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Holmes County herald., 1962-04-26

Miss Sua Mature; Treasurer.
Mrs. Vivian Love. The officers
will be installed at the Annual
Picnic in May.
The call to State Convention
June Z, s, 8, & 10, at Down
Town Motel, Greenville, Mis-
sissippi was read.
Senior girls present We're
Mary Lou Jones, Mary Anr
Killebrew, Gertrude Baker,
Brenda McRae, Patricia 81
mon, Gloria Powell, Shirley
Shelton, Betty Sue Killebrew
and Peggy Winstead.
Hostesses were: Miss Sula
Mature, Mrs. Tavia Bennett
and Mrs. Hattie l.. Turner.
Holmes County herald., 1962-04-26

Mr.. John Shelton, nephew
of Mr.. and Mrs. N. S. Shelton
is visiting here with his re-
latives for a while. His home
is Winchester, Tenn.
Holmes County herald., 1962-04-26

Visiting the j. j. Kazars
were the families of Mrs. Mar
ion Short, Mrs. Angelo Nc
Clure, and Mrs. Sachia Nc
Clesky of Sledge, Sardis, and
Meridian, respectively.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-12-15
Fat1f1in News


A Pref Christmas Program
was given at Fannin M. B.
Church where a soul-stirring
worship service was held on
the End Sunday. Church
School opened at the usual
time with Supt. James Wal
lace in charge. Prayer Ser
vice was led by Bro. j. l..
Adams, Sis. Ezlee Grant and
Sis. Ruth Adams. Rev, Odom
of Harperville, Miss, and a
student of Jackson State Col
lege, delivered the message.
Pulpit guests were. Rev. Joe
Gipson, Rev. E. D. Terrell,
Rev. Lindsey. The church was
also pleased to have Rev. r.
v. Banks present, after being
i'll for sometime, and is the
very fine pastor of this church.
All members are urged to
come out Sunday, December 16
to help elect officers for the
next year.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-12-15
Saturday, Dec. Is, 1867
Edwards
News

Mrs. o. l.. Jasper, Reporter
The st. Marks M. B. Church
held their final months SER
vices for the year, December
9. Sunday School at 9.45 AM,
Mr.. Amos Richardson, Supt.,
presiding. Worship Service
at A. M, Rev. p. j. Hopkins,
Pastor, deliverin ga wonder
full sermon on the subject,
'The Baby Jesus" One mem
ber was added to the church.
The night service was carried
ut in fine way. The Lords
Supper was administered.
Thanks to all visitors who
were present. Mrs. Grace
Brown, Clerk; Mrs. Edna Hut
ton, pianist; Mr.. Jim Harris,
Treasurer; Rev. P. J. Hopkins,
pastor.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-12-15
]. S. College
Christmas
Program Dec. 10

The Jackson State College
Music Department presents
it's Annual Christmas Concert
in the Dansby Hall Auditor
ium on Sunday, December 16,
1862, at 800 p. m. The Col
lege Concert Choir, under the
direction of MIR. Robert Brew
ster, Head of the Music De-
partment, will be the featured
group. The Choir plans a gen.
eral chronological Christmas
program which will appeal to
every listener.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-12-15

citation Program was given for
Mrs. Eunice West, at the Saint
Thomas School, Bolton, Miss.
Those from Edwards, Miss,
sharing in the program were:
Mrs. Mamie Barker, a lovely
poem; Guest speaker, Mrs. H.
|C. Hubbard; other friends
were: Mrs. Alta Davis, Mr..
George Barker and Mrs.
George Lee Shelby.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-12-15

Mr.. Fred Gilmore, Sr., left
the city Sunday, along with
his sister, Trulove, for India
napolis, Indiana, to be at the
bedside of his mother who
has undergone an operation.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-12-15

Remember Christian friends
that while the weather is bad
and cold, we will be having
Prayer Service at the various
homes, Z: P. M. On last We'd
nesday it was at the home of
John and Alean Adams. On
this week, December 10, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Hill, if any readers would
like to have us come to your
home for prayer service,
please let us know.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-12-15
Erwin and now makes her
home in Rankin. Miss.

Mrs. Dora Grant of Los
Angeles, California is here
visiting with her daughter,
Mrs. Guthere Mckee, also her
sister, Mrs. Magazine Swag-
gard. We hope her stay here
will be enjoyable.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-12-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Johnny Hen
derson of Sand Hill, Miss, had
as their dinner guest on Sun
day afternoon, Mrs. Libbie j.
Evans also her mother, Mrs.
Hill. Later then attended a
wedding at Pilgrim Rest
Church and witnessed Miss
Berts given in marriage by
her father, Mr.. Robert Bert
to Mr.. Brown, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eddie Brown.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-12-15

Friends are proud to know
that Mrs. Ivory Allen has re-
turned home after spending
two weeks in the hospital at
Vicksburg, Miss. 1t is hoped
she will have a speedy recov-
cry.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-12-15

Mrs. Ruby Erwin had as
visitors on last weekend, Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Jones and
children. Mrs. Jones, the for
mer Miss Ruby Lee Williams
is the. granddaughter of Mrs.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-12-15

Mrs. Sarah T. McLaurin had
as dinner guests of Sunday af-
ternoon, Rev. and Mrs. r. v.
Banks, r. H. Odom, Rev. Ter
rell and Bro. James Wallace.
A delicious menu was served.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-12-15

On the sick list this week:
Bro. Fred Norman, a deacon
at Fannin, also janitor at
the Goshen-Fannin School,
where he has been greatly
missed by the school children.
He has also been missed at
his church. 1t is hoped he
will soon be well again.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-12-15

Best wishes for a Happy
Birthday to Miss Jessie Bell
Minis and Mr.. Floyd B. Minis
from your sister, Mrs. Dorothy
Jean Johnson, also mother and
father, Mr.. and Mrs. r. G..
Minis.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-12-15

A Christmas Treet Program
will be given at Wesley Chapel
Church on Christmas night.
The public is invited. All
children of the community are
asked to appear on the pro-
gram, Sis. Georgia Taylor,
Clerk; Rev. Leon Moore of
Jackson, Pastor.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-12-15

On December 5, an Appre-
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-12-15

Christmas Service will be
observed at the True Vine
Church on Tuesday morning,
5: o'clock, December Is. Ser
mon by Rev. Eddie Gipson,
Bro. Henry Ward, sponsor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17

and Visitors Bureaus Summer Ju-
bilee Queen" Ghey have new one each
year, she is, in effect, the city's hostess.
She welcomes tourists and offers
them lunch, takes or invites them to an
evening concert. For look at Nancy in
action. see Hostess for a City" on pages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
Next Sunday

Stories on the worlds costliest
paintings (they're not for sale) and how
to find your own diamonds They're
free(
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
Vacation All Set?

If you've promised yourself for
years you would take the family for
long trip and see the sights of America,
but then never could scrape up more
than three weeks vacation or the money
to travel in style, you'll want to read
Coast to Coast on Budget" on pages 6
and 2. 1t tells how an Arlington Wa.)
family spun less than 81, 600 into seven
week trip to the West Coast and back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
The Cover

Nancy Lee Stuc-
key looks pretty
quiet and composed
as she's pictured on
our cover. But her
days are filled with
activity. AS the Wash
ingtOn Convention
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17

The Bread Nomes Foundation,
lac, selected CURTIS BkoS.
lst 10 the Notioa smoag al
finaIists for 0Htstandias 3D.
veEtisins aAd promotioA Of
eraad Nome furniture duriaa
1861.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-11-30

isolated schools which must be con-
tinued so long as there are children
IN some sparsely settled and inaccess-
ible areas to be educated.
Another problem which causes
financial headaches for school
boards is having to base their cur
rent school years needs on the
previous years enrollments. This
is particularly burdensome on dis
tricts in which school enrollments
are skyrocketing, since State funds,
under present law, must be allo-
Gated on the previous years en-
rollments.
In the mill is a request by the MEA,
the Governors Committee to Study
the Foundation Program, and other
school groups, to the Legislature to
amend this part of the law so that
state equalization can be based on
estimated enrollments for the coming
year when budgets are prepared.
Others participating in the discus
sion besides Markell, were: Helena
Supt. C. r. Anderson, School Board
Member Les Alike, and Con Markets.,
president of Helena P-TA. Moderator
was A. G. Erickson, assistant super
intendent of the Helena school sys-
tenn.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-11-30
Highway Commission
Has $4.3 Million
Letting, Problems

the Highway Commission-this
week Jumped $4.3 million of state
and federal gasoline taxes into high
way construction for a total so far
this year of $41,O96,785, keeping up
with last years record. But, not with
out difficulties.
The beginning of a series of
change orders on the Wolf Creek
canyon job, causing CONSERVATION to
the Commission because the Bureau
of Public Roads refuses to go along,
asked for an extension of time be-
cause of interruptions caused by the
travelling public. The Bureau also
refuses to have the roughness of the
backslopes trimmed.
The rebellion in Chairman Roy
Sorrels own backyard of Billings
Heights, which grew up in plowed
field after Highway 10 went through
in 1916, caused a little embarrass-
ment. A Berlin Wall'' of IL feet by
600 feet safety islands in the middle
of the "a miles of four-lane improv-
ment was protested by group of
businessmen who would rather see
the safety factor in paint only.
Solid safety for the public travel
ing on the primary road which built
their businesses shouldn't interfere
with the helter-skelter scramble for
a customers buck. 1t is only the pain
of community growing UP without
Il Semblance of planning.
The Commission signed lease
with Civil Defense to store some
stuff in the basement in case of
atomic attack. The we'll that tied up
q coring machine all last summer
outside the Commission windows will |
have to be re-drilled by professionals.
Then an emergency electric plant in
stalled and then a gas tank-about |
40 people can stay there for while. |
If someone knocks on their door they |
will let 'em in, they say.
Prairie County Commissioners
Allan and Gottleib Ulrich
are sorry about the priority they
signed couple of years or so ago
which gave the road south of Terry |
5op billing. The BPR put $4,000 of
survey on it and now the Highway
s ready to spend 100000 on the
leadend secondary. The money could
De used more advantageously else
where in the fund-poor county, so
Jlrich who owns some of the right-of-
way on the proposed road will try
o stop it with a court fight.
The Perma bridge will take all
he secondary funds in the western
financial district so that the Thomp-
on Pass road to Idaho will not be
uilt until 1865. u,ao.aa~
Head Engineer Fred Quinnell
aid the Transport big shots told the
american Association of State High
way Officials that the Interstate high
way standards are not heavy, enough
or the monster trucks that will run
n them. .t 1/..
The Highway, Department will
obby Gov. Tim Babcock's legislation
n the Thirty Assembly on
ow good we can make it for the
The Jaycees have a bill which
-ould have Fish & Game decide where
ne roads should go. Highway may :
ounter with bill to combine fish
lg licenses with drivers licenses.
FS .t#" ..Et 2ii@aSi
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-11-30

Government, in the last analysis,
is organized opinion. Where there is
little or no public opinion, there is
likely to be bad government which
sooner or later becomes autocratic.
w. L. KING.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-11-30
Education An
from page /

One reason the heavy load is on
property is because the State has
failed to provide it's share of the
money for the school foundation
program. Currently the State is pro-
viding less than 70 per cent of its
obligation.
Among western states, next to
Colorado, Montana places greatest
reliance on property taxes for school
support. Contrasted with Montana S
26 per cent state equalization, New
Mexico provides rs per cent of school
income via the state.
There is no particular state tax
which stands out as a primary source
of funds for the schools. California
places principal reliance on its sales
tax, followed by that states personal
income tax. Washington's emphasis
is on the states per cent sales
tax. Oregon and Idaho, without gen
eral sales taxes, provide most of
their state school funds via individual
income taxes.
Montana, with a per capita in
come tax of only three-fourths the
national average of states having
income taxes ($15.99 VS.. $21.76),
secures school revenues from war;
ious sources, including earmarked
portions of the income tax and
corporation license tax, interest
and income funds from state school
lands and investments, and general
fund appropriations.
Ways and means of increasing the
States share of school funds thereby
easing the load on property, did not
come up for detailed discussion. (For
some thoughts on this, see editorial,
page 4.-EDITOR).
MISLEADING TEACHER-PUPIL
RATIOS
Because of the many small grade |
and high schools. there has developed |
much misleading information about
teacher-pupil ratios in Montana.
There are nearly 600 grade schools
with average enrollments of eight
or less pupils. These schools have a
very high per pupil cost, averaging
$799. Montana's larger elementary
schools, on the other hand, have per
pupil costs comparable to similar
schools throughout the nation, at
1923 per pupil.
A similar situation obtains at the
high school level There are 35 high
schools with fewer than 40 pupils,
with some having enrollments of
less than 10. These schools per pupil
cost averages $1,O98. The states
largest high schools per pupil cost
averages $438.
Some of these smaller schools, par
ticularly smaller high schools, are
close enough together that they could
be consolidated, and soaring costs
indicate that number of consolida-
tons will come about in the immedi-
ate future.
There are, however, a number of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-11-30
'Rituaistic Restraints Hit By Fielder -.
Freedom of Education Is
Academic Not Finunciu

Leslie Fielder, professor of English, Montana State Uni
vers applied verbal sandpaper to what he termed uastc
preudices in the prevalent attitudes toward education and
place in the economic and social structure when he spoke
before the Farmerabor Institute Missoua
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-11-30

ing in the institute, spread knowledge
resulting from such research to a
broad cross section of Montana peo-
pie.
Fischer's chart, number a, noted
above, showed for 1861, the follow
ing comparisons of Montana eco
nomic activities with those of the
nation as a whole:
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-11-30

The controversial, free-whe cling
professor spoke on Educational
Needs and Goals, defining the single
need as freedom and the single goal
as indignation into the community.
Results of education, he said,
can not be judged statistically, be-
cause one single Einstein justifies
the entire existence of a university.
Education is not a business and
cannot be run like a business, he
stated, describing a university as ga
unique enterprise, that does not make
q profit or try to make profit in
the business sense. He said "you can
not figure teachers in man hours.
CAN'T BE JUDGED BY
LOCAL RESULTS
Neither can education be judged
by local results, according to Fielder.
cit is just the opposite, he said, ''we
educate for the state, the nation and
the world, and not only for the pres
emit but for the future; we bring
teachers from everywhere and we
send students everywhere. Particu-
larly in Montana we have to accept
the fact we train them in many tech
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-11-30

nical fields and we train them to
glad to ship our talents where they
are needed and get rid of the idea
that anything we bring from out of
state or ship out of state is loss.
The freedom in education is not
financial but academic, the way
Fielder sees it. Education must be
free from restraints and those who
pay must avoid thinking they have
a right to NEEDLE. Teaching calls for
searching for a certain kind of truth
designed to find ''facts that destroy
all ritualistic prejudices".. "The real
freedom is the freedom to be wrong"
and good education is not based on
the premise that it is "better to be
safe than sorry, but rather cit is
better to be sorry than safe", he said.
NO FINAL ANSWER
TO PROBLEMS
There is no final answer to prob
lens, all solutions are partial and
PROVISIONAL; education is pointed to
the future and each generation
should be allowed to make it's own
mistakes, just as those of us today
make the mistakes of which we are
so foolishly fond', he stated.
The reason the community makes
so little use of the storehouse of
knowledge within the institutions
of higher learning, Fielder laid at
the door of both the professors
within the "ivory towers" and the
community without.
In each instance he said people in
the community strive to hang onto
their prejudices and university facul-
ties turn their faces away from the
community and remain too aloof and
distant.
Instead of trying to do things to-
gether, everybody gets guilt feel
ing and end up doing nothing, he
said.
This nations educational systems
are top heavy and unparalleled in
other countries, but this is a burden
we are going to have to carry, Fled
er stated, as long as high salaries
replace prestige. With little to say
about defining their jobs professors
ire given money to replace the spirit
lal rewards, therefore it is going to
AXE ever more and more money to
'un educational systems, he said.
He blamed educators for failing
o teach what education is, should be
n might be and said this results in
last minute furry before state
legislatures where only superficial
reeds are explained, thus education
Doesn't get much in the way of cash
nd everyone gets bad taste in
heir mouths about the whole matter.
There is a wall of prejudice and
Misunderstanding to be broken
down SO the public will understand
how money for education should
be raised and how it should be
spent, he said.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-11-30
Many Major Hurdles To-

from page ]
veloPment is the crux of the whole
economic problem in Montana
until we get cheap power we can
not solve the income problem of
Montana :"
The Hamilton editor also BRIEFLY
explained why incomplete, high cost
power development by private utili-
ties not only constitutes a tragic
waste of our resources, but also pro-
vides little or no impetus to industry
to locate in Montana.
Montana, with it's high freight rates
and distances from markets, he
pointed out, must use the one re-
source it has-water-which can, by
public development, provide the low
cost kilowatts necessary for heavy
power-using industries to make a
profit.
He cited Hungry Horse and how,
because of the low cost power re-
sulting therefrom, Anaconda was
able to enter the aluminium reduc-
ton field in Montana, overcome all
freight rate differentials, and still
make a reasonable profit on invest
ment. The proposed Knowles Dam,
he contended, like Hungry Horse,
Grand Coulee, Bonneville, and other
publicly-financed dams, would also
attract major job-creating industry.
ONE FARM DOLLAR
CREATES SEVEN
Rep. Twedt, pointing out that ev-
cry dollar spent by agriculture, a
basic industry, generates seven dol
lars of purchasing power in the Gross
National Product, pointed out the
adverse effects a depressed agricul- |
ture has had on the states economy
in recent years.
Twedt cited the three years of
drought which have hit the "Triangle
Area" and the adverse economic eff
feet sharply reduced farm income
has had on the area. Farmers haven't
been buying new machinery in that
area. and the average age of farm
equipment there is nine to nine and
OllC-hlcllI yCello, Ill OPlCC VI ouSiI |
chimes having an average life span
of eight years. This farm slump. he
pointed out. has resulted in drastic
lack of farm dollars rolling across
merchants counters on their way to
create seven dollars each in the GIMP.
On the brighter side, Twedt noted
that the abundant crops in eastern
after several years of
drought. would see a sharp upsurge
in farmer spending in the months
ahead.
The farm leader also pointed
out that if more adequate supply
of low-cost credit were available,
farmers would be able to do some !
thing about the uncertain lumber j.,
market in the western part of the
state. Many, many farmers, he !
said, could and would buy a carload !
of lumber, :. for repairs and new
buildings, if more low-cost, long
term credit were available.
AS for the revolution" now go :,
ng on in agriculture, he said many r
farmers haven't as yet comprehended h
he need for sharply curtailed pro-
luction if farm prices are to be v
at other than disaster i
evels. He expressed confidence that 4
n time farmers would come to under h
tand and approve the "supply-man
cement farm program the Kennedy
administration is attempting to de-
'elop in order to restrict production :
nd at the same time maintain and ?
improve farm income. u
JEW INDUSTRY WON'T f
,OME OVERNIGHT G.
Dean Blomgren stated that Mon n
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-11-30
NEW INDUSTRY WON'T
COME OVERNIGHT

Dean Blomgren stated that Mon
tanans need to recognize that "se-
curing industry is a slow process.
1t can't be secured overnight :"
He said that by the time markets
are surveyed, industrial sites investi-
gated, corporate planning developed,
and plants constructed, that it takes
from two to 10 years for a new in
dustry to become source of jobs,
and an addition to the tax base.
In observing how badly the state
needs new industry, Blomgren point
ed to the fact that during the Fifties
Montana lost $4,000 farms farms
which had once been separate buying
units. Also. during that decade the
state lost 1920 jobs in the mining
industry. These losses were only par
TALLY offset in basic job-producing
fields by gain of 1900 in the lum-
Der industry. =
Because of distance from markets,
Blomgren said that not all types of
industry can locate in Montana and
make a go of it. AS an example, he
cited Detroit, with its large popula-
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