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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-08
DonieI And Glenn,
Served Together
For Many Years
BY HAZEL B. SMITH

When Astronaut John
Glenn goes into orbit st. Val
.,ntine's Day the entire world
will be watching = but no.
where will there be greater
anticipation or. more prayer
full support than right here
IN Lexington in the H. L.
Daniel home.
1t. Col. H. L. Daniel (Ret.)
will be pulling with every
thing he has for the success
Jul mission of his former fell
low Marine officer and per-
sonal friend whom he has
known since 1916 and served
with at Marine Corps Air
Station, Eva, Hawaii, Guam
tico, Virginia and Washing
ton. In fact both men were
stationed in Washington
when 1t. Col. Glenn volun-
'eered to train as an astro-
liaut.
Their wives and families
know each other we'll = so
it is with a great deal of per-
lsonal interest the entire
family will view the launch
ing.
The family includes wife
Margie and their three child
zen, Mike, a senior at Lex
;ngton High School where he
played quarterback on the
1861 Hornet team; Sam a
fourth grader: and Virginia
Lee, the 14-months-ol baby.
Mrs. Daniels parents are Mr..
Sam E. Henry of Lexington
and the late Mrs. Henry.
This attractive family chose
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-08
Infant Hearn Dies
In Texas Saturday

Funeral services for George
Glenmore Hearn, Jr., infant
sen of Mr.. and Mrs. George
G.. Hearn of San Antonio,
Texas, were held Tuesday
afternoon at 200 o'clock
from the Southern Funeral
Home Chapel in Lexington.
The Rev. Crawford Ray Of
ficiated.
Baby Hearn was only four
months old and died on Sat-
urday in Texas. His body ar
rived in Lexington early
Tuesday morning for burial.
Interment was held in the
Ebenezer Cemetery with
Southern in charge of ar
engagements.
In addition to his parents,
he leaves a one-year-old sis
ter, Cynthia; his paternal
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. E. Hearn Of, the Coxburg
community; and his maternal
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Orange Burrell Of New Mex
ico-
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-08
George N. McNeer
Dies In Jackson

George N. McNeer, native
of Durant, died enroute to
the Baptist Hospital in Jack
son Thursday afternoon of a
heart attack. He was 80.
Mr.. McNeer had lived in
Jurant all of his life until
1916 when he joined the
Merchant Marine for several
wears. Twelve years ago he
moved to Jackson to go into
the construction business for
himself. He was a loyal and
faithful member of tn e
Church of Christ OH West
Capital Street.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, February 3 at 200
p. m. from Baldwin Funeral
,iome Chapel with Mr.. Or
Ian Miller and Mr.. Herb
Swinney officiating.
Interment was in Lake
wood Memorial Park.
Survivors include his wild
CIV, Bobbie; a daughter, Pa
mela; a son George Larry;
his mother, Mrs. Willie M.
McNeer, Jackson, Louisiana;
two sisters, Mrs. Mary Sue
Dennis and Mrs. Peggy Ann
Shuckrow, both of Gloster;
three brothers., Alex E. (Pete)
McNeer, Durant, Harold Nc
Neer, Jackson and William
il. McNeer, of the T.. S. Army;
Dis grandmother, Mrs. r. M.
AicNeer, Durant; three aunts,
Mrs. Matte Sue Truitt, Mrs.
Buster Read, Durant and
Mrs. Lucille Tate, West; five
'lncles, Ralph Ellington, Var
daman Ellington, Durant; Joe
Ellington, Gulfport, Mack FL
'ington and Martin McNeer,
Lexington.
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Heart Days For
Business SET
February $40

The Holmes County Heart
Fund Campaign officially
started Monday, February 5th
when Mrs. Harden Erwin and
Mrs. Joe Stern, co-chairmen
ct Heart Days for Business,
began calling on business
firms for their contributions
to the fight against heart di-
sease. This part Of the cam
paign will continue through
Friday, February 10th.
February is Heart Month
in Holmes County as it is
throughout all of Mississippi
and the entire nation.
During this month Holmes
%countians join with thou
sands of other men and wo-
men in a nationwide cam
paign to finance research for
rev methods to control this
country's number one killer,
heart disease.
Under the guidence of the
Mississippi Heart Association,
Holmes County will unite in
IN all-out effort to surpass
its goal of $4,000. This
amount is Holmes County's
share of the state goal OF
5000, 900.
1T is only in February that
volunteers emphasize fund
raising" says Mrs. Allie Po-
vail. Holmes County Heart
Fund Chairman. "The rest OF
the year, they assist the Mis-
sissippi Heart ssociation with
a three-point program of re-
search, education and com
munity service which hear
fund contributions finance
even though Holmes Coun-
ty's fair share is $1,000 C
there is no set Heart Fund
Goal, Mrs. Povall points out
Because no goal can DIES
cribe the scope of the heart
disease which reaped %!
Holmes County lives in 1860
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-08
Rites "Wednesday
For Mrs. Shepherd

Mrs. Gennevive HOOD Shep-
herd, we'll known resident Of
Lexington, died Monday
shout 1890 p. m. at the
Homes County Community
Hospital after a five weeks
illness. She was IS.
Mrs. Shepherd, who had a
host of friends throughout
the county, was a native of
Vicksburg but had made her
home in Lexington for a
number of years. She was an
active member of st. Mary's
Episcopal Church, a member
of st. Mary's Guild, and a
charter member of the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars Aux
iliary.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 1000 a. m.
from st. Mary's Episcopal
Church with the Rev. Rey-'
nolds Cheney officiating. In
torment was in Odd Fellows
Cemetery under the direction
Of Southern Funeral Home of
Lexington.
Surviving are her husband,
A. Pitt Shepherd, Lexington;
a son Albert Pitt Shepherd,
Greenwood; and a brother, A..
D. Hood, San Antonio, Texas.
Serving as pallbearers were
Joe Evans, M. K. CHM. Doty
Porter, Dan Pepper, Henri P.
Watson, Jr., Pepper Tidwell,
Clarence Mmyard and Otis
Stephenson.
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Marine, Now Retired In
Friend Of Astronout

N~ .a
Lexington as their retirement
home and are happily settled
down here where Dan, as
re is known to their friends
around the world, will raise
cattle on a farm purchased
from his devoted father-in-
law, Mr.. Henry.
At nearby Pickens lives
Dams mother, Mrs. T. K.
Daniel, a Holmes County ma
i've daughter who was born
at Goodman. His father is the
late T. K. Daniel of Yazoo
County.
Dan himself was born and
reared in Canton and attend
ed the public schools there,
graduating in 1910. He fin
lshed Holmes Junior College
n one and one-half years SO
that he could go to Pensacola,
Florida, to train at the Naval
Flight School. He close a
career in the service of his
country because that was
what he wanted and he
has never been sorry.
Certainly there are many
reasons why there should be
no regrets.
After a long honorable ca
reer in the service Of his
country. 1t. Col. Daniel is
now retired and still a young
man in the prime of life
with plenty of time ahead for
another career, if he should
choose.
His military awards and
decorations include the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross with
one star, Air Medal with
eight stars, American Cam
paign Medal, Asiatic-P acific
Campaign Medal with two
stars, World War II Victory
Medal, National Defense Ser
vice Medal, Korean Service
Medal, United Nations Ser
vice Medal and letters o1
commentator from his SUI
perior officers.
His Commandant wrote on
his retirement, in part: "Your
valuable knowledge and ex-
Continued on Page Severn
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-08
Corner Shaw Plant Changes Hands
Christmas SeuIs Net
$l,550.80 In County

Total contributions to date
n the recent Christmas Seal
Drive for Holmes County
amount to $1,550.80 accord
ing to Mrs. Sue Mcclellan,
Holmes County Chairman.
Mrs. Mcclellan would like
TO express her appreciation
for the splendid cooperation
from all those who worked
so hard in making the drive
successful.
Final reports are TO be
turned into the state office
by March lst and those
Who would still like to make
their contribution may do SO
within the next few weeks.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-08
Street Boasts New Surface
Truffic Portion Is
Completed; Work
To Do On Curbs

Holmes Countians now
nave a wider, smoother route
to the Holmes County Com
munity Hospital in Lexing-
ton with the completion OF
construction of the main traf-
fic portion of Spring Street.
Bids were let for the street
Improvement at the Decem-
Ter meeting of the Lexington
Board of Alderman and work
Logan around the first of the
year. Approximately three
quarters of a mile received
{ new hard surface, now tile
laid in parts, and a wider
driving area AT a cost OF
about SIG, 100000. Warren
Brothers Roads Company OF
Boston, Mass. were contrac-
:ors, with the working crew
coming from the Greenwood
office.
At the present there are
no plans for future street I'M
provements in Lexington.
City officials state that If the
Spring Street project turns
out well action may be taken
TO pass q sales tax for the
sole purpose of street i'm
provements.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-08

MILF officials and agent.
for the Pickens bondholders
of the former Shaw property
completed the transaction
Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 81
ct the City Hall in Pickens,
Representing MILF were
Leonard F. Kiker, president,
and A. E. Henson, executive
vice president, and Alvin M.
Binder, corporation attorney,
III of Jackson.
Acting through a power of
attorney for the Pickeps
bondholders were B. E. Pres
ley, Mayor J. T. Garland, L.
E. Crawford and James Cook,
with their attorney, Pat M.
Barrett of Lexington.
One hundred cents on the
dollar in MILF stock will be
paid to bondholders by MILF
on the deal which involved
the Shaw building, formerly
used as a furniture manu-
featuring plant, and it's IT.
acre site located just off
Highway 81, north of Pick
ems. Original bonds on the
Shaw plant were $685. 600
which have been paid down
to $117,500 plus interest.
Investment in the new in
dustry is expected to run in
excess of $1,500,00 with IS
per cent of the funds to be
secured through a loan by
MILF from the Area Redeve-
lcpment Administration in
Washington. The corporation,
made up of several hundred
stockholders in Mississippi,
will furnish Is per cent of
The investment and the peo-
pie of Pickens the remaining
ten per cent, the latter large
ly through improvements eff
fected on the former Shaw
property such as water tank,
raved road to property. spur
rail track, etc.
Announcement of the for
NAL approval of MILT's loan
application is expected mo-
mentarily from Washington
Within so days following
approved of the loan a con-
tract will be let to ready the
former Shaw plant for the
new industry which will en-
ploy from 70 to 100 men in
the plant and about four wo-
men in the shipping depart
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ment. The staff to be en-
ployed will include office
workers, an advertising man,
plant superintendent, chemi-
cal engineer and electricians.
AS many as ten families may
be brought in with other
skilled and semi-skilled labor
to be supplied in the area.
Annual payroll is expected
10 run in excess of $4,000, 900
with a similar amount or
more to be expended for raw
materials. A tissue-nlanufac-
turing plant would use from
90 to 100 cords of soft woods
Continued on Page Seven)
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-08
c Of { Board
To Elect Three

Six Lexington citizens have
t.een selected by the nomi-
rating committee Of the Lex
ington Chamber of Com
merce to be voted On for
election to the Board of Di-
,ectors for a three year term
beginning April 1st.
Nominees are Halton Brown
Harden Erwin j., E. Goss,
Herbert LYMAN, Mrs. Vernon
King and Tandy Stepp.
Members are asked to vote
for three and have their votes
in to the Chamber office no
later than February 18th.
Anyone who has not turned
in his ballot is urged to do
SO Immediately.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-08
Holmes Basketball Teams Will Compete
In Sub District Tourney This Weekend

Holmes County basketball
teams will compete in the
Sub : District B asketba
tournament at Ethel this
weekend.
This event will be held on
Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday. Preliminaries will be
played Thursday and Friday
nights, semi-finals on Satur-
day morning and afternoon
and finals Saturday night.
The Durant boys will play
North Carrollton Thursday at
500 p. m. and the Durant
girls will meet the North
Carrollton girls Fridsy at
els p. m.
Lexington girls will play
The Goodman AIS girls at
$3.50 Thursday night and the
Lexington boys will compete
against McAdams boys Fri
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-08
Lions Meet Joycees
In Cage PIoy Friday

Friday night promise to be
a most exciting one in Lex
'ngton when members of the
Lexington Lions Club meet
members of the Holmes
County Junior Chamber of
Commerce in a fast moving
basketball game.
Game time is set for 7:30
o. m. in the w. B. Kenna
Gymnasium.
This is a benefit game and
proceeds will go to the New
March of Dimes Drive.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-08

cay at $50 p. m.
The Goodman boys will
play the winner of the Lex
game in the
semi-finals Saturday a. 100
r. m.
The Durant boys are the
Mid State Conference Tourn-
rent winners and the Good
man AIS boys are the
Holmes County Tournament
winners.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-08

two years.
This was the same amount
bid two years ago - one
cent for two years.
Stockholders in the Herald
will undoubtedly be interest
ed in this item. 1t has never
yet been published in the
Herald that they took the
proceedings for one cent.
The Advertisers bid this
year was $4,000 per month
= and that was much too
low. We also told the Board
in our bid that we would
print the proceedings in both
newspapers, The Advertiser
and The Durant News, S o
that all the people of Holmes
County would know what
the Board of Supervisors is
Going.
Perhaps the Board had
rather the people wouldn't
know what they are doing.
1t would appear that way,
ut least.
But we shall continue to
try to keep you informed,
anyway.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-08
HANS LOSES

The Holmes Agricultural
High School boys and girls
lost a double header to
Barnes High School. The
Barnes girls topped the Hol-
mes girls 31-15 and the boys
score was 51-45 in favor Of
Barnes.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-08
M|LT Purchases Pickens Property From
Bondho|ders In Transaction January 81

Mississippi Industrial Land and Timber Corpora
ton has purchased the former Shaw Manufacturing
Company property in Pickens which viii be used as
the site for a new ~pulp-type manufacturing industry.
An additional 245 acres of adjoining land for future
expansion has also been acquired from the private
owner, B. e. Presley.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-08

Most of us like to think of
ourselves as good citizens.
We ran across this interesting
definition in an exchange
paper. It was printed on a
Chamber of Commerce ban
quet program recently at
Hollandale. We pass it along
for whatever it may be
worth.
"A Good Citizen - If you
really want to get the fullest
enjoyment out of living in a
community. you must b.
more than a mere spectator
rou must make yourself a
Fart of it. You must give
yourself to il; you must &C.
cept responsibility for its
growth and development
You must share in the joys
and griefs of your neiehbors,
You must be willing to take
on unpleasant tasks thai
compel you to put forth your
best. A good neighbor is also
a good worker"
The community which
makes the most progress is
one where all citizens are
not only allowed, but en-
couraged, to take part in
community activities and
give of their time and talents
10 help in making a good
place to live.
An unselfish spirit, D will
'Hgness to cooperate, and a
free and democratic atmos-
phere are necessary to create
and maintain community
harmony = without which
hardly anything worthwhile
can be accomplished.
We think good citizenship
requires even more.
A person to truly serve
the best interest Of his COM
munity must speak out a.
gainst things that are wrong.
To give silence is to give as
sent - and all that is needed
for evil to prevail is that
good men remain silent.
Good citizenship, based on
honor and integrity, will lift
any community upward and
help it to realize its full po-
tential in growth and de-
velopment.
And good citizens are what
we need today.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-08

The Mississippi Supreme
Court Monday affirmed the
action of the Holmes County
Circuit Court in upholding
the Holmes County Board of
Supervisors in awarding a g
year printing contract to the
Holmes County Herald in
April of 1860.
The contract in question
was for printing and office
supplies.
Hazel Brannon Smith,
owner of The Lexington Adj
vertiSer, contested the action
Of the Holmes Board On the
grounds that the Herald's
bid was not the lowest bid
offered in several categories.
The Board of Supervisors
threw out the bids of both
Mrs. Smith and Povall Print
ing Company at the time on
the technicality that they
were unsigned. Only the
Holmes County Herald bid
was considered by the Board
Both The Advertiser bid
and the Povall bid were SUBJ
mitted on printed forms
specified by the Board in its
advertisement for bids and on
which form there was no
place where a signature was
indicated. Both bids were
were accompanied by a
cashiers check for $500
each, in accordance with the
Boards advertisement. Both
checks indicated the persons
making the bids, but these
were also disregarded by the
Board.
The writer of this column
filed the suit as a protest to
show the unfair discrimina-
ton rracticed by the Holmes
County Board of Supervisors.
Tie only purpose the suit
has had, a. far as this news
paper is concerned, is to pro-
test the action of the board
as against the public interest
of the citizens and taxpayers
of Holmes County.
We do not believe it is
right for the Board of Super
visors to give printing to the
Holmes County Herald un-
less the Herald submits the
lowest bid.
To award the printing con-
tract to the Herald, as the
Board did under the circum-
stances, had the effect of
helping subsidize the Herald
at the taxpayers expense for
the past twenty months.
At the February meeting
Of the Holmes County Board
CT Supervisors bids were re-
oeived for the monthly publ
cation of the boards proceed
ingS.
The amount specified BY
lew for this service perform
ed by newspapers is $4,000
per month, and this figure
barely covers the cost of set
ting the proceedings into type
and for the space they &C.
cupy (four or more columns)
N the paper.
The contract let Tuesday
was for a period of two years
= which means the full a.
mount allowable by law for
the period would be S 1.440.
The Holmes County Herald
was the successful bidder for
the contract.
It's bid: one cent (1c) for
Evening star., 1962-09-29
Fobrics Adorn New Surfaces
BY BETTY PEPIS
Contributing Writer

into an unfurnished place.
/ know what I want, but not
how to achieve 1t. For the
living rooms I'd like an island
motif using sea colors and
primitive-like decorations. We
have a large white and a
small black fish net, a small
harpoon and two carved god
desses, also two aquariums.
Will Danish modern fit in?
I'd like a striking room.
Would you suggest one black
wall for white fish net. or
have record covers Of island
scenes, or a wall of bamboo?
I'd appreciate your help. 1t
will make the difference be-
tween disheartening confu-
sion and excited direction.
Answer Il May I dissuade
you from having a living room
that is too novel? This is
all right in a den, but the
living room should have a
more formal, slightly imper-
sonal aspect because it Is
where you will entertain
guests who may not appre-
ciate your fondness for things
Of the sea. A little bit is
fine, but 1 do recommend re-
straint. Danish modern is
suitable. What do you think
of this scheme as a COM
promise: Sand color for the
rug, sea foam green for walls
and draperies. Cover the sofa
in sand or sea foam and two
chairs in a true blue-green.
All your accessories suit room
with exception Of the fish
nets, which are difficult to
work with.
QuestiOn-Please help me
with color for an area rug
in my bedroom. Walls are
antique white, draperies are
white with RED and green
design. An easy chair is
green and bedspread is white.
Could I use a hooked rug?
Answer-A hooked rug in
a soft green would be ap-
propriate.
QuestiOn-The rug in our
living room is a cinnamon
brown. Draperies are off
white, sofa is off-white with
a narrow brown stripe and
there are two persimmon
chairs. What color for walls?
Answer - Off-white or a
pastel persimmon color.
Room would take some yellow
for small accessories.
Question-My new contem-
porary bedroom furniture is
white with a gold trim. I
would like to know what color
to paint walls and color for
bedspread and draperies. I
want pillow shams and extra
pillows for bed. I have an
Evening star., 1962-09-29

oriental rug I bought in the
Far East; the background is
deep red. / have very pale
pink or blue in mind.
Question - There Is a
hand-braided rug in my hv-
ing room in red, black and
gray with no one particular
color predomina a ting. /
thought Of painting the walls
white but as ] have much
milk glass / dismissed the
thought. What do you think?
Also what color for draper
les, slip covers, lamps and
throw pillows?
Answer II think white
would be very suitable for the
walls especially with much
milk glass in the room. The
draperies might be a docu-
mentary print in q white
ground with red, black and
gray and possibly a touch Of
green. Use this to cover two
chairs and have the sofa in
a soft red. Toss pillows could
be in the print and lamps in
white.
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
Evening star., 1962-09-29

lne american IaDTlc mar
ket boasts wealth of decor
ative textiles at a sufficiently
economical price so that they
may be used extravagantly to
pep UP a tired interior. In
recent months designers have
splurged on yardage in an
effort to demonstrate the
Importance of textiles in in
terror decor.
This is particularly notice.
able when, as has been the
case in several exhibitions,
the fabric involved is a bril-
liantly colored print. When
such a fabric is strewn around
the room it almost imposes
its own style upon the furn-
ishings. For this reason
freshly patterned textiles
used with a lavish hand may
be a sound solution for a
room full of tired furniture.
Fabric on the wall matched
to that at the windows is
familiar today to anyone who
follows decorating trends.
A little newer is fabric ac-
tually used on furniture for
purposes other than uphol-
stery. This is the current
fashion for applying yard
goods to legs of sofas and
chairs. These are not uphol-
stored in a manner frowned
upon by tasteful professionals
but simply applied flat to a
square supporting member,
something that can be imi-
tated by the do-it-yourselfer
to create clever camouflage
for battered legs.
Used on WoII
In a setting arranged for
one manufacturer even the
poles supporting a wall
shelving arrangement were
so treated. A board covered
with matching floral cotton
gave the wall unity, a unity
further emphasized by the use
of tiny cafe curtains hung
exceptionally low on the win
dows.
Printed fabrics for lamp
shades, out of favor for a
while, are returning to the
scene and could be a happy
addition to a simple white
china or clear crystal base.
These are best lined with
heavy paper; otherwise the
light flowing through them
can become Spotty.
The possibility of laminat-
ing fabric to clear plastic has
resulted in a series of trays
that can be a pretty acces-
sories. This method also
makes possible the use of
plastic laminated fabric on
the floor, a rather tricky
idea to be avoided except in
small doses. 1t could be effec-
lively used to border a plain
vinyl floor or even in a small
dressing room where it might
be matched to a single wall.
Questions and Answers
Question: am a newly
wed living in a furnished
apartment, but will soon move