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The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-11-17

ously prepared four course
meal. the two honorees were
presented q beautifully decora-
ted birthday cake by the host
!. Sharing the pleasures
of this delightful evening with
the honorees mentioned were:
Les Royales, Gladys King,
Roberta King. Annie Stimage,
Ruth Lynch, Joan Bishop,
Jonnie Thompson, Rose Run
dies, Annie B. Simpson, Josie
Willis. Wilma Tymes, Mann
mie Walker, Elma Summers,
Maggie Lee, your This N
Thater THANKS AGAIN
MR.. BRIGGS
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-11-17

THANKSGIVING, 1862, 341
years after the first Thanks
giving Will have come and
gone before we get out an
other issue of THE MISSTS-
SIPPI ENTERPRISE (Novem-
Der 23) and so, we pause to
express words of Thanksgiving
for the many blessings that
have been ours - to medi-
tate in the knowledge that de-
spite world conditions, despite
our personal worries there Is
MUCH FOR WHICH ALL OF
US CAN BE THANKFUL; to
realize that the real magic of
THANKSGIVING DAY comes
at the moment when we begin
an inventory of our BLESS
INGS and we suddenly see
what a wealth of wonderful
things have come our way thru
the years - then we are sure,
if we are wise, at night time,
when sleep refuses to come !.
we can COUNT OUR BLES-
SINGS" instead of counting
sheep !. and let us not for
get that the BALLOT is ONE
OF OUR GREATEST BLESS
INGS. Are you qualified
voter? Have you taken the
TIME to PREPARE yourself
for a proper participation in
the government on the local,
state, and national level? If
your answer to these ques-
tionS is a YES then you
have MUCH FOR WHICH TO
BE THANKFUL on this the
34Oth THANKSGIVING
HIGH ON THE LIST OF
Thanksgiving Activities for
Jackson will be the 10th AN
NUAL FREE TURKEY Din
ner for NEEDY OLD PEO-
PIE out at College Park Club
House on TURKEY DAY. No
vember q. This annual din
ner the brain child of the Club
house Supervisor, our good
friend, Madam DORIS THAR
Pc HALL has for the past
years been one of the city's
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-11-17

The Jackson Alumnae Chap
ter of Delta Sigma Theta Sor-
ority held its monthly meet
ing recently in the home of
Soror Cleo Thompson, 1119
Rondo Street. Co-hostesses for
the meeting were Sorors Oh
lie B. Shirley of Vicksburg
and Leila Hawkins of Forest,
Miss. During the business ses-
sion, Soror Odessa Patton,
Chairman of the Mental
Health Committee, one of the
chapters local projects, repor-
ted on plans for cooperating
with the Mental Health Com
mittee of the Mississippi State
Hospital at Whitfield, Missis-
sippi. The members enthu-
siastically accepted the respon-
sibility to sponsor and serve
as hostess for one of the
Christmas parties at one of
the cottages that has so pa
tients. They also accepted the
responsibility of wrapping
gifts for all of the hospital
patients. A schedule was de-
vised for the members to wrap
gifts each night for a certain
period at the headquarters of
the Mental Health Committee,
1896 Dalton Street. Each
member contributed one dol
lar for the purchase of gifts
for the patients.
Soror Jean Turner, chair
man of Delta's Golden Ami
versary Committee, informed
the group that the committee
had selected as project for
the year, the Community Hos
pital on Virgins Street. Also
in connection with the Golden
Anniversary Celebration, plans
have been completed for the
sorority's Golden Anniver-
sary Kickoff Dance, to be
held at Stevens Rose Room,
Friday, November %.
Soror Ernestine Lipscomb
Chairman of the Library Com
mittee announced that the
Young Peoples Book Club
will hold its first meeting dur
ing Children's Book Week at
Carver Municipal Library.
Members of the sorority volun-
teered to provide transporta-
tion for the students in the
various schools and from the
Library. At this meeting the
book review of "Jane Eyre"
will be given by Maxine Hay
es, 18th grade students of La
nier High School. The young
Peoples Book Club is also a
Delta sponsored local project.
Sharing the pleasures of this
meeting were the following
sorors: Barbara Barber, Eddie
B. Johnson, Marcella McLe-
more, Irene Braxton, Frances
Britton, Lille Mae Cole, O.
dessa c. Patton, Ruth Boiler
johnson, Pearl L. Booth, Kath-
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Mrs. A. w. Warren, recording
secretary, Mrs. Fannie L. Har-
rion, assistant secretary, Mrs.
Ethel Weathersby, correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. Bessie M.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-11-17
|PRE.THANKSGIvING

TEA
The Gospel Choir of Pearl
Street A. M. E. Church, in
|vite their friends to a Pre-.
Thanksgiving Tea, Sunday
November 18, from 4: to 8:
p. M. in the Fellowship Hall
|ot the church. Mrs. C. l.. Nc.
Clendon, Chairman, Mrs. Mer-
dis Johnson. President, Rev.
G.. r. Haughton, pastor.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-11-17

Deep Sympathy goes to the
family of the late Grover
Washington, Eastview ST., for
which funeral services will be
held today at 8. P. M. College
Hill Baptist Church.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-11-17
BOOK WEEK OBSERVED

Club sponsored by Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority met
during Children's Book Week,
Wednesday, November IA, in
Carver Municipal Library Au-
ditorium at 4::30 P. M. Maxine
Hayes, a Lanier High School
11th grade honor student and
"a member of the Jackson
State College CEEP (Continu-
ing Education Enrichment
Program) for academically tai
ented high school students re-
viewed the young peoples
classic, Jane Eyre by Char
lotte Bronte. All high school
and upper elementary stu
dents were invited to join the
Young Peoples Book Club
and to attend the monthly
meetings. Principals, teach
ers and parents were urged
to encourage young people to
participate in the Book Club
and to use the public library
regularly. The purpose of the
Book Club is to encourage for
reading for recreation. Miss
Vivian Romans, Librarian in
charge of Carver and College
Park Libraries, assists with
the Club. Mrs. Ernestine Lips
comb, Chairman Library Com
mittee, Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority with Committee Mem
bers being: Mesdames Beatrice
Bass, Jeanne B. Turner, Mrs.
Barbara Barber, president.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-11-17

Williams, Educallnh fsez161Ey.
A. W. Warren. ehorlstef. Ja-
mes v. Clark, treasurer IRIS.
Addie Roberts and Mr. Hst-
tie Jennings, youth lsa1eek
The Mississippi enterprise., 1962-11-17
BY Sarah M. Harvey
THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

For Health and Food, for
love and friends - For ev-
erything T h y Goodness
sends Father in Heaven,
we Thank Thee" Emer-
son.
Evening star., 1962-01-15
Missing Price Tag

Secretary Ribicoff, meeting infor-
mally the other day with congressional
leaders, stressed once again that a
major emphasis of new administration
welfare legislation this year will be to
"rehabilitate" those on relief-a point
reiterated by President Kennedy in his
State Union message. And the
implication is that families made self
sufficient through such rehabilitation
eventually will cause relief rolls to
dwindle, thereby reducing welfare costs
at both the national and local levels.
The trouble with this approach,
however, is that before you can save
money, you apparently have to spend
lot more. For as Mr.. Ribicoff warned,
virtually every one of his new pro-
posals will call for additional appro-
priations (and consequently for higher
relief expenditures by local govern
ments). How much more? Mr.. Ribi-
coff didn't say. According to his aides,
firm cost estimates will be sent to
Capitol Hill by the President soon.
Until these estimates, as well as
other details, are clear, 1t will be i'm
possible to evaluate the administrattAn n
Evening star., 1962-01-15
PoIefoce PoIover

We have followed with a
great deal of satisfaction the
efforts Of those groups at
tempting to prevent the des-
ecration of our natural
beauty by the construction
of a sewage treatment plant
on the PiScataway Bay. We
are in hearty agreement that
our priceless heritage should
be preserved at any cost.
1t may not be known to
many people, but on the
north side of Piscataway Bay,
near what is now Fort Wash
ington, was the site of the
Great Council Circle of the
Piscataway Indians. On that
very ground these brave men
met and made the momentous
decisions Of their day. In
honor of the spirit of these,
the original Americans, we
humbly suggest that the view
from their Great Council
Circle be restored to its orig
inal beauty. Mount Vernon
should be either moved on
land out Of sight or, at the
very least, surrounded with
trees so as not to be visible
from the eastern shore Of the
Potomac. We recommend also
that Congress consider limit
ing the boat traffic on the
Evening star., 1962-01-15
Visit From q Great Artist

In music, as in literature, it is not
often that mans measure can be
taken with certainty during his life
time. All too often posterity alone can
decide. We are in the happy position
this week, however, of welcoming to
Washington one of the worlds greatest
musicians, Igor Stravinsky.
Mr.. Stravinsky's "Rites of Spring"
Is universally admitted to have broken
new ground in composition and it may
truthfully be said that the most i'm
portant in modern music stems from
it in inspiration. Among his other
works is the intensely dramatic opera
"Oedipus Rex" and it is for three
performances of this work by the
Opera Society of Washington that Mr.
Stravinsky has come here. He will
conduct the performances in LiSner
Auditorium January 10, 81, %. They CO.
incide with worldwide celebration of
Mr.. StravinSky'S birthday anniversary.
The events here will include a dinner
in his honor at the White House and
a special award from the State Depart
ment in recognition of his services as
an unofficial cultural ambassador"
It is particularly pleasing to have
Mr.. StravinSky here and to see him
receive so many testimonials to his
worth and to have a chance to share
with him the exciting experience of
hearing his opera.
Evening star., 1962-01-15
Behind the Shield

Whether he called the whole thing
"a joke"-a question about which there
now is some doubt-the conduct of It.
Col. Maurice P. Schwarz in ramming an
other car at Washington intersection
the other night was disgraceful per-
formance. His contention that he
thought he had just "grazed" the other
automobile hardly stands up in the face
of police estimate that $500 worth of
damage was done.
Only diplomatic immunity stood be-
tween Colonel Schwarz and prosecution.
1t is gratifying that the State Depart
ment has taken special note of the af-
fair, is investigating the circumstances,
and has reminded all foreign diplomats
that the shield of immunity is not broad
enough to relieve them of responsibility
to respect local laws and the rights Of
others. The Belgian Embassy, obviously
embarrassed, has given assurances that
full payment will be made for damages.
Thus, we suppose, the incident will come
to close.
All the same, it would be we'll to
keep an eye on Colonel Schwarz in the
future. If there is repetition of any
thing of this sort he should be shipped
home in hurry.
Evening star., 1962-01-15
Lots of Study Needed

Delegate Harrison Mann was among
group of Legislators sponsoring a
resolution to require the Virginia Ad-
visory Legislative Council to study the
States muddled "blue law" with a
view to revising it so as to make it
understandable and enforceable. That
is a tough assignment, for the law,
passed by the previous General Assem-
bly,, is an amazing conglomeration of
Inconsistencies and gross inequities.
Another delegate has introduced a
bill to repeal the act and reinstate the
old Sunday closing law which it was
supposed to clarity and amplify. This
would leave the situation as muddled
as ever, however, for the original statute
was so vague that court rulings had
made it virtually unenforceable. If the
traditional Sabbath-cloSin policy is to
be legally enforced, the Legislature
should forget political pressureS from
ham and other business interests and
write a law that is explicit as to what
may and may not be sold on Sunday
and without confusing exceptions for
selfish business groups.
Meanwhile, it would be futile and
unfair to attempt to enforce the pres
ent law, with all its antiquities and
abSurdities. Most Jurisdictions already
have suspended application Of the law.
The suspension should be of State
wide proportions.
Evening star., 1962-01-15

program, or, perhaps more Importantly,
the ability Of local governments to
participate in it. The District of Co.
lumbia, for example, is not even par
ticipating in all the existing Federal
aid welfare programs for no other
reason than the sorry state of it's fis-
cal health.
We have no doubt about the de-
STABILITY of most Of the objectiveS set
by Mr. Ribicoff. And it is difficult
indeed to try to measure in terms of
money the human values with which
they deal. Unfortunately, however, the
crucial problem in the field of public
welfare is not the absence of worth
while programs, but the degree to
which worthwhile programs can be
carried practically by the taxpayers.
That is why the missing price tag on
Mr.. Ribicoff'S package will loom so
large in the congressional hearings due
to be held next month.
Evening star., 1962-01-15
The Rails Fiqht Back

Times have changed, and hopefully
for the better, since the Senate Inter-
state Commerce Committee observed in
1883 that "the railroad industry has not
been sufficiently interested in self-help
in such matters as consultations and
mergers" There has, indeed, been a
breakthrough in that brief period since,
with four railroad mergers already ap-
proved by the Interstate Commerce
Commission and more than a dozen
others pending before the regulatory
agency. The Pennsylvania and New
York Central systems, giants of the in
duStry with total assets calculated at
$5.4 billion, have now taken their first
official step, approval by their boards of
directors toward a merger application.
1t would be presumptuous, perhaps,
to say simply that this one should be
approved, but there are persuasive rea-
sons to think so. In many respects, the
two systems are duplicating or compile
mentary and there is little reason to
doubt that both operating economies
and improvements in service could re-
suit from their integration under a
single management On the cost side,
for example, tentative estimates already
have been made that elimination of
duplicating tracks, yards, terminals and
other facilities, along with operating
economies, could mean savings Of more
than $1O0 million yearly for consoli-
dated system. AS for service, there would
be greater rather than less requirement
upon the carrier to meet the competi-
tion already posed on the inland water.
ways, pipelines, highways and airlanes.
In the public mind, there has been
an easy temptation in recent years to
shrug off the economic troubles of the
railroads, or even to join in criticism
of them, on grounds that their passen-
ger services have become less convenient
or attractive than those offered by other
means of travel. This narrow basis for
evaluation overlooks the advantages of
greater flexibility and use of publicly
financed facilities available to bus and
air lines. But more Importantly, it over
looks the Importance of the rails as car
rierS of freight and bulk cargoes, an op-
GRAFTON that is essential to the Nation
either in peacetine or wartime. Mergers
alone will not solve all the problems of
the railroad industry. For the most part,
however, they represent an effort by the
industry to streamline itself for contin-
u1ng service and competition.
Evening star., 1962-01-15
Penetrdtes Our Smoq

On December S, 1861, the
Los Angeles Times reported
a speech, made at the Fifth
Air Pollution Conference,
which indicated that the au-
tomobile is the cause of smog
in "non-industrial Washing
ton, D. c." I doubt it.
In the first place, the 1859
Encyclopaedia Britannica
lists the following industries
for Washington, D. c.: Steel
products. railroad supplies,
naval equipment. food prod
uctS, paper, surveying and
drawing materials, beverages,
railroad repair shops, and two
others outside of city limits
slaughter houses and meat
packing plants. Of the
eight limited forms of man.
ufacturing," steel products
can be a smog-maker and
possibly others.
In the second place, your
city is almost surrounded by
the smog-making industries
of two States. Virginia has
soft coal mines and Mary
land has many generating
units for furnishing electric
power. Baltimore, only SO
miles from Washington, has
many industries that are
known to produce air pollu-
ton Cor "smog" as we say
here)-primary metals, steel,
copper. fabricated metal
products and petroleum prod
ucts. The respective plants Of
American Smelling & Refin-
ing Co. "copper" and Beth
lehem Steel are among the
largest of their kind. There
are also large oil refineries.
When carried by the wind,
industrial smog can travel
many miles. Is it strange that
Washington, D. c., sometimes
has smog?
In the third place, do any
OF your industries use soft
coal or fuel oil? Both are
smog-makers. What fuel
or fuels are used to heat busi-
ness houses and homes?
Automobiles in poor me-
chanical condition and using
gasoline with lead and bro
mine left in it may give off
fumes.
In "smoggy Los Angeles"
we are also told that auto
mobiles cause our smog. Pop
ulation growth, with its in
creased number of automo-
biles. is often stressed. The
truth is that the growth Of
industry here has exceeded
many times the much pub
licized growth Of population.
Besides this, California has
become one Of the three most
important areas for petrole-
um refining in the Nation:
petrochemicals (from which
plaStics, nylon, detergents,
artificial rubber, etc., are
made) are sold around the
world. About this, we are
Evening star., 1962-01-15
No Place to Hide

Virginia's new Governor, Albertis S.
Harrison, jr., came forward with mes
sage OF more than local significance in
his inaugural address.
He was speaking primarily, of course,
to Virginians. He urged them, while ad-
herring to old principles, to "avoid the
1olly OF seeking always to apply them in
old ways" It is essential, Governor Har-
r1son said, to accept and live with the
facts of the twentieth century-not with
the facts which may have been control
ling century or more ago.
The citizen, he continued, can ex-
pect that his government will look to
the security of his liberties, preserve law
and order, see to the performance of
certain vital common tasks in public
health, public welfare, the promotion of
sound economic opportunities, and,
above all, the maintenance and expan-
sion Of public education. IT would like"
he declared, "to see a renaissance Of
educated in Virginia, creating an atmos-
phere in which the minds of our people
may grow in vision as the opportunities
for the use of the mind can grow in
scope"
At the same time, he cautioned
against the tendency to look to govern
ment for total security, to expect the
state to shield the individual from life's
every hazard and every risk. "A fear of
danger" he said, was born with the
first man, and the cave was mans first
sanctuary. Today we have completed
the cycle from cave to fall-out shelter.
But nothing can be built in which man
can hide from himself The security we
need today lies in the sanctuary which
man builds in his own mind and heart"
This strikes us as text which merits
the thoughtful attention, not only of
V1rginianS, but of all Americans. For it
certainly is true that man cannot hide
from himself-or from those personal
and individual responsibilities which life
in a free society inexorably imposes
on him.
Evening star., 1962-01-15
Etched in Acid

AS one who has advanced
himself into the field of art
critics, Mr.. Getlein displays
no desire to be fair-minded
and seek the good as we'll as
the bad features of an exhi-
bition. He apparently cannot
find any merits worthy Of a
decent comment in three
rooms Of paintings. Many
works are by artists who for
many years have reached a
professional standard. 1t
seems Mr.. Getlein must re-
sort to satire to give exhaust
to his undernourished emo
tionS.
His one-hundred per cent
detrimental criticism seems
to reflect an uncanny de-
light in attacking with sneer-
ing remarks as an outlet for
his cynical sense of humor.
"The rule in carving holds
good as to criticism; never
cut with a knife what you
can cut with a spoon"
Martha Bache.
Evening star., 1962-01-15
Virginia Liquor Law

In these days when clear
thinking is sorely needed in
this country; when highway
accidents are on the increase;
when alcoholism is rising,
along with crime and i'm
morality, it is hard to be-
lieve that there are those who
support having hard liquor
sold by the drink in Vir-
ginia restaurants. A deter
mined effort is being made to
change the ABC Act In this
State in order to increase the
profits of the liquor interests.
Every Virginian who does
not want this change in our
liquor law should write to our
elected State representatives.
Peggy L. Bowen.
Evening star., 1962-01-15
Law on Tree Roots Puts Plumbers on Limb

Reference is made to the
article. "Perplexed Plumber
Pays $25 for D. C. Tree Root"
in The Star of January S,
1862.
There are a few things re-
lated to this story which I
think your readers would
like to know. Obviously, the
plumbing contractor usually
cannot anticipate the pres
ence Of roots when he digs
a trench to repair water or
sewer service. The unrealistic
regulations being pro-
mulgated by ]. A. Lowe of
the D. C. Trees and Land
scaping Department might
result in increased costs to
the homeoWner of up to $100
per day to cover the ex-
penses incidental to keeping
a trench open and maintain
ing it with barricades, Ian
terms, etc., while awaiting the
work of the Trees and Land
scaping Department.
If a homeowner complains
about a sewer stoppage, the
plumbing contractor has the
responsibility to correct the
situation with dispatch in
view of the health hazard
involved. Some of this work
occurs in the evenings and
over week ends while Mr..
loves office is closed. De-
laying these essential repairs
until a District employe could
be obtained to protect the
health of a tree hardly seems
to be in the best interest of
the community inaSmuch as
this delay could jeopardize the
health of the family involved.
Another point which bears
consideration is that the
homeowner's water and sewer
connections are installed at
the time the house is con-
Evening star., 1962-01-15

structed. These facilities are
private property, and the
homeowner has the RESPONSE
bility of maintaining them.
The city grants permission for
these lines to be inst. lied in
public space, and the office
of the chief plumbing in
spector controls the installa-
tion Of same. These lines must
be run as direct as possible,
usually at right angles to the
property. Thereafter, the city
plants trees in this same pub
lie space over these lines, and
the roots from these trees
very often damage the water
and sewer lines, resulting in
costly repairs to the home
owner. 1t hardly seems fair
for the District to penalize
the owner and the plumbing
contractor by requiring the
additional expense of work.
ing around the trees which
were planted after the pipes
were laid with the Districts
permission.
In one case officials of the
Trees and Landscaping De-
partment indicated at d hear
ing that they did not object
to a root being cut, but
wanted an opportunity to
properly trim and treat the
root to protect the tree. 1t
would seem to be a SatiSfac-
tory solution, therefore, for
the plumbing contractor to
cut the root, make the nee
essary repairs and then call
the Trees and Landscaping
Department to trim and treat
the root. This would allow a
minimum interruption to the
homeowner's water and sewer
service.
Mr.. Lowe has complained
that in many cases the plumb
ing contractors cut roots