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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-23
BY MARY B. YOUNGER
rodav is Thanksgiving.

Today is
In recognition of this Thanks
giving season Union services
were held this week in churches
throughout Holmes County al
which time messages in WORD
and song were offered in spec
ial thanks to God.
According to established COM
munity customs people of all de-
nominations gathered together
in each city and town at speci-
fled churches on Wednesday
night to worship.
Lexington
In Lexington the First Metho-
dist Church was host at Union
services, in which the pastor.
the Rev. Crawford Ray had
charge of the program.
The Rev. Frederick Fowler,
III, Presbyterian minister read
the scripture and said the open
ing prayer. The responsive read
ing was read by the Rev. P. D.
Bragg, pastor of the First Bap-
fist Church. SPECIAL selections
were presented by members of
the combined choir.
Durdnt
At 1880 p. m. Wednesday, peo-
pie of all denominations met to-
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-23
Harvey Ray Is Coach-O or The-Ye 80.

played under Coach Sammy
Bartling for one year and Coach
Erm Smith the last two years.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
vey Ray of Shaw, Coach Ray
graduated from Shaw High
School where he was a star -ath-
lete. He has a brother, Howard
Ray of Shaw, and a sister, Mrs.
David McCullar of Saginaw,
Michigan.
In July of the past summer,
Coach Ray claimed his bride,
lovely Rosemary Browning OF
West, a graduate of Holmes Jun
ior College and former Durant
High School student. They
make their home in Durant.
When asked if he had a magic
formula for producing winning
football elevenS, Coach Ray re-
Piled: mo, l can't say that
have. 1t just takes work, hard
work and lots of it and a desire
to win. Our boys had BOTH" He
praised the cooperative attitude
Of every member of the Durant
squad and said it was this spirit
that contributed most to G
good team work that made pos
sible a winning season.
Coach Ray also praised the
support given the Tigers by the
"entire community"
ct helps to know the COM
munity is backing you up solid
ly. makes you want to play
CONTINUED On Page Eighty
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Rites On Thursday
For FerreII Infant

Funeral services for Mary
Elizabeth Terrell, seven-month.
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Noel Alton Terrell of Jackson,
were held Thursday from the
Oak Grove Baptist Church.
Mary Elizabeth died at the
University Hospital, Wednesday
at 500 a. m. after a two and
one-half weeks illness. She had
been i'll most of her short life.
Survivors include her pa
rents, a brother, David Terrell,
a sister, Malissa Terrell. all OF
Jackson; paternal grandparents
| MIR. and Mrs. Alton F~errell, Lex
ington; and maternal grand
| parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leland D
White of Jackson.
Southern Funeral Home Oh
| Lexington was in charge of ar
rangements.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-23
Mid-Stote Conference
Honors Durunt Head
Coach; First Season
BY HAZEL BRANNON SMITH

BY HAZEL BRANNON SMITH
Coach Harvey Ray, Jr. of the
Durant Tigers has been named
Coach of the Year in the Mid
State Conference.
This is a signal honor for the
Durant man who is serving his
first year as head coach with
only one years previous eXper-
fence. When Coach Dale Bras
her resigned to go to Morton,
the unanimous choice to succeed
him was young Coach Ray, who
had served as his assistant for
the 1860 season.
Age has nothing to do with
coaching, it seems, for the men
tor of the Durant team guided
his boys to and undefeated sea-
son, with only a single tie
with Brandon) to mar the re-
cord. Then the Tigers ended the
season with a defeat of their
traditional foe, Lexington, and
now hold undisputed claim to
The Mid-State Conference title
for the third year in a row.
Coach Ray graduated from
Millsaps in 1860 where he was
a three-letter athlete. He played
four years baseball, three years
football Gas guard). and one
year basketball. At Millsaps he
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-23
Mrs. Joe Latham Dies
Monday In Jackson

Mrs. Joe w. Latham former
resident of Lexington, died
Monday at ZOO a. m. at the Uni
versity Hospital in Jackson. She
was 81. She had been in falling
health for about two years.
A native of Morton, she had
lived in Jackson for a number
OF years, where Mr.. Latham is
senior vice president of the De-
post Guaranty Bank and Trust
Co.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 200 p. m. from the
Galloway Memorial Methodist
Church with burial in the Nor
ton Cemetery.
She leaves her husband, Joe
w. Latham. her mother, a daugh
ter, Mrs. Milton Everett and
four grandchildren,a all of jack
son: and a host of friends in
Lexington and Holmes County.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-23
Methodist Mems Club
Pancake Breakfast Is
Set For December End

The Methodist Mems Club of
the First Methodist Church in
Lexington will hold their an
nual pancake breakfast on Sat
urday, December End.
This event will be held in
the Lexington Grammar School
Cafeteria between the hours of
500 and 800 a. m.
Breakfast. including pancakes
and all that goes with them,
will be seventy-five cents. Pro-
ceeds will be used for Youth
Week Project.
The public is invited.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-23
Lexington Mons Mother
Dies In Illinois Recently

Sympathy is extended to w.
+. (BilD Scneller in the death
OF his mother, Mrs. Joseph Sch
heller of Springfield, Illinois.
Mrs. Schneider died Wednes-
day night of a heart attack. Blu
rial was on Friday in Spring
field.
Mr., Schneider left for his
home on Thursday morning and
returned to Lexington on Sun
day.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-23

At the completion of every
article written by a reporter
the word $50" is placed to
indicate the end of the story.
In twenty-five years of re-
porting and writing in Hol-
mes County l have written
many, many stories. hun
dreds of thousands of words,
words that have made thou
sands of people glad and
many of them sad.
There have been good sto-
ries and bad ones, stories of
trials and tribulations of our
people and fortunately, more
stories of triumphs and good
things we have known.
But there is no story that
compares with writing tn 9
death of a good friend =
when the go" that is writ
ten really means the end.
l die a little myself every
time | am called upon to
write of the demise of any
one whom | have known and
love in life. 1t would always
be easier to pass this duty
along to someone else on the
staff. who could do an adj
mirable job. But / can't, l
just have to do it myself,
knowing it is the very last
thing on earth l can do for
them.
Thus it is with a real ache
in my heart that ! have just
completed writing the story
of the death of Louis Longi-
motif = a dear person who
was not known as intimately
to the people of Durant to-
day as he was when l first
came to Durant in 1886. This
is understandable, of course,
because in latter years he
had been perfectly content to
let the younger men in the
community take over the
reins. But he always was in
the background and avail
able for any kind of advice,
cooperation. financial assist
ance, or anything else need
ed to put anything over for
the welfare and benefit of
Durant which he loved more
than any place else on earth.
l used to kid him about it
- tell him he couldn't even
stay in Memphis overnight.
He just had to get back to
Durant." The longest he ever
stayed away, l think, was
about a week in New York
about once a year with a
brief stop-over in Washing
ton.
Durant never had, and will
never have, a better friend
or bigger booster than Louis
L%onginotti.
He was a fine man, a
splendid husband and father,
a loyal and devoted friend.
He was a man who did not
fit into the usual pattern of
conforming to what every
one" thought or was doing.
He chose to think for him
self, rather than follow the
crowd like a flock of sheep.
He had an Independent mind
and spirit. He was a man of
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-23
MYRON DILLON TO ATTEND
All CONGRESS IN CHICAGO

Myron Dillon, son of MI. and
Mrs. w. NJ. Dillon Of Lex
ington, will attend the National
4-H Club Congress in Chicago.
November $3.50 as state recrea-
ton leader from Mississippi.
"A trip of a lifetime" is in
store for thirty-seven Missis-
sippi All boys and girls, adult
leaders and Extension agents
Who will attend.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-23

The death of Speaker Sam
Rayburn brought to mind my
one personal encounter with
this giant Of a man, Mr..
Democrat" himself.
1t was in the spring of 1948
and l had stopped yover in
Washington for a. few days
visit with friends en- route to
New York before sailing for
Europe.
Since I had been a dele
gate from Mississippi to two
national Democratic conven-
tons. first from my Congress
sional District in 1910 and
from the state-at-large in
1914, remember the begin
ming of the States Rights
movement?), some of my
friends thought I should be
interested in politics and
politicians and take time to
meet some Of the leading
political" figures in Wash
ington.
And Of course "Mr. Sam"
was just about as big as they
come.
He and l have a mutual
friend in the person of Cecil
Dickson, one of the all-time
""reats" in the newspaper
Continued on Page Eighty
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-23

MID-STATE L STAR Five Durant
Tigers and three Lexington Hornets were selected as
Mid-State Conference All Stars.
The entire team is shown above as follows: Front
row. left to right: Morris Keith Is, Larry Ramage
10. Bobby Cain SO, Durant; Yancey Delapp 20, Carroll
Ton; Benny Frazier 67, Ethel; Jackie Hague 80, Gaze
BECKER 80, Durant.
Second row: Paul Edwards 70, Lexington; Viii
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-23

liam Ellington 70, McAdams; Dale Russell 81, Lex
ington; Honey Ashmore As, North Carrollton; Glen
Robinson SO, Walden; Kelly Black SIS, Wayne Adams
65, Ethel; Robert Rogers Al, Kilmichael.
Third row: Paul Hale %, Lexington; Archie Lee
Cain 81, Paul Ables II, Dick Cain II, McAdams;
George Jones 7, Boley Garrett ", Paul Sanders 81,
Kilmichael; Tommy Butler II, Walden.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-23
NOTICE

For details on the Holmes
County Publishing Company
meeting held at the City Hall
on Monday night see Editorial
pace.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-23
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BY Hazel Brannon Smith

character and integrity who
would not commit a dis
honorable deed and then try
to justify or rationalize it by
saying "the ends justify the
means" When one comes in
contact with SO much of the
latter, in today's dog-eat-dog
world, a man like Louis
Longinotti keeps one believ-
ing in the human race,
He had his share of sorrow
and disappointment, just like
everyone else, but the crown
ing sorrow came in the ira
gic death of his splendid son,
Malcolm Longinotti, w h o
crashed on Pearl Harbor Day
in 1913 while testing a jet
off the coast of California. l
think Louis died a little him.
self in that sad hour.
The one comforting
thought his family and
friends can share now is that
he will never die in our
memory but will live
on forever in our hearts ano
minds.
And as the years advance
and wonderful friends leave
us with the inexhorable pas
sage of time and circum-
stances, we think less a n d
less of this old world and its
constant, nagging problems
and more and more of that
promised world to come and
a day when we will be re-
united with our friends and
loved ones forevermore.
Death is no longer viewed
as extinction and oblivion,
something to be dreaded or
feared, but rather as a well
come release, a sweet a.
Weakening to a new life, to
the unfulfilled promise of a
life as it never was on this
earth.
Evening star., 1961-06-09

the union into buying the
property and therefore be en-
titled to the commission. An
other broker, James L. Dixon,
claimed that he arranged the
deal and should get the COM
mission, also charging that the
trust company had improperly
sold the land to the union
through direct negotiations,
conspiring to defraud him of
the commission.
The trust company. during
three weeks of trial before Dis
trict Court Judge Charles F.
Mclaughlin, on the other
hand, claimed that neither one
of the brokers was entitled to
the commission.
After five and a half hours
Of deliberation the jury decided
that Mr.. Kahn should get the
commission, plus $4,000 in in
terest on the money. The jury
also determined that neither
Mr.. Dixon nor the trust COM
pany should get the money
and that the trust company
and the Carpenters Union did
not carry out any conspiracy
to defraud Mr.. Dixon of the
commission.
Evening star., 1961-06-09
Broker Wins
Commission

A three-way legal struggle
over a 100000 commission for
sale Of land to the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners was resolved by a Dis
trict Court jury yesterday in
favor of Washington real estate
broker B. Franklin Kahn.
The $4,000 square feet of
land involved, located at Sec
ond street and Constitution
avenue NV, was sold to the
Carpenters Union in 1858 for
about 2 million. The union is
presently erecting a new
headquarters on the site.
The land has been held in
trust of the Bliss estate by the
National Savings and Trust Co.
here.
Mr.. Kahn, in a suit filed in
District Court, claimed he
should get credit for talking
Evening star., 1961-06-09
Catholic Assignments
Listed at Richmond

RICHMOND, Va, June 8
(AP). - Pastoral and special
appointments. including sue
cessors to posts held by Auxil-
iary Bishop Joseph H. Hodges,
were announced yesterday by
the Most Rev. John j. Russell
bishop of the Roman Catholic
Diocese of Richmond. All are
effective June is.
Bishop Hodges was appoint
ed by Pope John XXIII last
week as coadjutor bishop to the
bishop on Wheeling, w. Va.
Succeeding Bishop Hodges as
pastor of st. Peters Church in
Richmond will be the Rev.
George J. Gormley, pastor of
st. Johns Church in Waynes-
boro. Father Gormley also will
become director of the Cath
olic Information Center in
Richmond and deanery mod
orator of the Council of Cath
olic Men.
Successors to other posts
held by Bishop Hodges will be:
The Rt. Rev. MSgr. Carroll
T. Dozer, pastor of Christ the
King Church. Norfolk. chair
man of the Diocesan Liturgical
Commission; the Rev. Robert
j. Walsh. diocesan director of
the Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine, diocesan representa-
tive of the Lay Volunteers for
Missions; the Rev. John j.
Mcmahon, diocesan director of
the Bureau of Catholic Chari-
ties, moderator of the Catholic
1nterracial Council of Rich
mond, and the Very Rev. Eu-
gene P. Walsh. pastor of St.
Louis Church, Groveton and
dean of the Alexandria Dean
cry, moderator of the Diocesan
Evening star., 1961-06-09

Council of Catholic Men. All
four also will retain their pres
ent posts.
The Rev. Richard j. Burke,
assistant superintendent of
diocesan schools since June 8,
1853, was named superintend-
ent of schools.
The Rev. Robert j. McEleney,
assistant pastor of st. Paul's
Church, Portsmouth, was
named to the new post of as
sistant chancellor of the do
cese. He also will serve as part
time assistant at Sacred Heart
Cathedral, Richmond.
Other pastoral assignments
included:
The Rev. John j. Riordan. as
sistant pastor of st. .Rita's Church,
of the Sea Church. Fort Monroe.
The Rev. julius j. Cilinski, pastor
Of st. Josephs Church. Martinsville, to
pastor Of st. Johns Church, Waynes-
boro.
The Rev. John T. Meehan. co-ordi-
nator Of Denis J. O'Connell High
School, Arlington. to pastor Of st.
pastorate has been vacant since the
death Of the Rev Joseph Heye.
The Rev. Charles A. Ryan, assistant
pastor at st. Rose Of Lima Church,
Hampton. to assistant pastor at st.
Leo's Church, Fairfax.
The Rev. Austin L. Ryder. assistant
pastor of Holy Comforter Church.
Charlottesville. to assistant at st.
Rita's Church, Alexandria.
The Rev, Carl F, ,zeterberg, assistant
at St. Louis Church. Groveton. to CO.
ordinator Of Denis J. o'Connell High
School, Arlington. and part-time as
sistant at st. Agnes Church, Arlington,
He also will be in charge Of pres
nuptial instructions for the Arlington
deanery.
The Rev. Laurence T. Farley, as
mouth, to assistant at st. Mary's
Church, Alexandria.
The Rev. W. Henry Wade. appointed
assistant at Holy Comforter Church,
Charlottesville.
The Rev. John j. Foley. assistant
at st. Mary's Church, Alexandria, to
regional director of Catholic Charities
Vincent de Paul Church Newport News.
The Rev. Louis J. Berry, assistanN
at st. Leo's Church, Fairfax. to as
sistant at st. Michaers Parish. AMMAN
dale.
The Rev. Robert C. Brooks. assistant
at St., Rose Of Lima Church, HAMPTON,
to assistant to st. Louis Church. Grove
ton
Evening star., 1961-06-09

pionship when they compiled
1,712 points in a contest at
College Park, Md.
William Watkins of Ednor,
won individual honors with a
score Of 5931a points out of a
possible 900.
Evening star., 1961-06-09
Montgomery All
Judges Win Title

The Montgomery County All
poultry judging team recently
won the Maryland State cham
Evening star., 1961-04-04

land claiming that we, in
America, do not have freedom.
MY beloved people," Mr..
Rayburn said. "our freedom in
the United States is as near
absolute as freedom can be. A
world that the United States
does not lead, if there ever is
such a world, will be a world
that is not free"
Mr.. Rayburn did not mention
the society by name, but later
told reporters: "Of course the
John Birch group is the one I
meant"
Both critics and friends of
the society have urged an in
vestigation of the society and
its founder, Mr.. Welch, who
once described former Presi-
dent Eisenhower as "a dedi-
Gated. conscious agent of the
Communist conspiracy"
Young Sees No Inquiry
Senator Young, however, in
a Senate speech, said Congress
was too busy for such an inves-
tigation. He added even if
there was time, ANY mercenary
demagogue has the right to
express opinions, though dis
credited, unfounded and false. I"
Senator Young said Mr..
WEIGH, a retired Belmont
(MasS) candy manufacturer,
Evening star., 1961-04-04


hire from congressional critics
yesterday it also had a de-
tender.
Representative Rousselot, Re-
publican of California, in a
statement, said he joined the
Iociety q few months ago "be-
cause I believe that in the
main, the society is designed
70 oppose the Communist
threat in a positive, legal and
correct way"
He said he would welcome a
congressional investigation of
she society as soon as possible.
The society, founded in 1858,
takes its name from a Baptist
Evening star., 1961-04-04
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
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DEAFENED ON TELEPHONE

disconnects the coil when
user is not phoning.
Every hard of hearing person
who has ever used the phone
should know about this re-
markable device. For litera-
ture mail a post card with
your name and address to
Tonemaster Engin eering
Dept, Room 1900, 1910 w.
Alta Rd., Peoria, III.
Evening star., 1961-04-04

Hard of hearing persons who
use the telephone are now
aided by a tiny coil of wire
half the size of a small pea.
Mounted in a peanut sized
hearing device, the coil picks
up voice impulses directly
from the telephone wiring,
eliminating all diStracting
sounds. A micro-sized switch
Evening star., 1961-04-04
Teaching Month

Commissioner Walter N.
Tobriner yesterday proclaimed
April as Teaching Career
Month in the District. He
signed the proclamation at q
special ceremony at the Dis
trict Building attended by
School Supt. Carl F. Hansen
and DR.. Paul o. Carr, president
OF the District of Columbia
Teachers College.
Evening star., 1961-04-04

missionary who was killed by
the Communists in China 10
days after the close of World
War II.
Mr.. Rayburn, speaking yes
terday in Mckinney, Tex, said:
They're spreading this idea
that a government can get by
without levying taxes. That
is no way to stay secure from
those who would destroy us.
e. The men who spread
these strange nostrums would
destroy our freedom. They go
the length and breadth of our
Evening star., 1961-04-04

then be gone with the wind
the Senator added.
II assert the John Birch So
ciety is a Fascist group" Sen
ator Young said. 'It is we'll
larded with rightwing crack
pots. 1t is an theological
abomination. and the self
appointed vigilantes who are
its leaders deserve the disdain
and scorn of every American
who values his democratic
heritage"
Senator Young said he has
received mail clearly inspired
by the John Birch Society"
demanding impeachment pro-
Evening star., 1961-04-04

"is succeeding handsomely In
selling life memberships in his
society for $1,000 each and
raking in thousands of dollars
every month in members dues. "
At one point. Senator Young
said the "Mussolini," the I'll
Duce or Fuehrer" of the Birch
Society is "a fake patricia
slick demogogue proposing
dangerous nonsense"
Fascist" Label Tossed
His society. like the Know
Nothing Party of los years
ago, may live a little while and
Evening star., 1961-04-04

ceedings against Chief Justice
Warren.
Mr.. Rousselot said the John
Birch Society was basically
made up of study groups, whose
members write their friends
and public officials and discuss
their thinking on political
issues.
He added that certain quoted
statements of Mr.. Welch did
not represent the thinking of
the whole society.
Evening star., 1961-04-04
Royburn and Young Hit
Birch Society Ideas
BY the Associated Press

House Speaker Rayburn has warned that the strange
nostrums of the John Birch Society would destroy
freedom"
And Senator Young Democrat Of Ohio called the society
founder Robert Welch little Hitler, Mussoliri
patriot and a slick demagogue
the far right Communist group again came under
Evening star., 1961-04-04

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-15
Hodges Ex-Aide
Receives Parole

SPRINGFIELD. Ill, Nov. is
(AP).-Edward A. Epping. i'm
prisoned accomplice of former
State Auditor Orville Hodge in
a SIS million theft of State
funds, was granted a parole to-
day.
Hodge and Epping. his one
time office manager. were sent
to prison in 1856. Epping has
been serving a 1-to-10-year.
term in Menard State Prison
for larceny, confidence game
and embezzlement.
Hodge is serving a 12-to-15.
year term in Menard. He haI
asked for a pardon or a reduc,
ton in his sentence which
would make him eligible to ap,
ply for parole Immediately. Tit
State Parole and Pardon BoarC
has sent a recommendation OF
these pleas to Gov. Otto Kernel
but the terms were not an.
nounced. The board refused Il
comment on reports that a re
duction in Hodges sentence hai
been recommended.
The so-called Hodge Scanda
broke in August 1856 ant
stunned the State. A banke
testified that Epping. then {
36-year-old certified public ac'
countant. received cash for fic,
titious State warrants totalinI
$134.000. The banker said HI
did not know whether Eppint
kept any of the money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-15
Youth Convicted
Of MunsIoughter
In June Shooting

A District Court jury has
found Allen B. Quattlebaum,
10, of the 1900, block of Fourth
street NV, guilty Of man
slaughter in the fatal shooting
Of another youth. '-.
Quattlebaum, tried on Sec
ord degree murder charge. was
convicted of shooting Dorsett
L. McCrimmon, II, of 1735 l.
street NE, on June Is. The
McCrimmon youth was pro-
nounced dead a day later at
Casualty Hospital.
Witnesses testified the shoot
ing took place shortly before
am. in the 1900 black Of L,
street NE. after an alteration
between Quattlebaum and d
group of youths he encountered
on the street. Quattlebaum
was represented by Attorney j.
Leon Williams.
Judge Burnita S. Matthews
deferred sentencing pending a
probation office report. A
manslaughter conviction car
ries a maximum penalty of ur
to is years in prison and a
1 possible $1,000 fine.