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Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28
NOTICE OF
SALE

WHEREAS, heretofore on
February %, 1861, Clara Mae
Scott executed a deed of trust
~ howard Z. Ross, Jr., 1rus-
tee for the use and benefit Of
Federal Shell Homes, Inc,
formerly known as Deeb Con-
struction Company, Benefl-
ciary, which said deed of trust
is recorded in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Holmes
County at Lexington, Missis-
sippi. in Deed of Trust Book
122, at Page 1875 thereof,
reference to which is hereby
made; and,
WHEREAS, GeIault has
been made in the payment of
the indebtedness secured by
said deed of trust and the oW-
ner and holder of the indebted
ness secured by said deed of
trust having requested the
SAID Trustee SO to do, l will
on the 18th day of January,
1862. offer for sale and will
sell during legal hours at the
front door of the County Court
House of Holmes County at
Lexington, Mississippi, to the
highest and best bidder for
cash at public cutlery the fol-
lowing described land and pro-
perty situated in Holmes
County, Mississippi, to-wit:
Begin at the North West
corner of the Tom Lewis lot
and go IA feet North to a
ditch, thence East $50 feet and
thence South IA feet thence
West los feet to point of be-
ginning: this being a part of
Lot No. l now belonging to
John H. MCGEE.
Title to the above and fore
going described property is be-
lieved to be good, but I will
convey only such title as is
vested in me as Trustee.
Witness my signature, this
the 18th day of December.
1861.
Howard c. Ross, Jr.
Trustee
Dec. Il, %, Jan. 4 Il.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28
CHANCERY SUMMONS

The State of Mississippi
To: Murlean Fisher Williams
You are summoned to ap-
pear before the Chancery
Court of the County Of Fol-
mes in said State, on the Sc
cond Monday CT January, A..
d., 1862, to defend the suit
No. 1924 in said Court of
Thornton Williams. Jr.,
wherein you are a defendant.
This 18th day of December.
A. D., 1861.
Parham H. Williams, Clerk.
(SEAL)
Dec. IA, 81, %, Jan 4.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28
NONRESIDENT NOTICE
Dec. 7, IA, Fl & %

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: Joe Heathcock
You are summoned 70 APP
pear before the Honorable c,
D. Williams, the Judge Of the
Chancery Court of the County
of Holmes in said state on the
9Th day Of January A. D.,
1852, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, at
the courthouse in the City of
Yazoo City, County of Yazoo,
said state, to defend the suit
No. 26 on the adoption docket
In said court of Willie Frank
spencer, Betty 10 Spencer
and Willie Frank Spencer as
next friend of Cecil Laverne
Heathcock, wherein you are
the defendant.
This 30th day of November.
A. d., 1861.
Parham H. Williams, Clerk
By Elaine Ellington, D. C.
(SEAL)
Dec. z, ID, 81, %.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28

SUMMONS

~
The State of Mississippi
To: Emma Mae Howard
Smith
$40 E. Austin Blvd.
Detroit 2, Michigan
You are summoned to APP
pear before the chancery
court OF the county of Holmes
in said state, on the End Mon
day Of January, A. D., 1862,
to defend the suit No. 1O24O
in said court of Holmes Coun-
ty wherein you are a defend
ant.
This 9th day of December,
A. D., 1861.
Parham H. Williams,
Clerk.
(SeaD
Dec. IA, 81, %, 1861,
Jan. 4, 1862.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28

AinC OIdCS VI MISSISSIPPI
10: Hugh Charles Holland
You are summoned to ap-
pear before the chancery court
OF the county of Holmes in
said state, On the End Monday
OF January, A. D., 1862. to de.
lend the suit No. 1922, in
said court of Peggy Hickman
Holland, wherein you are a
defendant.
This 18th day of December
A. D., 1861.
Parham H. Williams, Clerk
(SEAL)
Dec. IA, 81, %, Jan 4.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28
A HAPPY NEW YEAR

A HAPPY NEW YEAR :
WILL be yours once you find
out how much fun it is to
show and how easy it is to
enjoy a fine income with
AVon's Products. Full or part
time openings NOW. Write
Gertrude Freeman, Winona,
Miss. or call 375.
4S-1tnpt
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28
POSTED

IOORk RADIC E TV SER
VICL: Foi the Best Radio and
Tclevision service in this area,
81 q mar with 30 years ex.
)erlence do the JOB Service
ais anywhere. Reasonable
rice Reco,u players repaired
'ntennas installed Located or
,arrOl'tOn Ave. OH Lexington
AcOna road IN former Lehman
grocery Store 9nS,neSs phOnt
755, residence 417-J-1. 12ttnr
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28

OVERNMEN
SURPLUS SALES
NOW anyone can buy DI-
RECT from T. s. GOV.
FRMFNT SURPLUS DE.
POTS. nv mail for your.
self or for resale. Gamer
IS. binoculars, cars, jeeps.
rucks. boats. hardware, Of
flee machines aid equip
ment. tents, tools and tens
'f-thOusands ~ other items
1t a fraction of their origi.
0al cost. Many items brand
teW Far list ~ hundreds
Of u. S. Government Sur
plus Depots, locate1 In
every Stare and overseas
with pamphlet How Gov
arnment Can Ship Direct
To You" plus procedures,
HOW TO BUY and how to
get FREE SURPLUS, mail
300 10 SURPLUS SALES
~ F o R NJ A TON SER
VICES. P. . Box No. 1918,
Washington 5. D. =.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
Set of pups. Eight weeks
old. Grady Ellis, Phone 2O41,
West.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28
LOST:

LUST:
S25 reward fer information
leaolng to return of birddog
lost Tuesday morning, Deem
per z. White and liver spot
ted pointer, male. x. L. Sal
ley, Itta Bena, written on
collar. Phone AL 4-3O51 (store)
or 2951 (house).
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28
M o n u NJ f. N Il S

Why pay undertakers and
catalog statesmen 400 commits
sion when you can buy direct
from a manufacturer.
You will be better satisfied
When you select from our dis
play yard.
we Will be glad to send our
manager, Mr.. Harold r. Sides
or answer by mail or telephone
DAVIDSON
MARBLE q GRANITE
WORKS
kosciuskO, Miss.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28

POSTED: All land owned
and operated by me is posted
against hunting and trespass-
ing. Calvin Moore.
Lexington 44-5tpd.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28
FOR SALE

Two new concrete block
houses in Lexington Pecan
Grove. Low down payments
as low as S28. See Harden E.
vim in Lexington.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28

POSTED:
My land is posted against
hunting, trespassing and loose
hogs.
j. G. Robertson, Lexington
45-3t-np
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28
ATTENTION HOUSEWivn.

Get those Christmas bills
off your mind. A few open
ings now available in neigh
berhOod territories. We trail.
you to show Avon Cosmetics.
For interview, write Gertrude
Freeman, Winona, or call
1851.
47.1tpp
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28

POSTED: All my land located
in Holmes County near Ebe-
nezer is posted against all
hunting, trespassing. ANY vic
lators or persons damaging my
property will be prosecuted.
Mrs. G. L. BurWell. 43 3tnp
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28

The w. O. Reynolds Place
owned by Guy Brumfield and
occupied by the undersigned is
posted against trespassing of
any kind, hogs and hunting.
Ellie V. Harthcock, Route 4
Lexington.
IS 3tnp
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28

Silver gray place dog left
home on %. If anyone knows
the whereabouts of this dog
please call Charlene Smith at
1853 or 500. S25 reward.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28

W~stleld Plantation posted
against all hunting and tres
passing. 44-tfn
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28

SANS TRIM SHOP On West
Jefferson. Specializing il auto
Seat covers and upholstering,
mattress renovating. Box 335
Or call 1885 Kosciusko.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28
FOR SALE Pecans-Shelled
or in the hull. Top quality.
Contact Wallace Johnson.
POSTED:


No hunting or treSpaSSlng
on my place known as the
Old Hines place. Any viola
tors will be prosecuted.
E. j. Hines
39-Stnp.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-28

WANTED TO BUY - Pecans
and fur.
Top market prices paid
lexington Iron and Metal Co.
Phone $50 20tnp
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Nevada, Montono's S OKs
Old. Vote Seen Near

ment has passed at least one
house in States legislatures are
Colorado, Pennsylvania. Wyo-
ming, West Virginia. Virginia
Wisconsin. Indiana. South Da-
kota and Washington.
In the case of Washington
q spokesman for the commit
tee said. the State is waiting
for Washington's birthday
February 22-to pass the
amendment and give the Dis
trict q birthday present In
honor o. 'Ne man 1t is named
for.
Moves In 12 States
States in which the amend
ment has been introduced in at
least one Of the legislative bodies
include Alaska, Arizona, Mis-
souri,. New Hampshire, Ohio
Rhode Island. Vermont, North
Dakota. Connecticut, Texas
Michigan and Nebraska.
States in which no action has
been taken include Delaware
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Il
linois, Iowa. Kansas, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, South
Carolina and Tennessee.
Legislatures which are not In
session this year include Louisi-
ana, Kentucky, Mississippi and
Virginia.
Arkansas is, to date, the only
State to defeat the amendment.
There is some chance the State
might reconsider it action.
Counting Nevada and Mon
tana as having approved the
amendment, Is more States are
required for ratification.
Evening star., 1961-02-05

refused help. They were all
back at work before the after
noon ended.
Charred Building
The brick nursing home
with huge ribbons of frozen
water dribbling down the sides,
its fourth-floor windows bro
ken, a knitting bag pressed
against a second-floor window,
q half-charred calendar on the
first-floor wallis a silent re-
minder Of the fire.
And the Documentation, Inc,
employes-back to such un-
heroic things as shutting off
alarm clocks, stamping snow
off boots, taking coffee breaks
forget to mention themselves
when they speak of the fire.
The personnel director who
kept phones open for fire, po-
lice and hospital workers: zone
little messenger boy couldn't
weigh more than 120 pounds.
He carried both a paralyzed
woman and the chair she was
tied in down the stairs"
One Of the men who rushed
into the home: Without the
girls to take care of the pa
tients I dom know what we
would have done in that cold"
The secretaries: Those
people in the apartments Just
kept tossing out blankets. And
the fellows who ran in the
building didn't know what
caused the fire. They could
have been in real danger"
And the men: "You don't
stop to think about that. You
just know someone's in there"
Evening star., 1961-02-05
COURAGE IS ORDER OF DAY
Heroes Plentiful at Wednesday Fire

II was talking with Eugene
Lowe, a vice president Of Ben
son-Lehner-the main COM
pany In California" he recalled,
II saw smoke, so dense 1t al
most started seeping in our
window. Our general manager
yelled out and we rounded up
all the males and ran across
the street. There were already
four or five people from the
company inside"
On the other side Of the
street, two doors away from
the nursing home, Wallace
Ricketts,. %. heard banging on
his second-floor office door.
Fought Through Smoke
Someone yelled grab a fire
extinguisher.' I first thought
there was a fire in our building.
I grabbed the extinguiSher. AS
soon as I got out I saw 1t
wouldn't do any good. I threw
it down and ! met Tom Shan
non at the door and we ran
inside"
He and Mr.. Shannon fought
through the smoke to the third
floor.
"As I started down the sec
ond time" said Mr.. Ricketts,,
II looked down and couldn't
see my feet, the smoke was so
thick.
Mr.. Shannon added, There
was a nurse who wouldn't leave
until all the patients were out.
Shed say in this ROOM in
that room Once inside a room
all you could do was feel. You'd
grab for a bed and feel"
The homes one elevator was
a shaft Of flames and smoke.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Man, 46, Is Killed
By Hit-Run Auto

A 48-year-old man was killed
instantly by a hit-and-run car
or truck last night on u. 8.
Route near Savage, Md,
Maryland State police reported.
The body, identified by DO
lice as that Of Harold Thomas
OF Baltimore, was found lying
on the highway close to the
Mary-Bo truck center, about
two miles south of the State
Police barracks at Waterloo.
Police said he was apparently
struck by a vehicle headed
south toward Washington.
State Trooper Charles Engle-
hart said Mr.. Thomas had been
visiting friends at the truck
center. He had come from Bal
timore by bus. His body was
found at about $50 pm.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
BY WILLIAM GRIGG
star star writer

Reinhart c. Schmidt, chief
District meteorologist, shoveled
the snow from the front Of his
Falls Church home yesterday
with gnsto-and relief.
The long battle to out.think
Washington's 8.3-inch snow
storm was past. And Mr..
Schmidt had been more right
than wrong in his predictions.
The battle had begun
Wednesday against o storm
that did not even exist at that
time. AL there was then was
a low-pressure area far to the
Southwest in Texas, and cold
and high pressure extending
down to Washington,
But early Wednesday a pre-
diction Of snow on Thursday
was made. Carefully. the me-
teorologists had predicted the
direction and speed Of the lows
movement.
Then they predicted that the
usual counter-clockwise flow Of
air from q cold high to q warm,
moist low would create snow.
But late Wednesday, baro-
metric readings showed the
highs southern ridge remained
firm. The low was being held
back. BY Thursday morning
the snow was set back until
early Friday in official FORE
casts.
How II Happened
The lows center moved
through central Kentucky late
Thursday and early Friday and
came close enough for the
counter-clockwise winds to mix
Evening star., 1961-02-05

The Stairwell, wide and grace
full on the first floor, winds
thinner and thinner near the
top but somehow the quick
paced rescue work continued
the crippled and bedridden
handed down from floor to
floor.
Several men tried to reach
the fourth floor. where seven
patients lost their lives, but
flames and smoke formed an
impenetrable wall.
Patients Wrapped
Residents Of the Woodley-
Calvert Apartment Home open
ed their windows and threw
down blankets. The women
from Documentation, Inc.
picked them from the frozen
snow and wrapped them around
the patients.
Standing among the ma
chimes in the firms office, Ann
Crogan, head key punch opera
tor. said, we put them here,
and here, and here. First on
coats and then we got the blan-
kets. All the girls worked. One
girl even knew how to work an
oxygen tank the ambulance
brought. They just did every
thing. They made coffee here
and ran to the drug store and
a restaurant to get coffee"
The drug store and the res
taurant brewed urns and urns
Of coffee which were carried in
cartons, cups. bottles and jars
to patients. firemen, policemen.
When ambulances arrived,
many Documentation en-
ployes, coughing from smoke,
Evening star., 1961-02-05
BY MYRA MACPHERSON
Star staff Writer

Years ago, Ernest Heming-
way wrote that courage was
grace under pressure.
He could have been writing
about Wednesday, February /
1861, when flames turned the
Mount Vernon Nursing Home
at 1901 Calvert street NV. into
a shetland courage turned
executives, messenger boys and
secretaries Of the neighboring
Documentation, Inc, into an
orderly army Of heroes.
In less than 10 minutes, en-
ployes Of the data processing
company helped evacuate II
of the homes "a elderly pa
tients and bed them down on
office floors.
Everyone q Hero
1T happened so fast and
they worked so WELL" said Eu-
gene Miller, company presi-
dent. "You can't single any
one out. What's to say who's
q hero? The man who rushes
into the building? The girl
who wraps q coat around an
invalid? Everyone in the COM
pany helped. They were all
marvellous" he said Of the 81
employees who occupy five
buildings on the narrow block
between Connecticut avenue
and Woodley place NV.
Two days later, the firms
controller, Kenneth Cleveland,
looked from his office window
across the street to the home.
still handsome from the out
side with its white pillars and
balcony.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
A MATER OF HIGHS AND LOWS
Here's How Weothermen
Guessed Right on the Storm

moisture and cold air over
Washington.
Snow began to fan at sis
am.
Mr.. Schmidt arrived early
at the station atop the Ma
tional Airport Terminal. He
began preparing weather maps
every hour. The usual inter-
val is every three hours.
Purple pencil marks showed
snow. The purple area ex-
tended Just a few miles below
Washington before stopping.
Below. Richmond was getting
sleet and more southern areas,
rain.
Mr.. Schmidt, Kenneth Nor
quest and Eugene Hoover
stamped q high on their maps
in New England.
By 8 am, Mr.. Schmidt en-.
tered Q new low On his map
south Of Cape E1atteras. He
and the other meteorologistS
didn't really know it was there.
But a few lowering preSSures
on the land near there indi-
Gated 1t should be.
Moist Air Moves In
The other meteorologists
agreed that the new low was
logical. Such a pattern had
form ed sometimes before.
Northeasterly winds were be-
coming eaSterly. bringing moist
air to the land.
Without much fuss, the FORE
casters raised their prediction
here from more than 4 inches"
to more than 8 inches"
The station now contained
. dozen men and women. Tele-
types bringing data from
smaller stations ratified con-
Evening star., 1961-02-05

The District vote amendment
heads into another promising
week tomorrow.
The Citizens for a PreSiden-
tial Vote, the local organization
which is following the fortunes
Of the Constitutional amend
ment In its travels through the
so States, assumed last night
that two more States, Nevada
and Montana, had ratified,
making a total Of 13.
The a m e n d m e mt, which
would grant District citizens
the right to vote for President
and Vice President, lacked only
the signatures Of the Cover
nors Of the two States. And
both Governors, Gov. Sawyer
OF Nevada and Gov. Nutter OF
Montana, previously have in
dorsed the proposal. Official
iloCl1lcaClon OF the signing had
not reached Washington.
Action This Week
States scheduled to take &C.
ton on the amendment this
week include Tennessee, Wis
consin, Connecticut, Kansas
and Iowa. Favorable action Is
expected in all of them.
An appraisal Of the amend
ment's success and failure to
date, since its passage by Con-
gress last summer. shows the
following States to have rati-
fled: Hawaii, Massachusetts
New Jersey, Minnesota, New
York, California, Idaho, Ore
gon, Maryland, Maine, Nevada,
New Mexico and Montana.
States in which the amend
Evening star., 1961-02-05
SNoW.

Continued From First Page
icebreaking efforts wherever
possible.
In the District, snow crews
were reinforced with arrival of
q shipment Of 500 tons of rock
salt, replenishing q dwindlins
supply.
Sanitation Department work.
ers were to go back to the task
Of clearing the streets late last
night and continue through
this morning. A department Of
ficial said he hoped removal
work can be done on many
residential streets which have
had to wait until the plows
could clear the main arteries
first.
Gen. Clarke said the most
urgent need in additional re-
moval equipment is for more
snow leaders and plows. He
SAID at least six more leaders
are needed. The cost for the
additional equipment. he said,
may run more than 500. 900.
He explained that all re-
naming available privately
owned equipment in the area
is already under contract to
businesses and, If the District
is to have more equipment on
hand. 1t will have to be pur-
chased.
"a Auto Accidents Listed
The Metropolitan Police Ac-
cident Investigation Unit re-
ported that IA automobile acci-
dents were investigated be-
tween 3 am. Friday and 4 pm.
yesterday. They added that
only a few Of these resulted in
injuries.
The AIU said this total does
not include the usual rash of
fender bumpings that occur
whenever streets are icy.
District hospitals reported IL
persons admitted for sprains
and broken bones suffered in
falls on snow and ice since
Friday morning.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
CITIZENS ASKED
TO CLEAR SNOW
FROM MIGRANTS

Residents with fire hy-
drants bordering on their
property are being asked
to remove snow from
around the hydrantS. z
Gerald L. Elkins, chair
man Of the Fire Safety
Committee Of the Mont
gon1ery County SAFETY
Board, said fire depart
ments in the Metropolitan
area are having q difficult
time locating many hy-
drants buried in the snow.
He said fireAfighting
could be seriously delayed
by o hidden hydrant.
Evening star., 1961-02-05

ton suburban turisdictionS
have codes revised within the
last five years which require
nursing homes either to be Of
fire-resistant materials or have
sprinkler systems. The codes
also require at least two fire
escapes on each floor and fire
extinguishers available.
But IN Montgomery County
where two nursing home fires
have claimed eight lives with
in the last decade-five Of the
county's older nursing homes Of
frame construction don't have
sprinkler systems. The build
ings were in use before the new
code was passed in 1858.
SprinkIers Necessary
You really can't have safety
until you get sprinklers in these
big, old homes" said Charles H
Howe, jr.. county fire marshal
The five nursing homes stay
within licensing regulations, the
fire marshal said, by restricting
bed patients to the first floor
and other patients to the sec.
ond floor.
Montgomery County has As
nursing homes, q with more
than 10 beds. OF the q. a total
Of IL are constructed Of brick
or other fire-resistant material
and 10 Of frame construction
which are equipped with auto.
matte sprinklers.
In Fairfax County, several"
Of the 10 nursing homes would
not now meet the county's
building code Of 1856 or the
Virginia fire code established
in 1949, according to Fire Mar.
shal Willis II. Burton.
In Virginia, nursing homes
must undergo a check by both
State and local inspectors,
while in Maryland the results
Of local inspectors are passed
on to the State. The Virginia
law requires sprinkler systems
II a frame building is to be
used for a new nursing home.
Fire Marshal Burton said
that an inspection of all Fair
fax nursing homes was COM
pleted last month. The results
show that, although several
pre-date the present code, there
are no license violations.
Alexandria adopted q more
stringent building code in 1855
but hasn't experienced many
problems with nursing homes,
Capt. John L. Mellon Of the
Fire Prevention Bureau said.
Meet All Requirements
Two Of the city's three nurs-
ing homes are larger ones
which meet all requirements
The third is a frame building
where the number Of patients
Is kept to four.
Arlington doesn't have any
nursing homes. Apparently. one
reason is what Fire Marshal
Leslie Shelton describes as the
county's "very rigid" fire regu-
lationS. Any frame-type nurs-
ing home must have a sprinkler
system, interior fire alarms,
sufficient exits and fire ex-
tinguiShers.
Prince Georges County Fire
Marshal Lawrence r. Woltz
said that there are no particu-
lar fire safety problems now at
the county's eight nursing
homes.
1--WE have kept a pretty close
watch on those big old homes,
though, he said. These were In
existence before the 1858 build
ing code was adopted.