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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-14
Films of More Than Routine Merit

"BEN-HUR"-Charlton HestOn and thousands a mammoth
spectacle dramatically exciting it is long,
"BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS"-Audrey Hepburn scintlates
in glossy and sophisticated romantic comedy.
ELMER GANTRY"-Rurt Lancaster in lusty portrait of
Sinclair Lewis fire and birthstone evangelist
THE HUSTLER"-POOl Sharks Jackie Gleason and Paul
Newman duel realistically for Director Rossen
THE INNOCENTS"-Deborah Kerr battles evil spirits a
real spOOky and suspenseful movie chller
'THE KING AND P-Deb0rah Kerr and Yul Brynner in a
lavish film version of the Broadway musical hit.
"POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES"-Affars of some Damon
RunyOn types through Capras rose-colored
"X15"-The high flying star of the name makes
dramatic thing of mans ventures spaces fringes
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Livestock Show Is Success .

pion Pen of Lambs, Pat
Slack: Reserved Champion
Pen of Lambs. Tommy Slack.
Dairy Cattle Grar.d
Champion, Judy Neal; Jun
ior and Reserve Champion,
John and Eddie Word; Blue
Ribbon, John and Eddie
Word; Blue Ribbon Jersey,
Bill Mckenzie; Blue Ribbon
Jersey, Becky and Johr.
Stark: Blue Ribbon Guern-
sey. Sloane and Hardy Nit
cheH.
Beef Cattle - Blue Ribbon
Black Angus Bull. Bob Kim
brough; Blue Ribbon Here
ford Bull, Kim Kimbrough.
Swine - Champion Market
Hog Barrow, Nancy Wigley;
Reserved Champion, Corre-
Illus Wigley; Champion Run
of Market Barrow, Carol and
Austin Edwards.
Showmanship = Sheep, Pat
Slack; Beef Cattle, Tommy
Slack; Swine, Nancy Wigley;
Duroc Bears and Gifts, Mike
Haffey; Reserve Champion;
Blue Ribbon, Tommy and
Jimmy Haffey.
Others exhibiting swine
Continued on Page Eight
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-03-15
Durart Electors Will Vote April 10Th On
S6O,0 GOO Industrial Issue For Talon, Inc.

At the present time there
is no warehouse at the Du-
rant plant. Only limited sto-
rage space is available in the
back part of the building
Additional storage space is
now being rented by Talon
at the Hungerford Pastics
plant in Durant.
Options have been secured
for the land needed for the
expansion from Claud Wilkes.
An option has also been Sc
cured on the back part Of
the lot of the Julious Guion
residence, the part facing
Washington Street, which
may also be needed.
The Mississippi Agriculture
al and Industrial Board ap-
proved the proposed bond is
sue on March 8.
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ington will be affected by
this provision.
All water bills, residential
as well as business and COM
mercial, now billed with the
three per cent state sales tax,
would automatically go up
to four per cent with tn e
levy.
Specifically excluded from
the municipal sales tax
would be gross income from
ginning cotton, grain storage
in elevators or warehouses,
railroad transportation and
sales of self propelled con-
st~ruction equipment.
BY law all monies obtained
through the municipal sales
tax levy goes into the gener-
al fund of the city after it
has been collected by the
State Tax Commission less
a five per cent collection fee.
Although sales tax funds
cannot be earmarked for a
given project, it is generally
understood Lexington Off
Gals will use the funds for
street Improvements.
Estimates are the one per
cent municipal levy will
bring in from $4,000 to
SAC, 900 per year.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-03-15

In 1900 eighty per cent of
the people in the United
States lived on the farm and
twenty per cent in the cities.
Today that trend has been
completely reversed - and
the twenty per cent now on
the farm is feeding all of us,
he added.
"The United States today
has the worlds most efficient
AGRICULTURE" he said, Hand
agriculture is the mainstay of
the free nations and a ire
mendous force for peace"
The agricultural SURPRISES
which have been a problem
to this country since 1880
were touched on briefly by
the speaker. Editors note:
ALTHOUGH admittedly a cost
ly" problem the SURPRISES
have not amounted to more
than five per cent of a total
crop in any one year,
Mr.. Coleman pointed out
the cost of food has gone up
only 20.7 per cent since 1947,
while other things have gone
up 81 per cent or more.
"One hours work today
will buy twice as much steak
as it did them" he said.
Price Squeeze
The American farmer to-
day is caught in a '32 per
cent price squeeze" in that
the price of what he produc-
es has gone down II per cent
and the price of what he
buys has gone up 20 per cent
or more, the speaker said.
During 1860 the average
income of all farmers in the
United States was $685. 90
while the income of everyone
else was $2282.00. or two and
one-half times as much. The
farmer received an average
of SO cents per hour COM
pared with 1929 for others.
Face Changing
The face of the land is
changing today, the speaker
continued.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-03-15
Former Governor
Says Agriculture
Still Top Industry
BY Hazel Brannon Smith

Former Governor j. P.
Coleman reminded a Holmes
County audience Tuesday
evening that agriculture is
the largest industry in Mis-
sissippi and sixty per cent of
our states population still re
side on the farm.
Coleman, now a member OF
the House of Representatives
from his native Choctaw
County, was the speaker for
the evening program which
climaxed a two-day Livestock
Show and Junior Rodeo spon-
sored by the Lexington Jun
Tor Chamber of Commerce at
the National Guard Armory.
Unofficialy regarded as the
leading contender for the
gubernatorial nomination in
the August, 1868 Democratic
Primary, the smiling former
Chief Executive ignored state
politics and centered his re-
marks on the relatively nom
controversial subject Of ag-
icul.ure.
Mr. Coleman is a dirt far
mer himself who operates the
family farm in ChoctaW
County as well as p~racticing
law in Alderman and serv-
ing as a member of the Lee
gislature. He has expressed
the wish to son Tommy, now
a student of the University OF
Mississippi, that the farm
continue to he operated
throughout his lifetime.
The exodus from the farm
is a reality despite the fact
that life on the farm is easier
now perhaps than it has ever
been, he pointed out. People
can live more comfortably in
| the country today than il
town.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-03-15
Holmes Man Killed
In Auto Accident
Jimmy Mayo Is
Drowning Victim

A 23-year-old Holmes Coun-
ty man was killed in a one
car accident near Tchula Sat-
urday night.
James Wilson Mayo, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Mayo of
Lexington, died due to acct
dental drowning about 10:45
p. m. Saturday, March 10, as
the car he was driving
plunged off the embankment
into high water at the inter
section of Highway 40 at
GWin.
Jimmy, as he was known
to his friends, was born on
December Is, 1888 in Holmes
County near Lexigton and
had spent his entire life here
with the exception of the
time spent in service. He was
a veteran of the u. S. Navy,
having enlisted on May II,
1857 and discharged on May
"a, 1861. He was in the Navy
Reserve. Since his discharge
he had been employed with
Western Geophysical Com
pany of America as a mocha
mic in Morgan City, Louisi-
ana. He was home on leave
before overseas duty with the
company, when the accident
occurred. He was a member of
the Pleasant Ridge Baptist
Church.
Funeral services were held
at 400 p. m. Monday from
the Pleasant Ridge Baptist
Church with the Rev. G.. T.
Dukes and the Rev. Crawford
Ray officiating. Burial was
in the church cemetery I'M
der the direction of Southern
Funeral Home of Lexington.
Surviving are his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Mayo, Lex
ington; two sisters, Mrs. Ro-
bert Williamson, Memphis
ard Mrs. Billy Ziegler, Lex
ington.
PallbearerS were BootSy
Hooker. Harvey Hearn, jim
my Murtagh, Harold Wilson,
Bobby Pepper. Bob Carna-
than, Eddie Fuller and James
Oliver Barton.
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general fund.
Only qualified electors who
reside within the corporate
limits of the City of Lexing-
ton will be eligible to cast
ballots in the special election.
If a majority of those par
ticipating favor the proposal,
the Board of Aldermen will
then enact an ordinance pro-
viding for the collection of
the one per. cent city sales
tax in accordance with le-
gislation provided by Senate
Bill No. 1887 of the 1860 Re-
gular Session.
If a majority Of those par
ticipatihg vote against the
proposition then the issue
will become a dead one and
the extra tax will not be le-
We'd.
If the tax is approved it
will apply to every item CO.
vered now by the three per
cent state sales tax. Instead
of collecting a three per cent
sales tax, the store or bust
ness would collect four per
cent tax.
Items exempt from the pre-
sent state sales tax would be
exempt from the municipal
levy.
Sales of farm tractors and
self propelled or drawn farm
implements sold to farmers,
and automobiles, trucks and
truck tractors would be taxed
at the rate of one-half of one
cent as an additional NUM-
cipal levy.
Sales of electricity, current,
power, natural gas, liquefied
petroleum gas steam, coal, or
other fuel would be taxed at
the rate of one-fourth of one
per cent by the municipality
when sold to a manufacturer
or custom professor for in
dustrial purposes.
Ten or twelve firms in Lex
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-03-15
Services On Friday
For Mrs. N. Diggs

Funeral services for Mrs.
Minnie Streater Diggs, were
held at 11:O0 a. m. Friday
from the First Methodist
Church in Lexington with
the Rev. Crawford Ray and
the Rev. Wilson Ray official
ing.
Burial was in Odd Fellows
Cemetery in Lexington under
the direction of Southern
Funeral Home.
Mrs. Diggs died of a heart
attack at 400 p. m. Wednes-
day, March 7th at the Bap-
fist Hospital in Jackson
where she had been a patient
for several days. She was 90.
Active in church and civic
affairs, Mrs. Diggs was a
member of the First Metho-
dist Church. a charter mem
Der Of the Lexington Garden
Club, Business and Profes-
sional Women's Club, Vete-
rams Of Foreign Wars Auxi-
liary, and the American Lee
gion Auxiliary. She was also
a member of the Home De-
mcnstration Club, Arts and
Crafts Club and Order Of
Eastern Star, Of which she
was a past worthy matron.
Survivors include a grand
daughter, Mrs. Joe Glorioso
and two great grandchildren
of Jackson, and her daughter
in-law, Mrs. Peggy Diggs OF
Lexington.
Pallbearers were w. B.
Barrett, Jack Farmer, w. H.
Tincher, Jr., E. J.. Hines, Jr.,
w. [. Meek, Jr., Joe Moore,
]. M. McRae L. r. Thompson,
Pepper Tidwell, Norman
Weathersby and George Pat
terson.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-03-15
BY Hazel BrannOn Smith

Senator John Stennis, chair
man of the special Senate
subcommittee investigating al
legged "muzzling' of the mill
tary, will recommend that all
U. S. military personnel be
indoctrinated with an anti
Communist and pro- Ameri-
can program of education.
Senator Stennis wants mem
bers of the armed forces to be
required to attend regularly
scheduled classes for a rum
Der of specified hours each
month in which they will be
taught not only the evils of
communism, but the values
Of our own free society. The
gentleman from Mississippi
adds that other Americans
should also be learning the
same lessons.
Let us hope the proposed
program, if adopted, will
prove as successful in brain
Washing our own men as the
Soviets have been with theirs.
Of course the Soviets have
a distinct advantage over
America in such a program.
Their military personnel
comes from a rigid society
that is completely rcgimented
by an all-powerful state, ar.
ohed ent society that reads,
bears and sees only wha. its
Scvle. masters permit.
American military person
mel, on the other hand. come
from a free society that is
accustomed to having full IN
formation from a free press,
radio and televISlo-., a free
pulpit and a free, democratic
form of government = a.so-
ciety that freely exercises its
constitutional right to ques-
ton, criticize and differ.
From developments over
the past few wears. especially
since the Korean War, it has
become apparent THAI the
Young American. military
rn~n his not been grounded
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-03-15
Mary Louise Bowie
To Appear In PIuy

Miss Mary Louise Bowie of
West will play a leading role
in Mississippi State College
for Women's upcoming ope-
retta.
She will play one of the
six daughters of Dame Paula
in Victor Herbert's Sweet
hearts, to be produced
March 23rd by the MSCW
music department.
She is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. H. l.. Bowie.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-03-15
Spoke In Holmes Tuesday

ing today and Mississippi is
changing along with it = but
IN the changing we cannot
forget agriculture" he con-
Guided.
Mr.. Coleman paid tribute
to the livestock shows of the
state as "a great thing" and
said they had been valuable
in increasing the interest in
livestock production. He also
expressed appreciation for
the attendance of those pre-
rent.
The speaker was introduced
by David B. Miles.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-03-15

were Dona Kaye Pierce,
Gwenda Hammett, Odessa
Kellum. Sandra Holder, Sara
beth Ellis, Brenda Harthcock,
Betsy Harper Heinrich, Randy
Russell, Mary Thurmond, and
Amanda Povall.
Other contestants were Ann
Flowers, Claudia Thomas,
Wanda Power, Linda Lou
Baughn, Jamye Carson, San
dra Hammett, Linda Peacock,
Virginia Hawkins, Beth Nc
Williams, Betty Miles, Betty
Lynn Sudbeck and Linda
Grace.
HJC Band Performs
The Holmes JUROR College
Band, featuring the Starletts
performed during intermis
sion while the judges were
making their final selection.
Bill Goodrich, WLBT sports
commentator of Jackson, SER
we'd as master of ceremonies.
Judges were Betty Lou APP
plan, Jim Cleveland, and
Joel Hollingsworth, all OF
Jackson.
Livestock Winners
Judging of livestock w a $
held on Tuesday and winners
we're: Grar.d Champion Steer,
Tommy Slack; Reserved
Champion Steer, Pat Slack,
Blue Ribbon Steer, Kim Kim
brough.
Sheep-Champion and Re-
serve Champion market lamb
Carolyn Cunningham; Cham
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-03-15
Warehouse 70 Be
Added To Upper
Plant At Durunt

Expansion of facilities at
Talon, Inc. will be decided
by the qualified electors of
Dur1nt who vote Tuesday,
April 10, in a special election
on a 100000 industrial bond
issue.
The bond issue, when ap-
proved by Durant voters, will
provide funds for building a
warehouse at the Talon plant
in Durant. The new building
will connect to the present
building ON the south side at
the west end. Additional land
will be acquired for it and
for parking.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-03-15
End Annual Event
Closed Tuesday
After Two Days
BY MARY B.

Holmes Counfy's second an
nual Livestock Show proved
to be a successful and ex-
citing event.
Highlighting the first day
was the browning of Miss
Sandra Holder as Livestock
Queen of 1862 Monday night.
Queen Sandra is the lovely
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Holder of Lexington.
Tuesdays schedules Of acti-
vities included judging of
livestock, the Junior Rodeo, a
chicken barbecue supper, q
talk by former Governor j.
P. Coleman, and a dance.
Beauty Pageant
Miss Holder was chosen
over twenty-five lovely young
ladies and was crowned by
Miss Frances Peacock, 1861
Queen.
Selected as first alternate
was Miss Odessa Kellum and
second ALTERNATE was Miss
Brenda Harthcock. Odessa is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. E. Kellum Of Lexington.
Brenda is the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Harthcock.
Semi-Finalists
Out of the twenty-five con-
~testants, ten were called
back as semi-finalists. They
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-03-15

too we'll in what we have
come to call our American
way of life" This points "a
Their alarmingly to clemen-
tary and high schools which
apparently haven't always
doE.e a good enough job sell
ing America and the Amsri-
can way of life to young
Americans.
1t is time we stop and take
stock - and if our public
school education program is
not ss effective as il should
b. along these lines then We
should take the necessary
steT~ to charge or correct u.
AS much money as is being
spent for public schools
throughout the land, we
should have the assurance
that an inclusive program is
offered students in order that
they may learn about the
privileges and responsibilities
of the free society to which
they belong.
At the same time they
should be taught il. school
about communism and the
dangers it poses to our free
society by well-trained tea
cheers who know what they
are talking about.
Certainly by the time stu
dents get out of high school
they should know enough a.
bout their country, its gov
eminent ard free institutions,
that by the time they 60 to
college or military, or take
their places in the world of
business, agriculture or COM
merce, it should not be ne
cessary for them to have to
be taught what American
ism" is.
They should start learning
about "Americanism" at their
mothers kEees.
We have frequently written
in this column and editorially
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-03-15

In travelling around Choc-
taw County today two out of
three houses he knew as a
boy were gone, he pointed
out.
He mourned the loss of the
neighborliness that was a
part of country living when
he was a boy.
People knew how to stick
.ocethe~ and help each other
cut. They did not have to
1epend en- the U. S. govern
ment," he said.
World Changing
"The whole world is chang
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-03-15
Election To Decide
Fate OF Municipal 7 ak
Proposed One Per Cent Lexington Levy
Would Bring S35-4O,000 Per Year

The fate of a proposed one per cent municipal
sales tax in Lexington will be decided in a special
election to be held April 3.
The proposed levy, approved by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen in a unanimous action at their
March board meeting, would bring in an estimated
8 5000 to $4,000 per year which would go into the
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-03-15
Mrs. Sample Honored Al Sales Conference

Mrs Jane D. Sample of Hillside Farm, Ebenezer, district manager for
Conptons Pictured Encyclopedia in the Mississippi area, was congratulated by
c. E. Smell, president of the publishing firm. on her selection to the District
Managers Advisory Committee
The committee is composed of the top ten district. managers who have
produced the greatest saes avsauneShncrease in their respective areas. Mrs
Sample received the recognition at Comptons annual national sales conference
in Chicago last week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-03-15

We have frequently written
in this column and editorially
Continued on Page Eight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-11
;sUBURBlA's coDDLED NDs-10
!: The Ants Face 7 roub|e

which are, unfortunately. built
into the newly constituted en-
vironment and into the
psyches of the parents who
congregate there and cause
their energies, compulsions,
and insecurities to fizz.
Most suburbanites I have
talked to refuse to grant that
special problems exist.
The reluctance of parents to
gaze at the realities is entirely
understandable. Everybody in
Suburbia is so busy. Then, too,
it's really asking quite a lot
to have the suburban converts
find fault with a way Of life
that is so sanitary, well Or
dered, and expensive.
Those who bristle most vio-
lently at criticisms Of Suburbia
generally fall into two very
different categories. One is the
cult of the closed mind. The
other consists of the same peo-
pie who do concede least
in their heart of hearts-that
all is not perfect 10 PARKWAY
Acres. For mixed with the re-
sentiment of these good people
is a solid dose Of Illustration.
It is a Illustration born Of the
knowledge that their children
are growing up in an incom-
plete new world; that the kids
are, to a considerable degree,
prisoners of this world; that
it requires enormous parental
Imagination, time. and effort
to lower the bars in this
most luxurious of jails; and
that few parents, including
probably themselves. will
shoulder the attendant bur-
dens.
My travels convinced me
that perspective is rare in
Suburbia. I found 1t among
some Of the doctors. ministers,
teachers, and other profess
SIGNALS. Exceedingly few par
ents were endowed with 1t.
Mothers and fathers who do
possess 1t, however, make them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-11
BY PETER WYDEN

MY older son was IL when
he. launched a campaign to
stay up later at night. He
wanted his bedtime pushed up
too pm. His mother wanted
taps blown at $3.50, The young
man approached me and I adj
vised him that his mother was.
as usual, right.
"But Daddy" came the wall,
ait says right in the Parents
Manual that 9 o'clock Is the
recommended bedtime for
seventh-graders. All the par
ents voted on it. don't you
know"
Nine O'Clock was indeed the
bedtime recommended by the
suburban parents collective
and I had heard that there
had once been a vote on the
proposition. However, I had
not been aware that my son
had studied the manual
(shades of CT basic trainingD
quite so closely. Nor had I
realized that his lobbying acu-
men had become sharpened to
the point that he knew pre-
cisely when to attempt to pit
the collective will of the other
mummies and daddies against
the will of his own parents.
Luckily, he had by then had
considerable training in listen
ing to a we'll documented mo"
Both from his mother and my
self he gathered rather sue
cinctly that Cd the Parents
Manual was an interesting
document; (2) other par
ents were perfectly at lib
erty to send their kids to bed
at any time they pleased; 90
others were equally free to
vote on any recommended"
bedtime they desired; a.
OUR children would 60 to bed
when WE told them, and 60
all other rules involving the
upbringing of our kids would