The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-26
Development Assn.
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give t6cIlIllCdl dSSlS tdIlC0 10 the
Association as needed and re-
qGested.
Representatives of the news
and radio media of the county
are also members of the Advi-
ory Committee and will be re-
sponsible for informing and in
terpreting the program to the
public.
Members of the Advisory
Committee include County A
gent w. R. Sullivan, Home A
gent Miss Mary Harpole; w. E
Strider, Farm Home Admins
tratien administrator; H. H.
| Thomas, manager, Mississippi
State Employment Service Of
flee at Lexington; Mrs. Jean
Strider Mcclellan, County We'll
fare Agent; A. P. Carroll, head
of Soil Conservation Service;
w. P. McWilliams, office mana
ger of ASC office; E. F. Frizell,
Area Forester Of State Forestry
Service: Jim Bylsma, project
forester, U. S. Forestry Service;
Tol Thomas, president, Holmes
County Farm Bureau; F. M.
Owens. health Inspector oil
Holmes County Health Depart
ment; Mayor w. B. Kenna of
Lexington, president of the
| Holmes County Board of Edu-
cation; D. c. Scott, Tchula Vo-
Ag teacher; David Miles, Lex
ington, manager, Production
Credit Association, Greenwood;
Leslie Smith, president of Board
of Supervisors and the other
supervisors, Clover Johnson, Ray
Campbell, Estell Scott and w.
w. Salley; Mrs. William D.
Brock of West, president Of the
Home Demonstration Council;
D. c. Lundy, president of the
/ All Advisory Council; Jimmy
East, manager of MPL office,
lexington; Mrs. Tom Cothran,
manager, Radio Station WXTN
Jack Shearer, editor, Holmes
County Herald: and Hazel Bran
non Smith, editor and publisher
of the Lexington Advertiser and
The Durant News.
Other persons will be named
TO the Advisory Committee as
the need may arise.
Clearing Agency
The Holmes County Develop
ment Association will serve as
a clearing agency in Holmes
County to approve projects
sought by any municipality or
area in the county under the
new federal program-which is
| an outgrowth or extension oil
the original Rural Development
Program in which Holmes Coun
ty was one of the three origi-
nal pilot counties.
Each community or are;
| 1such as supervisors district
will participate in the program
to the extent desired by its citi-
zens, depending upon needs, in
4 itiative and planning.
History Related
The Association was formed
after two meetings held at City
Hall in Lexington, the first on
| October 4th and the second on
| October 10th.
| Forty-fiVe persons, represent
| ing every area of the county, at
tended the first meeting and un-
| snimously voted to qualify Hol-
mes County to participate in the
| federal program.
i Congressman Frank Smith at
tended the off the-record meet
| ing on October 4th, following &
| noon appearance at the Durant
| Rotary Club. and explained the
| public law under which the
| program is authorized.
| Rep. Smith explained that
under the program 500 million
is available for loans and SIS
| million for grants for public ia
| oilities, to be repaid over a
period of 40 years at three and
one-half per cent interest; tech
bical assistance in the amount
of $41a million and the same
amount for occupational assis-
tance is also available; and SIC
million annually for re-training
| workers and subsistence pay
n,ents.
| S. r. Jeffers of the Delta
Council staff was also present
and helped present the program
Second Meeting
The October 10 meeting, at
tended by % persons, elected
officers and directors and Sc.
lec.ed the attorney for the
group.
An Executive Committee
meeting was held Thursday
October 10, to approve the pro-
Ivisional Overall Economic De
velopment to be presented Fri
day to tha A. e. I. BOarI-after