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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20
Ethel Girls Tie
Lbs For Trophy;
Boys Outstanding

The Lexington High School
track team flashed brilliantly in
the distance events to grab off
ten of the thirteen track events
in winning the first annual Mid
State Conference Track Meet
before 500 chilled but cheering
spectators at Lexington Field,
Tuesday night. April 18th.
With the fleet-footed Claudia
Thomas blazing home first in
the so and IS yard dash events,
the "cinder ladies' covered
themselves with glory in COM
ing from behind to win the 200
yard relay when the chips were
down and tie a strong girls
team from Ethel who had press
ed them all the way.
But if the girls offered the
fans such thrills, the young
men Of Lexington performed
even better "on the track" by
taking both hurdle events, the
100 yard dash, the 440 and $50
yard run and the mile relay.
Larry Spell came from behind
to nose out Curtis of Ethe
in the $50, a feat which
the Lexington team seemed to
enjoy doing all night in rack
ing up a 22R point buldge over
the nearest rival, Ethel.
Following behind Lexington's
751a point total were Ethel, SO,
Durant Al. McAdams, 3415, and
Walden, 16. The two other teams
in the conference withdrew prior
TO the meet.
The girls contributed 81 points
to the combined efforts of the
Lexington track team. a note
worthy reminder in that with
out such strong support t h {
overall winner might easily
have been Ethel.
Even though the LexAacton
girls took three of the four
track events, the Ethel girls
finished second each time and
captured first place in the 300
yard relay with Sue Doty, Nell
Mcknight, Tinna Frazier and
jeanette Burns providing the
winning combination.
The boys captured two first
places in the field events, the
pole vault (Which they tied for
first) and the shot put. The total
score after the field events left
Lexington behind Ethel, 22-18.
but Ethel couldn't match the
Hornets in the track events as
Lexington went on to win.
"A great deal of credit should
go to coaches Woodson Earle
and Hosea Grisham for their
hard work in producing such
outstanding results not SO much
because Lexington High School
won the Conference Meet. but
from the tributes made by many
Of the coaches.
J Bo Holmes of Ethel. remark
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20

not keep a card index which
would require more time and
expense, Mrs. Lois Brady, libra
rian, was informed recently tina.
the Lexington branch has
of the lowest records of un-re-
turned books in the county.
In total book circulation the
library checked out over $4,000
books in 1860, the exact number
being 1928. In the first three
months of last year 100 books
were in circulation as compared
to this years total of 3,720
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20
County All Rally On
Saturday, April u


A good time" for Holmes
Couny All Club members is be-
ing planned for Saturday, April
% in the w, B. Kenna Audi
forum beginning at 10 a. m. un-
til 2:30 p. m. announced Duane
Tucker, assistant All County
Agent.
In the morning the stage will
be set for a talent show fol
lowed after lunch by a track
meet with prizes given to all
the winners.
Over 400 members from
around the County are expect
cd to attend the meeting.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20

books, a gain of almost 600
books over last years figures.
This indicates the library is
both well used and appreciated
by the community.
Mrs. Brady and the assistant
librarian. Mrs. r. H. Owens, are
proud of the record establishes
by the Lexington branch and
hope the citizens Of Lexington
continue to use the library as
much in the future as they have
in the past.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20
Elementary School Plans
Piano Recital April rs

Mrs. f. c. Wentworth and
Miss Ann Adams will present
their music pupils in an Elemen-
tary School Piano Recital on
Tuesday, April 25 at 7:30 p. m.
in w. B. Kenna Auditorium.
The public is cordially invited.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20
v. F. w. Bouquet
Saturday. April n

A ". F. w. banquet will be
held Saturday night, April %,
from 8 p. m. until / p. m. with
music provided by the Holmes
Junior Playboys.
The banquet will be for
couples only and everyone is
invited to attend.
The dinner will be held in
the V. F. w. Hut.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20

One year ago on Tuesday,
April Is, the Lexington branch
Of Holmes County Library open
ed its doors to the public.
In celebrating National Libra
" Week from April 1922, the
Lexington Branch held an all
day coffee Tuesday, April l8
which also marked the first year
Of the library being in operation,
rendering to the public new
gains in service and offering the
widest range of books possible.
Even though the library does
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20

"a ~ oAAA
1t IS not the kind of thinking
that will preserve it.
Segregation will be a fact
of life for generations to come
in the South.
But it must be based on
mutual trust. acceptance and
confidence - and not upon
the imposed will of the domi-
nani race"
Those were the words spoken
by the Rev. Edward H. Harri-
son, rector of st. Andrews Epis-
copal Church in Jackson, Sun
day morning in his pulpit.
Mr.. Harrison said he is both
a segregationist and an integra-
zionist, depending upon how you
define the words.
Segregation is a fact in my
life ~ many areas" he said.
I believe any person or group
has a right to choose associates
or members.
Il am an integrationist if the
words definition includes n
who considers himself a mode
rate in regard to race; one who
believes that history is forcing
us to seek new patterns of So
cial organization for two races
living IN close relationship"
The jackson pastor said
Communication and under
standing must be increased
across racial barriers"
All intelligent Mississippians
today know that communication
must be established and under
standing brought about between
the two dominant races in Jack
son and elsewhere in Mississippi,
f peace and harmony is going to
continue to prevail in the state.
The surface harmony which
has existed heretofore has caus-
ed white Mississippians to mis-
takenly assume that Mississippi
Negroes are satisfied" with the
present system of forced segrega-
ton. Speakers financed with tax
funds supplied by all Mississip-
plans, white and Negro, have
been telling Northern audiences
about how satisfied" our good
Southern Negroes are under seq
regation. We all know it just
;sn't true.
The intelligent Mississippi
Negro 'odaY is no happier un-
der a system Of forced segre-
cation than are the white
people of Mississippi under
the threat of forced integra-
F., ton of the races.
Somewhere in between the
two forced" systems lies the
answer = if we can find it, if
we even have courage to seek it.
At a time when understand
ing is needed SO badly how ira
gic it is that a few grossly mis-
informed and misguided indi-
viduals should allow themselves
% be used in performing a great
disservice not only to their own
church, community and state,
but to themselves as individuals.
We r referring to the three
men who wrongly seek to oust
the Rev. Mr.. Harrison as pastor
at st. Andrews because a series
of bi-racial meetings were held
there.
AS an observer at three Of
these meetings we can say with
authority that the letter of COM
Continued on Pace EIGHTY
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20

which has grown sheep in num-
bcrs for many years.
There are fewer sheep in
Mississippi today than there
we q a hundred years ago.
1t is interesting to know that
prior to the War Between the
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20
Pioneers In Sheep Growing...

be grazed on good improve !
pasture, where a man can run
only one COW and calf. Crimson
clover makes one of the best for
the sheep.
Holmes County has very few
sheep, unlike nearby Kinds
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20

States, every little state farm
lad its band of sheep. They were
simply turned loose and they
went everywhere.
The situation is quite different
Continued on rage Eighty
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20
RESULTS OF THE MID-STATE
CONFERENCE TRACE MEET
Girls Field Events

Running Broad Jump = Doty
(E). 2. Kellum (L), 3. Mcdonald
CD, 4. Jones (M) = Distance:
14'71a".
Baseball Throw = Horne (M),
2. Pclchcr Cd, 3. Parish (E), 4.
Hale CD. Distance: 174' 71a"
Girls Track Events
so yard dash Thomas (L),
2. Doty E), 3. Horne (M), 4.
Vaughn D) Time: 81 sec.
Is yard dash - Thomas (L).
2. Mcknight E). 3. Bruce (V),
4. Horne (M). Time: .9.5.5 sec.
300 yard relay !. Ethel
mcknight, Doty. Burns, Fra
zior) 2. Lexington. 3. Durant, A.
Walden. Time: 1872 sec.
200 yard relay - |. Lexing-
ton (Buck, Sudbeck. Thomas,
Kellum). 2. Ethel 3. Durant. a.
Walden. Time: .26 sec.
Boys Field Events
Running Broad jump - Wade
(F). 2. Cade CD. 3. Huddleston
CD. Aims~W
Distance: IT g.
Running high iump Nc
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20
BY Hazel BrannOn Smith

The United States may be
nearer a shooting wal in Cuba
than we think.
The situation is serious.
Americans need to present a
united front against the pro-
Communist Castro regime.
What we can do at this late
date is something that must be
decided by our President and
the Congress of the United
States.
We hope strong and capable
leadership will be given by
President Kennedy in the pres
ent crisis - and that the course
selected by him will promote
peace, harmony and understand
ing, not only at home but
throughout this hemisphere.
Whether the Eichmann trial in
Israel is legal or illegal is now
a moot question.
The important thing is that
the world is going to be remind
ed of what did happen under
Hitler and a whole new genera
ton OF young adults is going to
learn as we'll.
In this learning process per-
haps all of us, peoples through
out the world, can make certain
it never happens again.
The amazing thing to us is
that a highly intelligent people
like the Germans could ever per-
NIT a man like Hitler to come
to power.
A study of the man Hitler,
his methods, detectives a d
achievements should be made by
every intelligent citizen. The
death and destruction, privation
and disease, he brought to Ger
many and the world should also
be studied. We should make GER
tain that each succeeding gen
Grafton learns the lessons of
Hitler well = so that another
Hitler may lever come into
power, either in the United
States or anywhere else in the
world.
A study of the methods en-
ployed by some of the extreme
right wing movements in the
United States today painfully re-
minds us of some of the meth
DDS employed by Hitler.
John Temple Graves says the
extreme about rightist is the
Communists best friend il
America because their extrem-
ism leads people to doubt al
they say.
"They are so fixationed they
find communism in menta
health campaigns and in propo
sails to put fluorides in drinking
water" the Birmingham. Ala
bama writer said.
Most of us living in Missis
sippi have friends who hold ex
IRENE views - on one subjec
or another.
But we always accord to any
person the right to hold an,
opinion he may choose = anc
we claim the same privilege TO,
ourselves.
However, we will admit i
worries us when so many PEG
Pile today view with alarm" o.
regard with suspicion" any per
son or group who does not fol
low the same line of thinking
they do; so many people wht
try to destroy anyone who may
disagree with them.
This is not the kind of think
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20
Lbs Wins First Annual Mid-State Meet

ed afterwards it was "a step in
the right direction" very sue
cessful" were statements voiced
by Harvey Ray and Dale Brash-
err from Durant. Also coaches
from Walden, Jack Hemphill
and Charles Porter from Nc
Adams did a wonderful job in
bringing their groups down from
around the county to make the
first annual Conference Meet an
occasion to look forward to next
year.
Friday the Lexington team
heads for Jackson where they
will pit their talents against rs
other schools in the Jackson
Daily News Relays.
Men that gave their time in
assisting as time-keepers, start
ers and measuring distances for
the Lexington coaches were
Billy Stevenson, Ed Wilburn
Hooker, Duane Tucker, Wayne
Williams, Ed Fuller and Billy
Muslin, Holmes Junior College
coach
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-04-20

ing that was responsible for the
founding of this country = and
1t is not the kind of thinking
that will preserve it.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-27

roof of the building IL is housed
| in. The air pressure through the
tube operates the mercury in the
instrument which tells the force
of the wind. The speed which the
wind is blowing is read from an
instrument inside the building.
This instrument looks much like a
clock
One important purpose for hav-
| ing this instrument is for the
farmer. When he wishes to spread
| lime or SOW grains he consults
this instrument
United States Weather Bureau
The United States Weather
Bureau is an agency of the De-
partment of Commerce. 1t is the
duty of the Bureau of observe.
record, and forecast weather. The
central office is located in Wash
ington. DC. There are eight reg
ional offices. These offices are
located in New York City; Allan
Ia, Georgia; Chicago. Illinois:
Fort Worth. Texas: Kansas City.
Missouri: Los Angeles, Califor-
MA Ccdltie. WdSulustOus anu All
chorage, Alaska. Since there are
now SO states. Hawaii will likely be
one OF the regional offices, also.
In the morning and late even
ing, your radio will provide wealth
er information from Baltimore.
You can get an immediate report
direct from the Friendship Air
port Weather Bureau Station. All
weather bureaus have full coop
Grafton of the press, the radio, the
telephone, and the television dur
ing weather emergencies.
Twice each day. about $50 wealth
er stations in North America, the
West Indies. and adjacent areas.
plus about $50 ships in the Allan
tic and Pacific Oceans, as we'll as
about 1000 stations in foreign
countries. telegraph their weather
observations to the United States
Weather Bureau in Washington,
DC. and several other large citiea.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-27

Fogs disappear when the gound
warns up or when brisk wind
blows them away.
Snowflakes are made of tiny
crystals of ice. A snowflake may
be many crystals of ice clinging
together. or one single one.
Most snow crystals are very
beautiful. A great many of them
have six points. or six sides. Snow
comes from the clouds. just as
rain does. IL never SHOWS unless
II Is very cold. The water vapor
In the air must freeze to form
snow crystals. Some people think
that Il Is COO cold TO snow. This
idea is wrong. Ii is never too cold
to snow.
Snow is not good for packing
unless the temperature is about
freezing.
Our room has on loan from the
elementary library several wealth
er instruments. One of these in
struments is the anemomether.
which masures wind speed. 1t con-
sists OF four metal cups mounted
on a four-spoked wheel. AS the
wheel spins the velocity of the wind
Is measured by the speed OF the
wheel.
The barometer is round The
face is guage which registers
the amount OF atmospheric press
ure. For instance. IL the barometer
reads 80 inches and is falling you
can expect a change in the wealth
er.
The hygromether shows the
moisture or humidity in the air.
IL consists of two thermometers.
One Is immersed in water. BY sub
stracting the temperature on each
thermometer the relative humidity
can be found from a table.
Wind Speed Indicator
The Wind Indicator registers
the velocity of the wind. Ii has
eight different points to tell you
what force the wind is blowing.
They are: light wind. gentle. mod
crate. fresh. strong gale. whole
gale. and hurricane.
The speed OF the wind is meas
ured in miles. Light wind indica-
ties that the wind is blowing five
miles per hour. gentle wind blows
ten miles per hour. moderate wind
blows fifteen miles per hour. fresh
wind blows twenty miles per hour,
strong wind blows twenty-five 10
forty miles per hour. gale blows
forty to fifty miles per hour,
whole gale blows fifty TO seventy
miles per hour. and a hurricane
will blow from seventy-five To
eighty or more miles per hour.
This instrument operates by
mercury. A tube runs from the
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-27

Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
entertained guests last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Carmean
v 81 e d their son-in-law a n
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Snyder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Jester visit
ed their children In Laurel and
Seaford last week
Joseph Davidson has accepted a
position at the Jail.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Walls re-
Gently visited their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George Simpson at Col
Inns Pond.
Mrs. Mable Lambden attended the
All Link Dinner last Saturday
evening.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-27

1913
Georga Vapaa
Barbara Ash, Paticia Ricketts,,
judy Wilkinson. Louis Martinez.
1O-5
jeanne War;, Gary scrutchfield
81
Wayne Faircloth, Jams West.
Jane Paul.
De-
Charles Hyatt, Michael Polech-
ko, Carolyn Jones. Donna McIn-
tyre. Marie Short.
| 9.3
Ruth Ann Milvin. Mary Ellen
| Short.
g-4
+ Cindy Lingo.
James Bouchard.
9-6
Alana HUM, Rita Hall.
81
Beverly Hurst. Vita Ruzick, Lin
da Rodger. Kenneth Orvis.
| I'll, 7-2-Mrs. Sanders0n
William Englehart, Nancy Floyd
David Grier, Patricia Grodkiewicy
Dolores Hartley. Ruth Jennings.
Patti ~Kozlowski, John Kupko,
Carole Metheny. Deborah Parker.
Glynn Self Carolyn Smith, Kar-
en- Ann. Young.
7-3, 7-LMrs. Hopkins
Bonita Santangela.
7.S 7-6-Mrs. farrell
Jacqueline Croft.
7-7-Mr. Meglmose
Margaret Larimore. Raymond
Squires. Cynthia Price.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-27
ST.. So Mrs. Woodrow

ST., S-2 Mrs. Woodrow
Cindy Braasch, Martha Field,
Anna Fotias. Linda Haas. Lois
Holden, Judy Hoover, Carol Kash-
ner. Willadean White, Jean Ann ALI
son. Pamela Augustinovicy. Cathy
Baird, Cathy BLOW, Carol Hinder
er. Sandra Lovece, Michele Null
doom, Lois Pitkin, Sandra Ross,
Carol Scrutchfield. Diane Swaine.
S-f, S-2--Mr. Blaekman
Kenneth Abraham, John Abra-
ham. Donald Canney. Robert Fin
nell, James Papen, Robert Pflumm
Gilbert Randy Quillen, Steven
Rash. Alexander Richardson, WILL
lam Toxell. Jan Wubbena.
S-3, S-LMrs. Scheldt
Lynn Tustin.
S.3, S-4-Mr. Smith
Douglas Thompson.
s-5, SO Mrs. Webb
Dinah Best, Ruth Ann Davies
Lynette Wood, Iris Thornley,
Norma vandegrift, Roberta White
hurst, Susan Winters.
So, S-6 Mr.. Sherer
John Ahearn. Edward Hersh-
berger. Robert Luff, Allen Wiley
SCI Mr.. Wedde
Michael Bean, Shirley Crawford
Barbara Dembaski, Janet McMich-
ael, Sharon Young.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-27
Caesar Rodney
School News

Mrs. Ruth Kinney, Mrs. Rita
Ryan, and MIR. Marshall Davenport
of the Caesar Rodney Guidance
Department have issued the honor
roll of students making an average
of ninety or better for the second
marking period.
1911
Judy Holland. Karen Skjaeve-
land. Bonnie Bennett.
1879
Karen Collins, Bobby Murphy,
Karen Wild, Floyd Lovorn. Charl-
es Shipley.
1913
Mary Ann Banning. Karen Cap
ell, Anne Kennedy.
1874
Virginia Field. Jane Kesselring,
Patsy Rattray. Nina Jean Rey-
nolds. Sharon Weiss.
ILL
Barbara Lovece. Evelyn Papen,
Bonita Raughley.
liz
Roger Decker. Priscilla Aubrey,
Patricia Finklea, Jean Turner.
lis
Kathy Faircloth. Janet Mo
Knight, Christine Price, Russell
Field
Ill
Sandy wooleyhan. kenzeI Van
derwende.
11-5
Sandra Barnett. Norma Jean
Edwards, Paula Floyd. Rose Ann
Owens. Lynn Sanborn. Louise
Wubbena, James Dunn. John Lot
tick. Edward Short.
1911
Ann Hall, Linda Manuel.
1912
Mary Sanderson. Marcia Wolfer
David Kean. James Rafferty,.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-27
COKEsBURY
Mrs. Mabel Lam bden
Phone: NA-o-4326

Preaching services this Sunday
at 10 am, by pastor. Rev. VIM.
Chapel, followed by Sunda y
School at IL am. by Roy Hill,
Sup't. Everyone Is welcomed
Mrs. Delema Baker entertained
last Saturday night for dinner,
Mr.. and Mrs. George 8. Isaacs and
daughter and Miss Sandra Isaacs
and friend.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Cherrix OF
Virginia, Is visiting Mr.. and Mrs
Linden Isaacs.
Mrs. Mable Lambden, Mrs. Robert
Lambden, and Mrs. Edna Brasure
attended the inauguration in
Washington, DC, last Friday.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-27

The smoke colored, electric
eel of Tropical South A m C a
(Electrophorus electricus) ca n
outshock any battery of equal
size.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-27

There are about so million
c-garett smokers in the United
States-36 million men and "a
million women.
Milford chronicle., 1961-07-28
Scouts Completing
Plans For Brandywine

Seventeen thousand boys, 10000
visitors. 800 displays, ton of ham
burger meat, and passed. of
Maryland beat biscuits.
These were some of the logistics
bantered around last week as %
key committeeman of the Del
Mar-Va Scouting Exposition gath
cred for a midway progress re-
port. The massive Scout show is
scheduled for Brandywine Race
way near Wilmington or October
6 and Z.
The 1900 boys represent the
number of Cub Scouts. Boy Scouts,
and Explorers on the peninsula
who'll be participating in the gil
gantic project by demonstrating
the skills they learn in Scouting,
and by selling tickets in a neigh
bor-to-neighbor sales campaign
beginning August IL.
Milford chronicle., 1961-07-28
of Indian dancing.

pageant of Indian dancing.
Completing the three-ring ma
ture of the exposition will be a
round the-clock demonstration OF
camping skills, which will be open
to the public during tn show hours
on Friday evening and all day or
Saturday. Arrangements are be-
ing made to accommodate ten
city of 5000 boys.
To encourage those 10000 visit
ors to attend this cavalcade OF
Scouting, a group of $50 Del-Mar-
Va peninsula citizens is now work
ing on ticket sales plans.
The largest part of this task
force is composed of sales man
ayers in each of the councils 700
Scout units.
According to Frank H. Crymes,
Ticket Sales Chairman, 100000
tickets have been printed and are
now on their way to the unit-level
sales managers. And we hope the
boys sell so many that we have TO
print MORE" he commented, for
our purpose is to bring as many
people to the show as we can. It's
Milford chronicle., 1961-07-28

Va Council. Boy Scouts of Amer
lea.
The action display booths -
which Mr.. Doerger describes as
"the backbone of the show"-will
feature an amazing variety of sub
jects ranging, literally, from aer-
onautics to zoology.
More than 100 of the 200 display
areas for booth exhibits have al
ready been taken by Cub Packs,
Scout Troops, and Explorer Posts
from Pocomoke City, Md, to Clay
mont, Del.
In addition to booth displays,
which will run continuously, the
exposition spotlight will focus each
hour on special Scout skill spec
taculars" that are too extensive to
be confined to booths.
These dramatic demonstrations
of Scout resourcefulness will in
clude such attractions as full
scale civil defense rescue work,
elaborate bridge building and pio-
neering construction, colorful
parade of hundreds of Cub Scout
den projects, and a fast-moving