubled with over
weight Vegetables properly sea
soned but not swimming in add
ed fat and unsweetened fruits
are relatively low in calorieS,
but high in food value.
BUYING HINTS
When buying celery, select
medium length stalks that are
solid, thick, brittle and compact.
Leaves should be fresh end
green. The largest stalks may
not be top quality since large
size may be a sign of over
development.
When you pick up a crisp
looking stalk of celery, squeeze
it gently and see if it talks back.
"Crunchy celery chatter" is a
good sign of quality.
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Unemployment Figures Show Holmes
County With 1873 Per Cent; 1850
Persons Estimated In Civilian Labor Force

over preceding month of 10 per
cent, and compared with one
year ago, is down approximately
20 per cent.
Unemployment
It is estimated that 1920 per-
sons were unemployed during
January. Heavy unemployment
has prevailed in local manufac-
turing industries. but some e
lief Of this situation is in sight.
Some of the plants that have
been closed or operating with a
reduced force. are beginning to
recall some Of their former m
ployees, including Kickernick at
Lexington and Durant Sports
wear, INC.
Labor Supply And Demand
At the end of January there
were 458 active work applica-
tons on file in the MSES office.
There is a surplus of available
applicants in all occupations
most common to this area, with
the exception of a few highly
skilled occupational classified
tons. A large percentage Of sur
plus workers in the county are
female workers who have been
affected by the layoffs in the
apparel industry.
There is a surplus of clerical
and sales, semi-skilled and un-
skilled male workers.
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Letter To Editor

Editor, please allow space in
your excellent paper for this
memorial to the late Nh. Leon
N. Armstrong.
If in my efforts to speak wor-
thily of him, / fail to pay ade-
quate tribute to his great and
useful life. / know | shall have
your forebearance, for it is only
before those such as this, COM
posed Of those who knew him
and loved him and trusted him
and mourn his passing, that
could bring myself to speak of
him at all.
These are days of prepared
ness. The world Welters in an
orgy of blood. Across the broad
Atlantic we hear martial strains
calling men to duty, to defense
of country and to death. Our
own country all but reels and
rocks. There r on every side
searchings of heart, admonitions,
uncertainties. We know not what
a day may bring forth.
Mr.. Armstrong loved his ma
tive southland. When the light
of the eternal morning gilded his
brow and bathed his sturdy
form in its radiance, courageous
w he prepared for the 10 n 6
journey which was to bring to
an end his earthly career.
He wished to bear out his oft
repeated statement that he had
been born in the south, h a d
lived and labored in the south,
and wished to die and be buried
in the south. 1t could be said of
him as it was said of Abraham
Lincoln: whether he rose or fell,
wherther he stood in that giant
like repose that distinguished
him among his fellow-men, or
exercised those u~nequalled pow
ers which made him a foremost
figure of the world. He always
felt the tender and invisible
chord that chained to his native
rock. In whatever field he stood
he felt the benign and SOLDERING
influence of his early recollec-
tons They were the rock o
which he chung in storms, the
anchor which kept his head to
the wind, the balm which sus-
tanned him in defeat and en-
abled him in the hour of
triumph.
I must not fail to speak of
that large and important heroic
service rendered by Mr.. Arm
strong, a fire had started in the
house of my father and sister,
both were unable to come out,
both were very low sick, Mr..
Armstrong risked his own life
and brought both out to safety.
I loved him as the son loves the
father in whom he sees the en-
bodied glory of high ideals,
garnered wisdom and experience,
l shall never forget his self
sacrifice, his self-denial, his self
forgetfulness.
But he is gone, the lighted
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phase program a program worthy OF
emulation by any state. 1t included:
1-Wiping away old cobwebs of state
governmental structures by a wholesale
reorganization program.
2-Adoption of a strong dollar-Watch-
ing budgetary program.
3-Terrific emphasis upon efficiency,
including no shortcuts on either end of
the eight-hour workday.
And Vigorous and absolutely inn
partial collection of the old taxes there
being no new ones or increased ones to
collect.
Because his program has succeeded
Governor Elligton was rewarded with
ovei whelming support of the SIND Gen
eral Assembly, with both branches, CIV
ing him a vote believed to be unparalleled
in Tennessee history on the great issues
of the General Appropriations Bill and
the education section of it.
With this bill, according to the Cat
linburg editor, Tennessee moves into the
billion dollar bracket of government with
the prospect of having $44 and one
half million dollars in the coming biennium
to invest in the welfare of the people of
Tennessee.
''The acknowledging process is still
the key to our successful financial man
agement without levying any new taxes
or increasing any old ones," the editor
pointed out, urging that the state con-
tinue to live within it's income.
1t is interesting to note in the field
of education for the next two years Ten
nessee has provided $500 in new money
for pay raises to the states teachers and
also made a record outlay for capital ex-
pansion of it's institutions, of higher learn
ing. Numerous other measures providing
for future growth and development of the
state are stressed in the Governors pro-
gram, including industrial development,
the states first million : dollar a : year
forestry program and a million dollar
state park Improvement program.
Altogether it seems the state of
Tennessee is in good hands and a host
of friends in Mississippi join with
those of Tennessee in congratulating
Governor Ellington on his achieve
ments in office to date and wish him
continued success for the remainder
of his term.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-23
EDITORIAL OF NOTE

One of the many points Americans
hbhor about the Communist system as
practiced in the Soviet Union is the we'll
organized system of spies and secret in
formers that operate within that nation.
These people are expressly employed to
turn in their fellow citizens who deviate
from the party line in n particular,
who cast aspersions IN the government,
or who in any way appear "disloyal."
Children are trained to turn in their
parents, brothers their brothers, and men
their best friend. For the deviationist, the
firing squad or Siberia is often the result
of a slip of the tongue. And many an in
nocent, dedicated Communist has been
turned in by an enemy who wished to get
revenge for some real or imagined wrong.
We have no firing squads in literal
fact in Mississippi today, of course, but
we do have the nucleus of a network of
paid secret informers whose one job is
to report to the government on TRAITORS"
within our midst. The government in this
case is embodied in the state Sovereignty
Commission, but in this phase of it's ope-
rations it can scarcely be differentiated
from any typical totalitarian organization.
The information collected by the COM
mission is undigested raw, material, much
of it lies and imaginative c~ock-and-bull
stories gathered by men trying to earn
to smear some men, to squeeze others out
of their jobs, and to scare others into un-
thinking adherence to "our way of life"
The commissions secret agents are
both white and Negro. To justify their
existence, they have to keep feeding in
formation back to the commission about
local integrationists, Communists and
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-23
THIRTEEN WHITES OFF TO
CAMP SHELBY FRIDAY

The following men have been
selected for induction by Board
Number Two of Holmes County
and will leave Friday, February
81 at 8 for Camp Shelby.
Willie Hildred Brown, volun-
teer, Tchula; Will Jackson Fran
els, volunteer, Tchula; Joe Bert
Volking, volunteer, Lexington;
Teddy Albert Smith, Tchula;
Norrell Dayton Jordan, Licking
ton; Roy Elrie Marshall, Tchula;
Ben Moore Hammett, Lexington;
Joe Ollie Nixon, Thornton; Ellie
Hugh Siddon, Lexington; Ander-
son Martin Redding, Tchula.
A replacement for call num-
Der two is Suber Roberts, Jr.,
volunteer, Lexington.
Two other volunteers are
Claud Rollins and James Mar
tin.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-23
Goodman Boy Graduates
From Naval Center

San Diego, Calf. = William
D. Gotten, apprentice petty Off
Ger second class, USN, son of
Mrs. Nina M. Gotten of Route 2,
Goodman, was graduated, Feb
ruary 10, from nine weeks of
Recruit Training at the Naval
Training Center, San Diego, Cali
fornia.
Apprentice petty officers are
chosen from the ranks of the
seaman recruits to assist Com
panv Commanders. The selection
is based on individual aptitude
and leadership qualities.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-23
A Mississippian Makes Good As Tennessee Governor

Success stories of Mississippians who
leave US always make good reading -
second only to the success stories of those
who remain at home and lend their time
and talents to make Mississippi a better
place to live.
Thus we were pleased to read in a
recent issue of one of our favorite news
pape.s s, The Gatlinburg Press. at Gatlin-
burg, Tennessee, an editorial of praise
about Governor Buford Ellington of the
Volunteer State, a native Mississippian.
The fact that Governor Ellington is
q native of our own Holmes County makes
the task of writing about him a double
pleasure.
In an editorial captioned Estate of
State Is Good" the editor of The Gatlin-
burg Press said Governor Ellington had
promised in his campaign two years ago
he would give Tennessee more services,
more industry, efficient government and
no raise in taxes.
Ellington won the election and kept
his promises" the editor said.
mot only has he trimmed gov
ornamental waste with his austerity
program, not only has he spurred
Tennessee's industrial growth, not
only has he kept other campaign
promises, he has brought to the
governors mansion in Nashville a de-
gree of respect and probability usual
ly not found in hard-nOsed politicians.
Too, he has launched an ever more
aggressive program for the next two
years - the last of his term - and
promises to do it without increased
taxes.
'The governor delivered his an
nual State of the State address to
the Tennessee Press Association in
Nashville. His speech was one of a
man intent on doing a job, not one
of OratOrical vagueness used as a
guise to solicit future political sup
port. Ellington appears to be bound to
do his political job right now poll
teal future bedamned."
"The governor has the support of the
Sind Legislature, the press, and and the
people of Tennessee. So far he has de-
served this trust, and he appears deter
mined to keep it." the editor continued.
Our sister state of Tennessee in 1859
went into what has been called a four
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VEGETABLE AND u I

torch he carried now passes to
our hands.
In the peace of the quiet Sab
bath morning when the harvest
season was over, the great soul
of Mr.. Leon N. Armstrong pass
ed to his Maker, taking with
him his garnered sheaves, the
sunrise upon the distant shores
greeted a soul as sweet and beau
tiful as this poor world has ever
known and
How we'll he fell asleep,
Like some proud river
widening toward the sea;
Calmly and grandly, silently
and deep life joined
Eternity"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-23
DEMONSTRATION CLUB
A TRIP TO
NEW ORLEANS

The Lexington Home Demon
stration Club will sponsor an
education tour to New Orleans
on February 81 and % by char
tered bus, for interested club
members. The group is headed
by Mrs. w. R. Sullivan, club
president with Miss Joyce Will
liams, Home Demonstration
Agent. tI VI
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-02-23
HOLMES COUNTY BANKS
DEPOSITS NOW INSURED
UP TO 100000

w. R. Ellis, Sr., president of
the Holmes County Bank and
Trust Company, today amour
ced receipt from the Federal De-
posit Insurance Cooperation,
Washington, D. c. of a new Ger
tificate of membership giving eff
feet to the recent increase in
insurance coverage to $4,000.
The Holmes County Bank and
Trust Company has been a mem
Der of FDIC since 1888.