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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-12-14

The Importance of developing
a sense of responsibility as well
as achievement was stressed by
speakers to Holmes County All
Club boys and girls at the Sc
cond annual Achievement Ban
quet held Friday evening in the
Lexington School lunch room.
Some people live out their
lives without ever learning the
art of being responsible and de-
pendable," said Major S. H.
Johnson of State College, prin-
cipal speaker at the event which
honored winners of All pro-
jects in Holmes.
He congratulated the boys and
girls whom he called champ
ions" and emphasized the i'm
portance of other lessons all
All Club boys and girls learn,
such as learning how to lose
gracefully and win graciously
and how to be a good sport.
There's a college education
to be gained in All Club work
fol boys and girls who take it
seriously" he said.
In addition to relating the
early history of the All move
ment which began in Holmes
County he told of, All work in
other areas of the world, parti-
cularly in the Philippines
where he spent several years.
The young people there and
throughout the world are just as
eager TO learn and achieve as
you are" he said.
He emphasized the import
ance of taking advantage OF
every opportunity All Club
work affords to develop into
well rounded citizens, fully ed
ucated and equipped to take
their places as responsible citi-
zens of the nation and the
world.
The Importance of widening
J individual horizons was also
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-12-14
Mary f. Shows
Dies On Monday

Little Mary Elizabeth Shows,
four-vear-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe T. Shows of Lex
i%ngton, died Monday at the
Holmes County Community
Hospital after an extended i'll
ness. She had been hospitalized
at intervals for the past year.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday at 1000 a. m. from the
Southern Funeral Home Chapel
in Lexington with the Rev. P.
D. Bragg officiating. Interment
was in Fellowship Cemetery at
T~aylorsville with graveside rites
there.
In addition to her parents, she
leaves, two brothers, Michale
Shows and Ronald Shows, and
a sister, 10 Ellen Shows, all of
Lexington.
Southern Funeral Home OF
Lexington was in charge of ar
engagements.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-12-14
Christmas sighting To BeJud9edT tuesday,
l.. O. Spell Dies
OF Heart Attack

Funeral services for Lyn O..
Spell. one of Holmes County's
best known and loved citizens,
were held Sunday at 200 p. m.
from the Coxburg Methodist
Church with the Rev. Dennis
Johnston, the Rev. Crawford
Ray and the Rev. William Rifles
officiating. Burial, with Masonic
Rites, was held in the Coxburg
cemetery with Worthey Funeral.
Home of Pickens in charge of
arrangements.
Mr.. Spell, a retired bridge
contractor, died of a heart at
tack rate Friday afternoon en-
route to the Homes County Com
munity Hospital. He was II. He
had stopped by to see his doc
tor and was on his way to be
admitted in the hospital when
the attack occurred. He. had
been in poor health for several
months.
A native of Holmes County,
he had made his home near
Lexington fc~ ~"" years
where he was a landowner. He
was a member of the Tchula
Masonic Lodge, a Shriner in the
Greenwood Lodge, Woodman of
the World. a member of the
Holmes County Farm Bureau
and a member of the Hebron
Methodist Church.
He leaves his widow, Mrs.
Lena Hocutt Spell; eleven sons,
Udonell Spell, Udo1ph Spell. w.
w. Spell, Hassell Spell. Zeblin
Spell, Roy A. Spell and Lamar
Spell all of Lexington; Udaley
Spell, Cape Girardeau. Mo; l..
o. Spell, Jr., Clinton; Duray
Spell, Goodman and Lee Den
sol Spell, jackson; a daughter,
Mrs. O. B. Byrd, Lexington:
twenty-six grandchildren and
seven Observation-Disclosures.
Active pallbearers were Ho-
mer Knox, Hugh Garnett. Bob
Gillespie, Lee Bentley, Ralph
Tutterow, Homer Brock, Bill
Honorary. pallbearers were all
members of the Masonic Lodge.
Turner and Henry Edwards.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-12-14
Holmes ALI Club Achievement Winners Announced

them primarily but for advice
nd training"
Il firmly believe God is go
ing to hold each of us account
able for our actions here on
earth; that to whom much is
given, much will be required. |
do not think we should do as
much as we can for the under
privileged, not in a socialistic
way but in the spirit of the
Sermon on the Mount" he said.
The Bible teaches us our duty
to our felowmen as a part of
our duty to and love for God,
he pointed out.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-12-14

or Council of Holmes County
for outstanding activities. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Cut
eight.
The award was accepted by
Miss Dona Kaye Pierce, Junior
Council president, who also won
the Danforth Award for girls.
1--WE believe that Mississippi,
in a few short years, can be
pretty highly industrialized,"
Mr.. Outright said in making the
award.
He urged the youths present
to pursue their education to the
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-12-14
HJC Choir Presents
Program At Rotory

The Holmes Junior College
Choir presented a program Of
Christmas music at the Tues
day noon meeting of the Lex
ington Rotary Club. The choir
is under the diredtion of Mrs.
H. S. McKie of Pickens.
Mrs. McKie was presented
by Tom Riley, program chair
man.
A delicious meal was enjoyed
preceding the inspirational pro-
gram.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-12-14

I'D like to see each of you
blossom into what God meant
COR you to be. Take advantage
of all your privileges and OPP
portunities. Live up to your res
possibilities.
"Set your goals and aim
high" he said in conclusion.
Major Johnson was intro
duced by County Agent w. R.
Sullivan.
Council Award
O. M. Outright. representing
the United Gas Company, pre-
sented a certificate and a check
for $4,000 to the All Club Jun
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-12-14
L%exington's Spring St.
Undergoes Improvement

Extensive street improvement
is being done on Spring Street
in Lexington this week, begin
ming at College Street and going
to Westwood Avenue.
The work, which began on
December g.. is being done by
Warren Brothers Paving Com
pany Of Greenville. The job is
expected to be completed be-
fore the first of the year, wea-
Their permitting.
Spring Street will have a 20
foot hard surface driving strip
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-12-14
Holmes Junior COLLEGE Beauties Named
Elizabeth Shows
Memorial

In response to a request from
a number of citizens, the Lex
ington Chamber of Commerce
is assisting with a Memorial
Fund for the late Mary Eliza
beth Shows.
Contributions may be made
directly to the secretary of the
Chamber of Comemrce. p. 0.
Box 7, Lexington, Mississippi.
Each contribution will be ac-
knowledged.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-12-14
Three Outstanding All Adult Leaders
Praised For Work With Holmes Club

mentioned by the speaker as a
need of the day and age.
There are 1000 million peo-
pie who go to bed hungry and
cold at night throughout the
world" he pointed out. "The
people of these countries need
agriculturists, nurses, teachers,
doctors, lawyers, county agents,
home agents-not to do for
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-12-14

on completion of the job. To
enable this underground drain
age tile is being laid in parts
OF the street.
No other citv streets will be
improved at the present time.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-12-14

What happened at McComb
can and will happen in any
number of Mississippi cities
in the future as segregation
laws are nullified and the
Federal government moves
in to see that federal laws
r not Haunted. If officers
in other communities want
to prevent what happened at
McComb they can do so by
planning ahead and being
ready.
This is not to say that we
want Federal officers coming
in to any community and
taking over = nor that we
relish force being used a
gainst any citizen TO make
him do anything against his
will.
But it is time that we look
facts in the face, unpleasant
though they may be to a
large number of white citi-
zens - and we must realize
that we have been forcing"
the Negro into a segregated
society for the past 100 years.
AS for the people at Glen
Allen, who hanged Holding
Carter in effigy if they
had read the whole story in
stead of just the inflamma-
tory headline in the Jackson
Daily News they wouldn't
have been so excited.
But then they wouldn't
have had as much fun,
either.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-12-14

President John F. Kennedy
was not elected with the
vote Of this writer.
We have voted the Repub-
lican ticket for president
since 1852, since their So
called conservative platform,
comparatively speaking, is
more in keeping with our
own conservative thinking.
But President Kennedy is
our president and we respect
him as the dedicated leader
Of our nation and the Free
World who has a tremendous
responsibility. We feel that
he should be given the res
pect and confidence due any
man in the office, regardless
of political affiliation or our
personal feelings about him.
AS a matter of fact we re-
gard President Kennedy as a
man of considerable ability,
wonderful intellect, an enor-
nous capacity for work who
is doing a good job-and will
do a better one is he goes
along-in the most demand
ing position in the world. He
deserves our friendship, sup
port and prayers. He has
ours.
AS for this nation-we
thank God every day that we
live in a country where a
Mississippi newspaper editor
can call the President of the
United States "despicable",
as one did last week, and not
be in jail before midnight.
For additional comments
along these lines see editor
ial page.
It seems to be "open sea-
son" on newspapermen in
Mississippi.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-12-14
6Brongk
4azer &nes
BY Hazel BrannOn Smith

A distinguished Mississippi
jurist, Edwin Ruthven Hol-
mes, died this week at his
home in Yazoo City at the
age Of SO.
Judge Holmes was a for
mer u. S. District Judge and
Judge of the u. S. Circuit
Court of Appeals at New Or
leans which has jurisdiction
over Alabama, Florida, Geor-
gia, Texas, the Panama Canal
Zone and Mississippi.
This outstanding Mississip-
plan heard many interesting
and colorful cases while on
the bench and once sem
fenced Theodore Bilbo to
jail--the same Bilbo who Ia
ter became a u. S. Senator.
When Judge Holmes was
appointed by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt in
1886 ION the recommendation
of the late Senator Pat Har-
riSon) Senator Bilbo got even
by Directing strenously to
the Holmes appointment.
But Judge Homes won
the appointment and made
an invaluable contribution to
jurisprudence in this area
for more than twenty years.
It has been ever thus. Lit
tie men deal with petty pol
itics and personalities and
big men in principles. One
dies an unhappy, broken, dis
credited man. The other is
honored in death even as in
life.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-12-14

It seems to be "open sea-
son" on newspapermen in
Mississippi.
First we have six neWsmen
attacked by the mob in Nc
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-12-14

Comb and the attack on
Oliver Emmerich, the. local
elitor there, and now an "ef-
figy" Of Delta Democrat
Times editor Holding Carter
burned in Glen Allen Friday
night.
When will people learn
that to attack a newspaper
man is the best way in the
world to get all kinds of un-
favorable publicity for any
town.? Publicity which won't
rub off.
The people of McComb
won't be on earth long
enough to live down the hor-
rible publicity that resulted
for the community as a re-
suit of the mob attacking
the Negro youths at the bus
station, and later the attack
on Emmerich = a man who
has done more probably than
any other living person to
promote McComb as a good
place to live.
Instead of blaming it on
the newspapers and the radio
and television people. how
ever, who were there only
in the line of duty, it would
have been a great deal bet
ter if the McComb public
officials, particularly the city
officials and the police, had
made it clear to the people
of McComb they would tole-
rate no Interference with
local officials and no m b
action. When the Mayor said
1--WE will just throw it open
and see what happens" in
speaking of taking the new
ly erected signs down which
had just been freshly cement
ed into the sidewalks in con-
flict with the Federal Court
ruling, this in itself was an
invitation to violence. whe-
Their the Mayor realized it or
not.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-12-14

Buy and Use Christmas Seals
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-04-20
NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed proposals will be re-
ceived at the office of the
Clerk-TreaSurer of the Village
of Chardon, 108 S. Hambden
St., Chardon, Ohio until IL
o'clock noon, EST. April %,
1861, for resurfacing and re-
pairing certain streets with
in the Village.
Copies of plans and Specifi-
cations and blank proposals
may be reviewed at the office
of the Village Clerk-Treasur-
er and obtained at the office
of Fullerton and Kerr, Engi-
neerS, 85 East Washington St.,
Painesville, Ohio.
The proposals shall con-
tain the full name and address
of the party or parties max
ing the same and all persons
interested therein, and shall
be accompanied by a. prop.
oSal bond signed by a surety
company authorized to dc
business in the State of Ohio,
or by a certified check on q
solvent bank for 5 percent OF
the amount bid, made pay
able to the Village of Char
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-04-20
NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids will be received
by the Clerk-Treasurer of the
Village of Chardon at her Of
flee l08 S. Hambden St.,
Chardon, Ohio, until IL o.
clock noon E. S. T. Friday,
April %, 1861, for Emulsified
Asphalt, AE-13, AE-15, mix
ing; AE-17 l., AE-14 Ell,
quick setting; type ImmiSc-
ible Type Primer, in accord
ance with specifications on
file in the office of the said
clerk.
Each bid shall be accom-
panied by a certified check
in the amount of one hundred
dollars ($100.00D as a guaran-
tee that if the bid or bids are
accepted a contract will be
entered into, and that the
bills be received before the
Council meeting, the first
Thursday, Of each month.
Council reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
BY order of the Council of
the Village Of Chardon.
Jennie G. Davidson
Clerk-TreaSurer
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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-04-20
LEGAL NOTICE
Case No. 14,578

S"oS AVE-
Van Linn, Inc. V. Michael
Pavlina and Dorothy PavIina
Michael Pavlina and Doro-
thy Pavlina, whose place OF
residence is 2980 = 65th Street,
Sacramento, California, will
take notice that on the 30th
day of January, 1861, Van
Linn, Inc, a corporation, fill
ed it's petition and affidavit
in attachment in the Court of
Common Pleas Of Geauga
County, Ohio, alleging its
claim for rent and damages
for injury to personal prop
erty against said defendants;
that said claim is just and
that said plaintiff ought to re-
cover the sum of $4,000, plus
interest and court costs.
Notice is also given to said
defendants that an order OF
attachment has been issued
on certain personal property
of defendants and that defen-
dantS are required to answer
on or before the 9th day of
May, 1861.
VAN LINN, INC, a corpora
ton.
by ROEMISCH AND
WRIGHT
Attorneys for Plaintiff
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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-04-20
LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that
the Chester Township zoning
Board of Appeals, will hold a
Public Hearing on the Appeal
No. 3-1961 of MIR. Lewis G.
Mcdonald, May 4, 1861 at
800 p. m. Eastern Standard
Time, at the Chesterland
Town Hall, Chillicothe Rd.
Chesterland, Ohio.
Appellant wishes to build
an Auto Body Paint and Re-
pair Shop, on property own
ed by him, on the south side
of Mayfield road, and east OF
the Guy Mansfield property,
consisting Of four (4) acres,
Appellant made applica-
ton for a Zoning Certificate
and was refused for the fol-
lowing reasons:
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-04-20

don, as surety that if the bid
is accepted a contract will be
entered into.
The successful bidder will
be required to furnish an ap-
proved bond for the faithful
performance of a contract in
the sum of not less than the
total price bid for the complet-
ed work. Such bond shall be
either that of an approved
surety company or personal
bond upon which the sureties
are persons not interested in
the contract, all of which is
to be to the satisfaction of the
Village Solicitor.
Bidders must ascertain for
themselves the quantity of
work to be done and shall as
sumo all risks as to varia-
tionS in the quantities of the
different classes of work ac-
tually required under the con-
tract.
The prices bid for the var
iouS items shall be stated in
figures in the appropriate
places shown on the proposal
blank, furnished by the Viii
lage, and all bids will be con-
Sidered informal which con-
tain items which are not spe-
Gifted in the proposal blank,
or which omit items which
are specified in the pro-
posal blank. In the proposal
there shall be stated Separ-
ately the price bid for labor
and the price bid for mater
ial (required by law, and al
so the price bid for labor and
material combined.
All bids will be considered
informal which do not state
a price for labor and mater
ial com bined.
The right is reserved to re-
ject any and all bids.
BY order of the Council OF
the Village of Chardon.
Jennie G.. Davidson
Clerk-TreaSurer
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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-04-20
LEGAL NOTICE

Curtis Heflin, whose person
Is not within the confines Of
this State, and cannot be per-
Sonally served, and, whose
last known address is R. F.
D., Pennsboro, w e S t Vir-
ginia, will take notice that
Beulah A. Heflin has filed her
petition against him for di-
vorce and other equitable re-
lief, which petition has been
filed in the Common Pleas
Court of G aug a County,
Chardon, Ohio, bearing case
No. 14610, and that said cause
will come on for hearing on
or about the 9Th day Of May,
1861.
Beulah A. Heflin
BY: David J. Eardley
Her Attorney
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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-04-20
LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that
the Chester Township Zoning
Board of Appeals will hold a
public hearing on the Appeal
No. 4-1961 NewhouSe Build
erS, Appellant, Mr.. Richard
Friedman.
To be held at the Chester
land Town Hall, Chillicothe
Rd., CheSterland, Ohio, on
May 4, 1861 at 800 p. m. east
ern standard time.
Appellant wishes to build a
Duplex Dwelling on Lot No.
7 and No. 8 Kenyon Dr.,
CheSterland, Ohio.
Appellant made application
for a Zoning Certificate and
was refused for reasons of:
Lot No. 7 on Kenyon DR..
CheSterland, Ohio is now an
80 foot lot due to an error in
construction on Sublot No. 6.
The combined frontage of
Lot No. 7 and Lot No. 8 would
be 180 feet, which does not
meet the existing require
ments of 200 feet frontage
with 2 acres. This is in viola
ton of the Chester Township
Zoning Resolution"
Isabelle Kochert Sec'y.
Chester Township Zoning
Board of Appeals
Ia 1 e
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-04-20

ORDINANCE NO. 356
AN ORDINANCE TO
DESIGNATE CERTAIN
STREETS AS STOP
STREETS WITHIN THE
LIMITS OF THE VILLAGE
OF CHARDON.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE
COUNCIL OF THE VILLA
AGE OF CHARDON:
Section I: The following
named streets at the inter-
sections h r e n designat-
ed are hereby declared to be
stop streets for all vehicular
traffic:
Hilltop Drive at it's inter-
section with Irma Drive.
Irma Drive at it's intersec-
ton with South Hambden
Street.
Section II: Whoever viola
teS Section No. / of this Or
dance shall be fined not to
exceed $4,000 and the costs
Of prosecution.
Section III: This ordinance
is hereby declared to be an
e m + g enc y ordinance in
that its immediate enact
ment is necessary to regulate
traffic within said Village for
the public peace, health and
safety Of the inhabitants of
said Village, and said ordin-
ance shall take effect and be
in force Immediately upon
it's passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED
this 9th day of April, 1861.
Robert H. Eldridge
President of the Council
ATTEST:
Jennie G.. Davidson
Clerk Treasurer
APPROVED:
j. w. Meats
Mayor
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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-04-20
LEGAL NOTICE


IN THE PROBATE COURT
OF GEAUGA COUNTY
NO. 1887
Mark Sperry, Administrator
of the Estate of Elva M.
ThWing deceased,
Plaintiff,
VA
Frank M. Thwing, Et Al
Defendants.
Floyd ThWing, who resides
at 1904 34th Ave, Kenoska,
Wisconsin and the unknown
heirs, their deviseeS, leg
ateeS, executors, administra-
tors, creditors and assigns,
Of Elva M. Thwing, deceased,
will tt.ke notice that Mark
Sperry, Administrator of the
estate Of EIva M. Thwing, de-
ceased, on the oath day of
March 1861, filed his petition
in the Probate Court within
and for the County of Geauga
and State of Ohio, alleging
that the personal estate of
said decedent is insufficient
to pay her debts and the
charges Of administering
her estate; that she died seiz-
ed in fee simple of the follow
ing described real estate Sit
uated in said County to wit:
Situated in the Village of
Chardon, County of Geauga
and State of Ohio and known
as part of Lot No. 1875 in said
Village and bounded as fol-
lows: On the north by the
New Road known as Fifth
Avenue Extension: On the
east by land formerly owned
by Henry Parks On the
south by the diagonal road
running from Chardon Will
age to Chardon Center and
running to a point at the
west boundary. Being a three
cornered piece of land and
supposed to contain about
one acre of land. Be the same
more or less, but subject to
all legal highways.
The prayer Of said petition
is for sale of said premises
for the payment of the debts
and charges aforesaid; that
the rights, interests and liens
of all parties may be fully de-
termined.
The persons first above
mentioned will further take
notice that they have been
made parties defendant to
said petition and that they
are required to answer the
same on or before the Goth
day Of May A. D. 1861 or be
forever barred of any claim
or interest therein.
Mark Sperry
Administrator of the Estate
OF ElVa M. ThWing. 6c18