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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31
Thirty Students Receive Lbs Diplomas

Grade, OAR Society of Lex
ington, Mary Jane Higginbo.-
tom.
BEN BEALL, JR. = LATIN
AWARD =
Average for two years, Beth
McWilliams, 96.75, $500.
VIEW SCIENCE AWARD
Highest average in Biology,
Chemistry, Physics, Don
Downer, 95.5, $500.
MATHEMATICS AWARD
7 Highest average in Algebra
I, Pl. Geometry, Algebra II,
Solid Geometry and Trig.,
Don Downer, 1852, $500
RPW CLUB AWARD
Highest average in tipping,
shorthand and bookkeeping,
Jauwiece Minis. 95.166, $500.
ROTARY CODE of ETHICS
Don Downer. $3.50 and
Judy Fife, $3.50.
AMERICAN LEGION =
High School, Al Downer
and Mary Thurmond.
Junior High, Larry Auer-
bach and Loretta Moore.
LEXINGTON ADVERTISER
Most valuable Basketball
Player, David Dillon and
Dona Kaye Pierce.
Most Valuable Football
Player, Paul Hale
ALCOHOL ESSAY
Board of Supervisors, Judy
Fife, $4,000.
FARM BUREAU =
Agriculture, Mickey Mott,
$3.50; Home Ec., Peggy 10
White, $3.50.
D. C. N All SCHO-
LARSHIP AWARD -
Dona Kaye Pierce, $4,000.
OAR GOOH CITIZENSHIP
AWARD - Judy Fite, pre-
sented during the school year.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31
Rev. Benton Will Conduct Revival

The Rev. E. H. Benton, Flo
wood Baptis. Church, will be
visiting evangelist in the
Mount Vernon revival ser
vices June 3-8.
Morning services will begin
at 10:45 aid evening services
at 7:45.
The Rev. Earl Brown, pas
tor, will lead the song servic-
es with Mrs. Nina Holmes as
pianist.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31
Congressional Election tuesday,.
Electors Vote On
oman Ticket
And Amendment

Holmes County electors will
go to the polls Tuesday, June
5, to elect a Congressman and
vote on a constitutional
amendment as to whether or
not the office of Sheriff and
Tax Collector shall be sepa-
rated.
In the Congressional race
they will choose between
their own incumbent, the
Hon. Frank E. Smith of
Greenwood of the former
Third District and the Hon.
Jamie Written of Charleston,
congressman of the old Sec
ond District.
A third candidate is also
on the ticket, Negro Merrill
W. Lindsey of Holly Springs,
a county in the old Second
District.
The decision Of splitting
the office of Sheriff and Tax
Collector is wide open with
the majority of voters stating
little or no preference.
Sheriff and Mrs. Andrew
Smith have stated that this
is a decision to be left up en-
tirely to the people of the
county as far as they are
concerned - and if they have
any personal preference they
would not indicate it.
Deputy Sheriff Smith did
say that Holmes County was
one of THE counties which
could support the two offices
if the people should so choose.
CA number of counties in the
state are too small to sup
port two offices.)
In the closing moments of
the campaign bob Congress
sional candidates were busy
with speeches, television APP
pearances and handshaking
tours throughout the newly
created district which is now
of enormous size.
Mr.. Written made a speech
at the Durans Rotary Club
Friday noon and on Satur-
day afternoon he spoke twice
in Holmes County.
His first appearance was at
the Holmes County Court
house where he was intro
duced by William Moses, head
of the Citizens Council in
Holmes County and a colonel
on he staff of Governor Ross
Barnett.
Among the crowd of about
forty persons who heard Mr.
Written in Lexington Satur-
day afternoon We're DR.. c. E.
Patton of Durant, his Hol-
mes County campaign man.
ager; Mr.. Moses, Frank
Hughes, Edwin White, Jack
Shearer of the Holmes Coun-
ty Herald and Bootsey Hook
or. Don Barrett, Ben Moore
Hammett, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Str;der, r. S. Richmond
of Coxburg, Supervisor w.
Leslie Smith, George Pat e~-
son, Paul Lindholm, Lutte FL
liscn and others.
Mr.. Written gave as t n e
principal reasons why ne
thought the voters should
elect him over Congressman
Continued on Page Eight
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31
MEDICAL
EXAM AT TCHULA

A pre-school medical exam
nation will be held at the
Tchula Health Center o n
Thursday, June Z, at 100 p.
m. for white children who
will enter school for the first
time in September.
Parents are urged to bring
their children.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31

totaled 100. Other students
not present that day are at
tending.
Commencement exercises
will offer an opportunity to
parents and friends to appre-
ciate the wonderful work
that was accomplished in BIZ
BILE memory work, stories,
handcraft and songs.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31
Brown, Diane Davis.

Brown, Diane Davis.
Priscilla Young, Sara Vir-
GINA Parrish, Diane Dunn,
Mary Virginia Watson, Beth
Eubanks, Lee Ann Frizell,
Maryl Grisham, Helen The
resa Haffey, Rachel Hughes.
Elaine Humphrey, Jennifer
johnson, Debbie Mullendore,
Kathy Netherland, Patty
White, Madelyn Frost, Ann
Elizabeth Henley, Adelia Ann
White, Candy Ware.
Kathy Rogers, Lee Ann
Schneider, Karen and Kathy
Sinclair, Carol Hocutt, Deb
bic Wigley, Alice Kathy
Temp Rosetta Saxton and
Cindy Wigley.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31

TACKETT CREEK DRAINAGE OFFICIALS received a 25,OO0O 90 loan from
the federal government through the Farmers Home Administration for work
in the Tackett Creek District which starts around Rchland and run southwest
toward Pickens. ~
In photo above the check is being presented by FILA officials to commits
sionerso Of the district OF Friday Pictured are:
Seated, left to right, Hubert F. Wuley, FILA State Office Engineer Of
Jackson; Bryan D. Stinger, FILA Area Supervisor, Canton; Walter E. Strer
FILA County Supervisor, Lexington. H
Standing, Dan P. Chisdm, Regional Attorney, Little Rock, Arkansas; Par
ham H. Williams, Jr, Attorney and Secretary, Tackett Creek Drainage Dis
trt, Lexington; c. v. Maxwell, F. w. Mckay, G. D. Wynne, Commissioners,
Taket Greek Drainage District, Pikens; A P Carroll, Soil Conservation Service
Lexington; Pat m. Barrett Attorney, Tackett Greek Drainage District; and
W. Fl. Merrn, Chief, Real Estate, Loans. FILA State Office, jackson.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31
FILLS BAPTIST PULPIT

DIR. James E. Basden OF
Dallas, brother of Mrs. p. D.
Bragg, filled the pulpit at the
First Baptist Church in Lex
ing'on Sunday morning and
night. DR.. Basden was here
to officiate at the wedding o.
his niece, Miss Ann Bragg, to
DR.. John M. Marlborough Sat
urday evening, He is Execu-
tive Secretary of the Human
Welfare Commission of the
Texas Baptist Convention and
now en- route to attending the
Southern Baptist convention
in California.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12
SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER

Buy two packages, well pay for one
What treat! Each package contains
pair of meaty, tender chicken legs and
thighs barbecued in Stoufer's hearty
man-pleasing sauce. Pick up two pack
ages. Enjoy them. Then send the fronts
of both packages to Stouffer's, Box 1015,
Clinton, Iowa. Wen refund the cost of
one package. Offer expires Dec. 81, 1862.
You taste a priceless difference in }
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12
Text and Photos by MARK FINE


MY FRIEND Larry Friedman. classmate at Northwood
VA High School, and were sitting around night watch
ing Twilight Zone" on television when got the idea
The show took place in the Bowery Larry and had
been talking about going to New York photographs
were both serious amateur photographers We decided
to the Bowery
We stayed with my grandmother in Forest Hills outside
New York City, and the next day Bowery The
buns lined both sides the street. pedding belts
shoes and other puly objects They wanted money
not for food but liquor and quick escape from their var
Gus mseries They mentally i'll people, all dying as far
as could see
We felt like Mesahs take the buns away This is
the depressing part They didn't want to 20 away
Larry offered man quarter to come uptown with and
GET bowl Of soup The said I'm leaving this place
This is my home I'm not coming uptown with nobody"
We asked another mamie had strong Irish accent and
tobacco stains about five days growth Of he
didn't get out Of that place He chucked Not until win the
Irish Sweepstakes, ladies"
knelt down to take picture Of three young guys One of
them screamed Hey kid! Don't take that picture" But IL
was too ate shutter had snapped got up and started
walking away when he punched weak blow ON the hack
OF tne neck turned around and then the knife froze
All r1eh now cut this out you guys" voice said The
next instant Larry and were surrounded There must
nave been 80 them They the middle of circle
The three young guys disappeared
I'm going to walk to bus stop and then you kids clear
OUT OF the same voice said This place is not for you
Inc man was big and blond with coarsely wrinkled face
between Larry and his over our Shout
oers ana guided US gently away One by one the other men
dropped off until were alone
AS we walked by saloon two men came out with third
man VINO seemed drunk The two slapped him and
dragged him into ophouse enranceway where thew rIled
him for his shoes nervously shot a picture
We arrived at the bus rescuer said 81 guess
you'll be all right now But please please don't come back to
the Bowery"
was quite an experience.
Evening star., 1962-04-15
C.M ''SINCLAIR.
1895
Tor buy il fer only $I2 menthIyD

For serious music-Iovers! AM-FM rodio
with stereo phonogroph, all hond-wired
has two 8-inch and two 5-nch speakers!
Love Iy mohogony-finish cobinet, AZ" long!
Arizona tribune., 1962-08-03
QUINN NAMED
TO PARK I'D. HEAD

SANTA MONICA. Calf. Al
fred T. Quinn. 80. head of the
social studies department at Lin
C oln School. was elected chair
man of Santa Monica s Recrea
.tion Commission.
He is the first Negro to head
any of the city's advisory bod
les. He has been a member of
the commission for the past ten
years.
Presently working on his doc
torate degree in educational ad-
ministration. Mr.. Quinn holds a
bachelors and masters degree
from UCLA.
Arizona tribune., 1962-08-03
SCHOOLS ORDERED
TO OPEN IN THE FALL

RICHMOND. Virginia : U. S.
District Judge Oren Lewis ruled
Prince Edward County school
board must reopen all public
schools in September and submit
a plan to admit Negro pupils
to the white schools.
This county was one of the de-
PENDANTS in the U. S. Supreme
Courts 1854 decision outlawing
SEGREGATION in public educations.
Schools we're closed in Prince
Edward County in 1859 and l 400
white pupils have been receiv-
ing education through private
means.
Most of the county's l,7OO
Negro children we're left without
any manner of schooling except
a few who were tutored at home
or church.
Arizona tribune., 1962-08-03
NEGRO MEDICO GETS
NEW HOSPITAL POST
Photo-Bobby Heard

WASHINGTON, D. C. DR..
Howard w. Kenney. director of
Veterans Administration at Tus-
kegee. Alabama, was appointed
director of the Veterans Hos
pital at East Orange. N. j.
He becomes the first Negro to
head a veterans hospital other
than one originally operated for
only Negro patients.
DR.. Kenney has been the head
at Tuskegee since 1859. Before
1854 only Negroes we're accepted
at this Alabama hospital and in
that year the veterans admin
istration bureau desegregated all
facilities.
Arizona tribune., 1962-08-03
POLICE KILLING
CAUSES CRITICISM

FORT WORTH, Texas The
county grand jury is investigat-
ing the fatal shooting of a men,
tally deranged Negro man by
policemen on July 2o.
A flood of criticism has been
received due to the showing of
the killing over nationwide tele-
vision.
The victim, John Scott, 80,
a former mental patient, was E
ft. 4 inches tall and weighed
240 pounds. Relatives had sum-
moned officers when Scott threat
ened two teenage boys.
Officers stood outside his home
and talked to him for a half
hour before he was shot and
killed.
Capt. Johnston. who fired the
first shot at Scott said it was
the first time in % years he had
ever fired his revolver at anyone.
City Manager L. P. Cooking
ham said, he "regretfully con-
cludes that the incident reveals
the effect of insufficient train
ing, planning and supervision.
He ordered the police chief
to provide intensified training
for officers in handling mentally
disturbed persons.
R. ]. Diamond, first vice pres
ident of the Fort Worth branch
of the National Association of
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie, wrote, Many wonder, if the
fact that John Scott was a Negro.
made the decision to kill him
easier.
Arizona tribune., 1962-08-03
COLE HONOREDFOR
rs YEARS IN SHOW BIZ

LOS ANGELES A gala night
celebrating Nat King" Coles
18th anniversary as a top enter
tainment star will be held Aug.
S at the Amba ssador Hotel.
Notables from all walks of
life are expected to pay tribute
ITO one of the greatest musical
talents of the century.
Arizona tribune., 1962-08-03
OBITUARY
CHARLES HUTCHINSON

CHARLES HUTCHiSOH
The family of the late Charles
Hutchison thanks all friends and
neighbors who were so kind and
sympathetic at the time of our
bereavement.
Mrs. Charles (Mary) Hutchinson
wife: Roxanne. daughter. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Boone Hutchison
parents.
Arizona tribune., 1962-08-03

Pictured the honorng MIR. and Mrs. Arthur Holt
from left Mr. Nathaniel Robinson Mrs. Deeward Dobson Mr.
Roland Simon and Mrs. Mary Jankans.
Others attending the reception Miss Susie Wilson, Mrs.
William Shirley Warren Mrs. Helen Love, Gary Holt.
Robert Holt Mines. Clara Shelton, Griffin, Curtis,
Mrs. Geraldine Jung Gene Griffin.
Photo-Bobhy Heard
Arizona tribune., 1962-08-03

Phoenix attorney Howard V. Peterson. e candidate for the
Democratic nomination Congress from Arizonas District l.
talks in Washington, D. CO. with Dr. Robert Weaver administrator
of the Housing and Home Finance Agency.
He Arizona this week after comforting
of the nations leaders in Washington Meetings included detailed
discussions legislative
of Maricopa County.
Arizona tribune., 1962-08-03

This photo shows members of Giant Enterprises who attended
special school Mr.. McAdams their
office at l12 North Central last Friday.
left Karl Stewart Eugene Woodard William
William Warren vice pres Grady Hughes vice pres and Lloyd
Brown. Second David Lewis pres. Arbee Bishop
Evening star., 1962-05-16
AH-Out Attack on Colds

Millions of sufferers from the COM
mon cold will hope for quick break
through in the Governments all-out
war on what the medical experts call
respiratory viruSes. These are the mis-
erable viruses that make so many people
feel miserable for days on end-and
then return ofttimes to induce the mis-
cries all over again.
First move In the war was the
award by the United States Public
Health Service of one-year contract
to Charles Pfizer & Co., Inc, of Terre
Haute, Indiana, for research on vac
cine which would prove effective against
colds Of the common sneeze land -sniffle
variety. Other contracts will be awarded
later to. university, medical center and
industrial research laboratories for sim
liar researches Up to 81 million will be
spent this year on the program.
This good news is overdue In the
preoccupation of health authorities with
control Of more serious diseases, the
common cold has not received the in
tensive attention of research experts
that 1t deserves. When 1t Is considered
that colds cause an estimated economic
loss to the Nation each year of some
So billion-to say nothing Of the physi-
cal discomfort and suffering-the
money invested In finding cure will
be well spent.
Evening star., 1962-05-16
Congressmun-ot-Lorqe

In scoring the only major break
through against the Tawes ticket for
Statewide offices, Carlton r. Sickles of
Prince Georges County has achieved an
impressive Democratic victory in the
race for Congressman-at-Large. We
think 1t is well deserved. Perry o. Will
kinSon, his opponent in the primary, has
performed creditably over long period
OF years in the State Legislature. AS
a candidate for Congress, however, he
was no match for his younger and more
aggressive opponent. Mr. Sickles, both
through his service in the Maryland
House Of Delegates and through his
active participation in Washington area
affairs, has shown notable qualifica-
tions for seat in the national legis-
lature.
Evening star., 1962-05-16
Commitment in Asia

President Kennedy now has made a
hard and potentially fateful decision as
regards Southeast Asia. In keeping with
treaty arrangements and a wholeheart-
ed invitation from the Royal Thai gov
eminent, he has directed formidable
American military contingentS- Marine,
Army and Air Force-"to proceed to
Thailand and to remain there until
further orders"
This commitment, which is being
carried out under the overall Pacific
Command Of Admiral Felt and the enor-
mously powerful 7th Fleet, comes as a
result of the Communist ceaSe-fire vio-
lation in Laos. The violation, wholly
apart from its grave effect on the in
ternal Laotian situation, has brought
disciplined Red guerrilla forces-aided
and abetted by Peiping, If not Moscow
to the Thai border. Almost needless to
say, this constitutes a threat not only
to Thailand but to the whole of free
Southeast Asia.
Accordingly, as the President has
emphasized in his statement, the United
StateS-regarding that threat as mat
ter Of grave concern"-has dispatched
forces to Thailand ito help insure the
territorial integrity Of this peaceful
country" And he has put special stress
on the fact that he has done so for
purely defensive" purposes in accord
with treaty obligations and the United
Nations Charter, which specifically
recognizes that nations have an inher-
ent right to take collective measures for
Self-defense"
AS for Laos itself, where the So
called pro-WeStern forces seem diSin-
clined to fight with any vigor worthy of
the name, Mr.. Kennedy has been at
pains to declare as follows: There Is no
change in our policy =. F.. which contin-
ues to be the establishment Of an ef-
fective cease-fire and prompt negotia-
tions for government of national
union" In other words, he is still press
ing for neutral" and independent"
speaking through Ambassador Dobrynin,
has indicated that it wants pretty much
the same thing.
If this is the fact of the matter,
then all parties concerned should be
able to keep the situation from "esca-
lating" into q big war. The risks, of
course, are great, and 1t may be long
time before our forces in Thailand re-
ceive the further orders" Of which Mr.
Kennedy has spoken. But there would
also be grave risks in a do-nothing
policy which would invite Communist
conquest Of all Of Southeast Asia.
Evening star., 1962-05-16
Roads and Rail Transit

The strong Endorsement which the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Commission has given to proposed
Washington area freeways-at a time
when highways are coming increasingly
under Attacks most welcome. For in
deed 1t is true, as the commission says,
that for the next several years these
freeways must provide the sole facilities
that will be available for rapid transit
through special provisions for express
buses.
But the commission is guilty of
disservice in failing to state that over
longer period of time the transporta-
ton problems of this region can only
be solved adequately by balanced sys-
tenn Of freeways and rapid rail transit.
Whether Intentional or not, the state
ment issued by the commission makes
no reference to the rail-transit program
now being developed, under the direc-
ton Of Congress, by the National Capt.
tai Planning Commission. It ignores as
well the essential finding of the Mass
Transportation Survey that freeways
and buses alone cannot accommodate
the traffic volumes Of the future.
The proponents Of highways have
objected Strenuously, and properly so in
our opinion, to the intemperate state
ments of those who would like to block
any construction of new freeways, and
who suggest that rail-transit system
alone may be all that is needed But the
shoe fits equally as badly on the other
foot.
Evening star., 1962-05-16
The Tape Bockfired

Jack POllack, Baltimore city pontlcal
boss, won't need his tape recorder 10 get
the message from yesterdays Demo-
cratic primary in Maryland. For the
time being at least, he's washed up as
a big-time operator.
MARYLAND Democrats evidently don't
care for this business of furtively re-
cording patronage conversations ana
then making them public in the closing
stages of political campaign. For they
have renominated Governor Tawes by
a comfortable margin, although his
total vote is down from 1858. George P.
Mahoney, who inherited Mr.. Pollack
after the latter broke with the Governor,
ran behind by some $4,000 votes. This
was Mr.. Mahoney's sixth statewide
campaign in IL years, and it ought to be
his last. Certainly there was nothing in
his campaign performance or in his al
lance with Mr.. Pollack to recommend
him for the years ahead. The real bene-
ficiary Of voter disaffection with the
pros" seems to have been David Hume.
He ran third, but trailed Mr.. Mahoney
by only some 1000 votes. He may have
a future.
In the senatorial race, Blair Lee,
III, was decisively beaten by Daniel
Brewster. The latter enjoyed two i'm
portant advantages-the support of the
Tawes organization and labor backing.
For some strange reason, however, more
than 100000 people who voted in the
gubernatorial contest didn't bother to
vote for either senatorial candidate
This probably hurt Mr.. Lee, but it could
hardly have made the whole difference.
Between now and November, when
the Republicans must be faced, the
Democratic emphasis will be on patch
ing up wounds and soothing injured
feelings. This would seem like hope
less undertaking in view of some of the
things said during the recent campaign.
But 1t is precisely in this area that
political genius shines brightest.
Evening star., 1962-05-16

know or designate the source
of the fee?
Do the patients. also part
of the doctor-patient rela-
tionship, and without a pres
sure lobby. have any rights
in the matter? All people, in
cluding doctors, have the
right to individual political
expression.
There are countless social,
economic and political prob
lens in which some thread Of
medical connotation can be
found. The misguided ANA
could campaign for curfewS
people need more rest), fol-
laws against smoking, drink
ing and nail biting, etc.
In a most unscientific hy-
pothesis. the men in white
have donned the toga of the
politico to, say. The bogey-
man is not in the bill-but
he is just around the corner
Would doctors say that this
is sound medical advice?
Has the medical profession
changed its emphasis from
diagnosis and treatment of
patients to political progno-
sis? Do doctors, through the
ANA, have a license to write
political prescriptions?
-.------ Milton A. MandeI.
Evening star., 1962-05-16

machines, conflict of interest and laissez
faire politics, rather than personalities,
were the determining factors in the pri-
mary. These are the issues which tradi-
tionally spring from monopoly political
control of the sort that exists in Prince
Georges, and which sooner or later was
bound to be challenged. The insurgent
candidates, if they are elected, of course
must prove themselves. In our opinion,
however, the voters have made the
proper choice.