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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02
HE GETS DEGREE
AFTER 81 YEARS

TULSA, Okla. (AP).-
Edwin P. Hobbs entered
college in 1881. Thirty-one
years and five schools later
he boasts a bachelor of arts
degree.
Mr.. Hobbs, So, started
work toward a degree at
Central YMCA College in
Chicago in 1881. Then he
attended Delta State
Teachers College. Cleve-
land, Miss, before job
responsibilities and World
War II service interrupted
his studies.
He worked in some other
college hours after the war.
but Speeded up his school,
ing at the University Of
Tulsa after he came here
with the Veterans Admins
tration in 1858. This spring
he got his degree and said,
II plan to take a long
vacation from textbooks"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02

If your child is unable to
do a pull-up in the prescribed
fashion it may take time to
develop the necessary mus
cular strength. He should
work up to it slowly.
Here are some suggestions:
Pull-upS are easier to &C
complish with the hands
turned with the palms to-
ward the body. Have your boy
try to pull himself up in this
manner - at first.
He may also need to take a
slight body swing to start
the action and he may not be
able to bring his chin COM
pletely up to the bar.
One or two tries should be
sufficient for the first day.
Eventually he should be able
to do the pull-up with his
hands in either position.
Further daily practice will
bring endurance.
There will be bonus bene-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02
MASON ON EDUCATION
Practice in Phillips
AT Home May Help

counted each time the boy
places his chin over the bar.
Repeat as many times as pos
Sible.
Rules:
. The pull must not be a
snap movement. but a steady
pull-up.
q Knees must not be
raised forward during pull
up.
. Kicking the legs is not
permitted.
. The body must not
swing.
. No resting is permitted;
action must be continuous
up, down; up, down.
Here are the pull-up stand
ards for h0vs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02
THE GOLDEN YEARS
Old Folk May Need
Some Wise GUIDING

whereby the retiring parent
can see his children and
grandchildren on some regu-
lar schedule. Maybe a weekly
or monthly visit. Something
regular and dependable. The
child will have to arrange it.
The parent won't.
Find a trustworthy lawyer
and take him to the parent
and leave them be-for the
parent to discuss a will, and
income taxes, talk over pro-
visions made for his wife, ex-
plore the complications of
moving 20 another State,
make arrangements for a
cemetery lot and funeral ar
engagements.
Determine If the parent
can hear well, and if his feet
hurt. There are stores that
sell hearing aids and others
that sell special comfort
shoes that can bring signs of
pleasure to 65-year-old feet.
Either or both make nice
birthday presents. Or Christ
mas presents. Or presents for
no reason at all.
General Features Corp.)
The Golden Years appears
Thursdays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02
USELESS
INFORMATION

The following items are all
exclusive, all netU, all useless
and mostly amusing.
# you want to see the
film, King of Kings" without
having to pay a tax on your
ticket, go to Finland, where
the spectacle has been ex-
empted from all admission
taxes.
There are more murders
each year in Dallas, Tex,
alone than in all of England;
more murders in Houston
than in Dallas, Author John
Bridge points out.
A perfume which is allur-
ing to Holsters was developed
by a scientist at Cleveland's
Case Institute of Technology.
A fist name "NovacuIich-
thys Taeniourys" can be seen
on the current postage
stamps Of Somalia.
A Canadian geochemistry
student named Bill Bondar, a
native of northern Ontario,
invariably eats raw onions
and salt for breakfast, a nu-
tritionist reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02
BY THOMAS COLLINS

There are those among the
adult children of the coun-
try who would like to be of
service to their retirement
age parents. Here is how
they can be:
Recognize the fact that
the normal man retiring in
1862 was born in 1897,
reached maturity as World
War I ended, and may
never have finished high
school. The normal child of
this father, reaching ma
turity in the late sos, has
more education and could be
a competent adviser.
Advise first on the parents
life insurance. Many older
parents are afraid to inquire
about the insurance because
they fear the man will try
to sell them some more. Also
they fear they will look stu
pid. So they ride with what
they have. Various options
available to a man about to
retire may be more desirable
than what the parent now
has.
Look next into papa's pen
sion. He is usually hazy about
what it provides but is reluc-
tant to go to the front office
and ask the sort of frank
questions needed for him to
know what he's getting .
such as deferring part of the
pension for his widow, etc.
Determine whether the re-
firing parent can see to read.
Just as older men wistfully
comb fading wisps of hair
across their bald pates, they
also cover up their fading
eyesight. In doing so they
sacrifice one of the great
treasures of retirement, which
is reading. Usually they can
read a bit. but their eyes
need glasses or a change of
glasses and thus grow tired.
The child can insist on a
test, and can buy the glasses
needed.
Pave the way for some SEN
sible investment advice for
the parent. The child, if any,
thing short of a banker, has
no business giving the par
ent investment advice. But
the child's broader knowledge
of the world can lead the
parent to responsible brokers
and bankers who can give it.
Many retirement-age parents
are keeping their savings in
accounts that pay them 2
per cent return, or less, or
hiding them at home, or let
ting them lie dormant in a
bank checking account. The
child can find ways to get
them a safe 4 per cent.
Set up some syst e m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02

Tomorrow: Broin "poteh."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02

tion revealed her bad man.
ners.
DEAR ABBY: I think you
are a big phony. You claim
that you answer every letter
you get, but I wrote to you
on June 9 and have looked
in your column every day and
you never answered my let
ter. I think you make up your
own letters. ! dare you to
print this.
MAD AT YOU.
I can't possibly answer
every letter In my column,
but IL you had sent a self
addressed, stamped envelope
you would have heard from
me personally, and promptly.
And thank you for the COM
pliment. / wish I had the
imagination to make up let
tiers half as good as those I
receive.
Unload your problem on
Abby. For a personal reply
send a stamped, Selt-ad-
dressed envelope to ABBY,
care of The EUening Star.
McNauEht Syndicate Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02
FAMOUS FABLES
By E. E. EDGAR

UNIQUE: In 1898, while in
England, Guglielmo Marconi,
father of the wireless, was
invited by Queen Victoria to
set up his equipment on the
grounds of her residence on
the Isle of Wight. She was
eager to establish communi-
cations with the royal yacht,
which was cruising in the
area, relates Dogma Marconi
IN MY Father Marconi."
THE Queen was 70, the
inventor "a, and they were
both obdurate people, She
was addicted to her privacy
and had issued orders that
1t be respected. When Mar
conf strobe through her
garden to inspect his in
stallation, he was told hv
the gardener to go back and
around.
"Marcopi said he would 90
through the garden or Leave Ho
Then he returned to his
notel. The gardener had
thls ultimatum sent to the
queen. She commanded:
n. Get another electrician
Alas. your Majesty She
was told, England has no
Marconi.' Ao
The Queen sent a car
him" W AeVen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02
By LESLIE ]. MASON
Professor Of Education, University
southern California

~ A1SAAG de 4NASOEN
Professor Of Education, University Of
Southern California
Some SiE million men hare
been called up in the draft
since 1913. More than 40 per
cent of them tDere turned
dotDr, mostly for physical
reasons. This Is tDhy many
schools are starting special
physical fitness programs
merit month. This is the last
OF ttDo columns explaining
tDhGt parents can do to help
their child get ready for it.
City boys with no trees to
climb may be caught unpre-
pared when school opens next
month.
He might have to start
from scratch when his school
starts testing for its physical
fitness program suggested by
the government as a means Of
building up what is coming
to be called the soft genera
ton"
One Of the most difficult
of these tests for boys is the
"pull-up," or, as we used to
call 1t, Ginning the bar"
Parents can prepare their
child for the tests by having
him practice on bars at play
grounds or around the house
so that he will be ready to
perform the test successfully
before his schoolmates in the
fall.
Here is how to do 1t:
Place the bar high enough
so that the feet do not touch
the ground or floor when
arms and legs are extended.
Grasp bar with palms fac
ing forward. Hang with arms
and legs fully extended. Pull
body up until chin is over
bar. Lower body until arms
are fully extended.
One complete pull-up is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02

fits to such a program. The
discovery that improvement
comes rapidly will carry over
into other activities. There
is a close relationship be-
tween a feeling Of physical
l-being and mental
health.
CAUTION: Parents should
have their children checked
to be sure there is no physical
difficulty that would have a
bearing on the type and
amount Of exercise they
should attempt.
Parents also should make
sure that a note is on file at
the school if some physical
deficiency restricts the boy
from participating in this
type of test.
II you hare a question.
tDrtte to DR.. Mason in care of
The Evening Star. He talI
discuss in his columns sub
5ects OF most general interest.
Sunday Ion School Posel: Kin
dereorten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02
DEAR ABBY

DEAR ABBY: Is it proper
for a bride to play the piano
at her own wedding? My
daughter is a musician and
wants to provide her own
piano music. She will be
married at home.
DOUBTFUL.
Your daughter should be
satisfied to star at her
wedding in the role Of a
BRIDE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02

DEAR ABBY: I am active
in our ladies church group
and am considered a quiet
person. We had a meeting
today and got into a dis
cuSSion on our rummage sale
plans. While I was telling
my views on how it should
be run, one of the ladies
reached over and held my
mouth shut while she ex-
planned how SHE thought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02
This Bride-to-Be
Asks Extra Role
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

it should be run. I used to
think q lot of this woman,
and didn't let on how hurt
I was. I went home and
cried. Now tell me, Abby,
what should I have done?
HURT.
/ suppose you could have
bitten her, but perhaps she
was only trying to be funny.
You were wise to have said
nothing. Your friends &C
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02
WORLD ECHOES
North American Newspaper Alliance

A THIEF In Sienna found
the key to a safe in a desk
drawer, used it to steal $500
in jewels and cash, and was
tidy enough to lock the safe
when he had finished. How
ever, he took the key with
him instead Of returning it
to the drawer. It was the
only key. The theft was
discovered only after a re-
formed safe-cracker, now a
lock expert, had been called
to open the strongbox.
Oa Malone, Florence.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-02
RAMON PUJOL BARCON

RAMON PUJOL BARCON
of Barcelona made the mis-
take Of running out of gas
at the Belgian-French border.
Customs men looked in the
tank and found $4,000
worth of Japanese cameras,
bought in Holland and being
smuggled to Spain.
lie Soir, Brussels.)
SOME COLLEGE students
received a letter written in
Arabic. It invited a certain
number to make a free trip
to Egypt for the purpose of
study. Some hurried to the
Egyptian Embassy to sign up,
but the Ambassador was
ignorant Of the whole matter.
Investigation proved the let
ter had been written by stu
dents in a rival college.
(Haagse Post, Amsterdam.)
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29

system where market forces
alone determine the ALLEGATION
and production of food and
fiber, this situation would be
an automatic reflex Food
prices would rise sharply.
Some would 60 hungry, and
the ingredients for panic,
fear and hysteria would come
together like a keg of pow
der looking for a burning fuse.
"Obviously, these condi
tons are not present today
because, for over a period Of
years, We have been develop
ing an agricultural policy of
management. Since early 1861
this policy has become in
creasingly well defined So
and the current situation of
heightened world tensions de-
monstrates its validity more
strongly than any amount of
words.
Supply management is a
policy which recognizes the
need Of a modern, powerful
nation to maintain adequate
reserves of food and fiber for
any emergency while main
tanning the productive capa-
bility of the agricultural
needless"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29

Thomas and James Williams,
Directors and Clan Whit
stone, Jr., J. A. NOVEL; and
G.. L. Morris, Advisors.
The official club name is
the Wilkinson County Junior
Sportsman's Club and it is
open to all students in Will
kinson County.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
Food No Problem
Says Freeman

The American farmer can
take pride in the fact that of
the many problems with
which President Kennedy is
faced today, food is not one
of them, Secretary of Agri-
culture Orville L. Freeman
recently told a farm group
meeting in Richmond, Vir-
ginia.
"This country has on hand
an abundance af food and fl
Der sufficient to meet forsee-
able needs" the Secretary
said. "The national cupboard
today holds food stocks more
than so per cent greater than
it did when the Korean con-
flict began. We are confident
that agriculture and the farm
family can meet any request
which might be made.
"This most welcome situa-
ton = in sharp contrast to
the problems almost every
Communist nation contends
with today = is the offspring
of two unique characteristics
OF American agriculture.
First, the United States,
through a family farm system
Of agriculture, has the most
efficient and productive agri-
cultural plant in the world.
One farmer today produces
enough, on the average, to
supply the food and fiber
needs of 81 people. Food is
the best bargain the people
have today, and it will re-
main the best bargain because
there are no shortages. The
food budget of the average
family today accounts for less
than 20 per cent of family in
come = less than in any other
nation of the world today.
"The second reason is the
close, historic partnership that
has developed between the
farmer, on the one hand, and
the government = particular
ly the U. S. Department of
Agriculture - on the other.
) Through this partnership has
come the extensive research
programs, the constantly i'm
proving marketing techniques
the productive resources, the
special communication web
and the management pro-
grams which have made and
continue to make possible the
miracle of agricultural abund-
ance we often take so much
plant. To have less in a world
of swiftly changing events is
to accept risks which are
for granted.
~In this period of tension,
the American people can issl
the calm assurance of strength
which comes from having an
abundant supply of food
available = and which is
backstopped by a farm system
with the capacity to respand
to any need.
"We know that historically
when a nation is faced with a
crisis, an initial reaction is to
hoard food supplies. Under a
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
JR. SPORTSMAN'S CLUB

Thursday night after the
Leslie Club Barbecue, / met
with a group of parents and
children from the Woodville
area to help them organize a
Junior S~portsman's Club.
This meeting was at the re-
quest of the boys and girls of
Wilkinson County and was
sponsored by the Wilkinson
County Conservation League,
-1sThis meeting was attended
by the largest group of pa
rents that l have ever seen at
a meeting Of this type.
The club was organized that
night and the following is a
list Of the officers that were
elected: Hines Brannan,
President: Stephen Seal, 1st
Vice President; Douglas Bell,
End Vice President; Leigh
Morris, Secretary and Urea
surer; James Moore, Bobby
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
FOOD rs CHEAPER D
THAN 20 YEARS AGO

One hours work of the ave-
rage laborer will buy from
one-fourth to one-third more
groceries today than it would
twenty years ago.
In 1899 the customer spent
1870 of his income for food.
This year, 1862, the customer
spent only 1870 of his income
for food. American people
are the best fed and best
clothed people in the world.
In addition, American farmers
produce food and clothes for
other nations and for our and
other countries, military per-
sonnet.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
AGRICULTURE IS ONE OF
THE INDUSTRIES THAT
MAKES AMERICA GREAT

The American farmer today
produces enough food and fl
Der to feed and clothe % to
80 more people. In other
countries like Russia it takes
one farmer to produce enough
food for one other person.
The annual income from
American farmers totals ap-
proximately AZ billion dollars
each year. About 26 million
dollars of this is spent as ex-
pense in making the crop.
The other Is or II billion is
spent on Main Street for pur-
chasing of things beyond the
actual need on the farm.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
FARMERS ARE BIG


Every year farmers buy
more petroleum than any OF
her industry. Farmers buy
six and one half million tons
of finished steel, more than
the railroad industries COM
bined. Farmers use fifty mil
lion tons of chemicals each
year. Farmers use more cleo
tricity than is used in the CT
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
AGRICULTURAL BUDGET

Our Agricultural Budget
certainly seems high, but let
me remind you that about
two thirds of the Agricultural
Budget goes for direct bene-
fits of the general public, ra-
Their than for the farmer, such
as the school lunch program
foreign aid and military as
sistance program, research
work on preparation and
handling of foods, inspection
of meats, fruits, vegetables
and etc. for the public health
protection. All of these above
items are charged to the Ag-
ricultural appropriations even
though they benefit all people
IN America.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
MORE ILLEGAL NETS

Buster Marler, Game War
den SUPERVISOR in Iuka, and
the Game Wardens from his
district confiscated recently
a large amount of illegal fish
nets in their area. These nets
will be burned soon by Mar
Ter and the WardenS.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
BOAT & MOTOR SAFETY
n~rNTTC

When cranking your motor
always have it where the
boat will 60 straight ahead
when it starts. If it is side
ways when it cranks it could
turn the boat over. Do not
stand up while cranking the
motor. My good friend, w. F.
Bond, gives this practical adj
vice from experience, Crank
ing a motor while in reverse
with too much gas will nearly
every time overturn the boat
If your boat does turn over
do not leave it and try d
swim to shore. Most all DO
are so constructed that tt X
will float.
For more details on boat
safety write Mrs. Mary SUIT
ton, 426 George Street, jack
son, Mississippi.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
U MISS. REPORT

SOUTH MISS. REPORT -
There are plenty Of doves
in Pearl River, Lamar and
Marion Counties according to
John Starkey, Manager of
Wolf RIVER Management Area,
and Game Warden Lester
Smith of Purvis.
"Those large migratory
doves are down here now
stated Smith. eve only had
the native doves the first sea-
son."
Everybody I have talked to,
Starkey said, 'is satisfied
with their squirrel kill. Quail
season looks extra good"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
SECOND DOVE SEASON

The second half of the split
dove season in Mississippi
opened on Saturday, Novem-
Der "a. During the 35-day
season hunters may shoot
doves from 1900 noon until
sunset standard time.)
The daily bag limit on
doves is II birds with a pos
session limit of "a.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
COAST REPORT :

COASI hEPOHI -
County Agent M. A. "Sun-
ny" Lewis of Jackson County
stated, Fishing is fair with
anglers snagging specks and
green trout in the inland wa
tiers. Speck fish will be bit
ing in brush waters at this
season. Green trout are being
caught by drop fishing using
shrimp as bait.
Fishing camps along the
Pascagoula River and the
coast line will help furnish
further information as to the
best fishing spots.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
USO AT DURANT DEC. 3 =

USO AT DURANT DEC. 3 -
The United States open
field trials for Fox Hounds
will come back to the state of
Mississippi this fall, Decem-
Der 3, for a weeks running on
the fox hunting grounds in
the Durant and Lexington
areas. This will be the fourth
consecutive year this nation
ally known sportsmen event
has come to tbs vicinity of
central Mississippi. The head
quarters will be at Hotel Du-
rant, Durant, Miss.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
NEW CLUB :

/ have been contacted by
Douglas Rawson of Carthage
about organizing a Junior
Sportsman's Club in Car
thage. l have written Doug
las and hope that / can help
them get organized real soon.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
Fish
Fur&
Feathers
DELTA DOVES
BY
JACK A. WARREN n
Director Of Pubic RelatIon6
mississippi Game & Fish Commission

DELTA DOVES -
Leo Martin, u. S. Game
Management agent from
Greenville, said that the Del
ia is covered up with doves
in the Greenville and Cleve-
land areas.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
County A9eAA No1s4
By w. R. SULLIVAN

ties of Chicago, Detroit, Bos-
ton, Baltimore and Houston.
Farmers create additional
jobs for millions of people
each year.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-11-29
FARMERS

Inc 1867 income from far
mers of Holmes County
amounts to approximately IL
million dollars, so you can see
from this income just to the
farmer of Holmes County,
that farming far exceeds any
other industry in the county.
I just wanted to point out
the Importance to the econo-
my of America, Mississippi
and Holmes County as to the
value of farmers in our eco
nomy today. I wanted to do
this because so many people
do not realize the gamble and
the hazards that the farmer
undertakes each year and
that there are so many things
the farmer is accused of that
goes to the welfare of all,
that l thought it only fair
that l point out some of these
accusations.
Let's be fair to the farmer,
after all it is our biggest in
dustry, particularly in Mis-
siSsippi and Holmes County.