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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31

class were made by Polly and
Sharon. Lynn didn't do a
bad job as a freshman either.
We couldn't have had a
Who's Who contest or a
Homecoming program with
out this group, for beauty and
popularity are not strangers
to them.
The yearbook half OF the
staff, headed by Polly, pub
lished one of the finest an
nuals in the history of the
school. We can be- proud to
compare it with any school in
the state.
The combined efforts OF
Bill and Sharon has. pro-
duced eight issues OF The
Growl and has trained the
staff SO that this issue is be-
ing edited by the freshman
members.
The proud gentleman in the
center Of the picture is only
the author of this article and
is not a student Of the Month.
Thank you Kids, for max
ing my job so easy.
Sincerely,
Mr.. T.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31
Card OF Thanks

With a grateful and num-
Bile heart | want to exprHs5
my deep sincere appreciation
to our friends for Their man
acts of kindness during the
long illness and death Of my
husband, Arlon P. Holley.
To the doctors and nurses
at the Mississippi State Hos
pital, who served SO long and
so faithful, to each of you
who called, for the food and
cards and for the beautiful
floral offerings and to our be-
loved pastor, the Rev. David
Skinner, may l say again,
Thank you from the depths Of
my heart.
My beloved companions
love for people and kind
deeds where needed enshrin-
eJ him in the hearts of all
who knew him.
May God bless each of you.
LYDIA Pettus Holley
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car should be turned on.

car should be turned on.
If a vehicle must be stopped
so that part, or all, of a traf-
fic lane is blocked, warning
defices should be placed we'll
in the rear of the car to warn
oncoming drivers.
When help is needed, a
white cloth or handkerchief
should be displayed from the
window on the drivers side
and, if possible, the hood
should be raised also.
While waiting for help, Ell
Their remain in the car or
nearby in a safe position off
the highway. Do not leave
the car unattended or stand
or walk in or near the traffic
lanes.
When you pass a car dis
playing a distress signal, no
tify the nearest police or
highway patrol officer. Give
the location of the motorist
in need.
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Next time you go to the
grocery store, take a good
ook at the cake mix pack
ages. See if you don't find
some changes that make it
easier to find the informa-
ton on such things as ingre-
dents and yield.
Cake mix manufacturers
have agreed Oh several points
% improve their labelling on
packages.
They will plsre the list Of
ingredients on the right side
panel.
They will place the net
contents on the front panel
of the package in sharp con-
trasting color.
If the f1avoring is artifi-
cial, they will state it on the
package.
: They will tell you plainly
the Yield you can expect =
for example, makes two g.
inch layers"
These changes have been
made through the cooperative
efforts Of manufacturers.
Mulch Azaleas and Came
las. These popular shrubs
need a summer mulch of 4
feet by 6 feet of pine straw,
oak leaves, cottonseed bulls
or peat moss. Bank mulch a.
H
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States was 438 pounds of lint,
8 pounds below the 1860 yield
and 20 pounds less than the
record yield Of 468 pounds in
1888.
With cottonseed production
estimated at 5,977 900 tons,
the combined value of cotton
and cottonseed from the 1861
crop was 1858 million, 10
percent more than the total
value of the previous crop.
The season-average prices in
1861 were 1913 cents per
pound fer lint and S51.10 per
ton for cOttenSeed.
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Fyunk Smiths
NEWSLETTER

A project that began in the
Delta has now blossomed into
a nationwide program that
is saving farmers millions Of
dollars yearly. This is the
agricultural weather forecast
ing service which | had mi
tiated in 1853 and has been
so successful that it is now
being extended into farming
areas stretching from New
Jersey to Oregon.
The program began in the
Delta in 1858, was extended
into the Louisiana Delta in
1860, and within the next
year was made available to
farmers throughout North Mis-
sissippi and in areas in Tex
as, Tennessee Missouri, Ar
kansas, Georgia, Florida and
Alabama. During this month
the project is being put into
operation in parts of West
Virginia, Maryland, Virginia,
Michigan and Idaho and
throughout, New Jersey and
Oregon. All Of this is part of
a new program in agricultur-
al meteorology that will
eventually extend to all farm
ing areas across the country.
This weather service is saw
ing our farmers millions OF
dollars yearly they would
have to spend otherwise to
replace crop-protecting in
secticides and chemicals
which are destroyed by unex-
pected weather conditions.
l have always been proud
of my part in the establish
ment of this program not on
ly for the vital assistance it
provides to farmers, but also
because of the lesson it pro-
vides us in the operation Of
our government. The project
began inauspiciously while l
was attending a barbecue at
the farm of the late R. A.
Billups in, Heathman. w. H.
Morgan of Morgan City and
1 were eating sandwiches and
casually talking when Mr..
Morgan inquired If anything
could be done to improve
weather forecasting for far
mers.
When / returned to Wash
ington I sought to find out
Just what a person could do
about the weather. After an
extensive study of the pro-
blems that unexpected wea-
Their creates for the farmer, l
appeared before the subcom-
mittee that handles the an
hual funds for the Weather
Bureau. ! suggested to the
members that a pilot weather
forecasting project could be
set up in the Delta to see
what could be done. The mem
bers of the subcommittee
were responsive. Many repre-
sented agricultural districts
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premium of $47-a-thousand
by Age IS and $73.16-a-thou-
sand at age 70, Byrd conclud-
oC
St. Paul recorder., 1962-09-07
Lead Article In
Sof. Eve Posi-
On Youth Murch

The lead article in the current
(Sept. 81 Saturday Evening Post
is titled Negro Youths New
March in Di1de," which says, "A
new generation Of Negro leaders
is pressing home the bitter battle
against segregation In the Deep
South"
The article written by Ben H.
Bagdikian Of Washington, DC.
who in writing of the young Me-
groes he met in a tour Of the
South said of them, These kids
are the most hopeful young people
I've seen in a long time. They
have a sense Of purpose, an hon.
orable goal and a civilized means
of achieving it. They also have
faith in democracy"
In the same issue Is the Pig
skin preview which places Mime
sofa as third among the rlnnerups
to Big Ten champion Ohio State
and finds two Negro lads tackle
Bobby Bell Of Minnesota and end
Dave Robinson on the 1862 ALL
American squad.
St. Paul recorder., 1962-09-07

which is the largest convention
hall in Detroit.
The sessions were the largest
ever, with an attendance of over
10000 persons. Mr.. Boyd served on
the credentials committee.
On Friday, Aug. 81, Mr.. Boyd
was honored by having conferred
on him the degree of Past Grand
Exalted Ruler.
The degree was conferred by
Hobson R. Reynolds, Grand Elk
alted Ruler. This Is a first for q
resident of the state Of Minnesota
Mr.. Boyd, well known for his
work in the church, civic and fra
ternal groups here in the city, re-
ceived this honor for having given
over 4S years of meritorius service
to the order.
While in Detroit he had the OPP
portunity to visit with relatives
from far and near who came to
the convention. Also he attended
the st. Stephens AME Church,
where Rev. M. L. Simmons, form
er pastor Of st. Peters AME
Church is pastor and sat with the
Steward Board.
Mr.. Boyd returned home Sep
tember /.
St. Paul recorder., 1962-09-07
Fraser Lawn Signs
Stolen Committee
Head Reports

Upward Of 45 Sen. Fraser for
Congress lawn signs were re-
ported to have been removed from
between 3Sth and 46th St., Fifth
Av. and Park Av area last week.
At least one resident of the area
reported having seen two persons
going from house to house remov-
ing signs.
Mrs. Margaret Benton, chairman
Of the Human Rights Volunteer
Committee for Fraser which has
been active in distribution of signs
in the area, expressed the opinion
that it was the work of pranksters.
Such tactics are much too un-
ethical to be undertaken by any
one having any official capacity
with Fraser's opponents campaign,
she stated.
She asked that any supporters
having had signs stolen report II
to her or any member of the COM
mittee so that replacements may
be made.
St. Paul recorder., 1962-09-07
Miss. Jim Growers
YeIP When Suit
Hits Vote BON

Jackson, Miss. (ANP) - Ridi-
culing a Justice Department suit
to void Mississippi laws that throw
blocks in the paths of Negro seek
ing to vote, Gov. Ross r. Barnett
said last week that I'VE just might
pass some new laws when the
legislature meets Sept. 49,"
Barnett called the suit, filed in
us. District Court here IAN at
tempt to win the Negro vote"
The lengthy document, carrying
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy's
name, asked for a three-judge pan
el to declare two sections of the
constitution and five laws invalid.
Sen. James o. Eastland said the
suit was a political document
which reads more like a speech
prepared for delivery before the
NAACP or in a lunatic asylum,
than any legal document"
Sen. John c. Stennis took a
lusty punch at the suit and said it
was an "unwarranted direct as
sault upon the laws Of Mississippi.
You can say we will defend the
(state) acts in court" Mississippi
Atty. Gen. Joe T. Patterson said.
In the drive to solidify the Ne
gro vote in the Democratic party"
Rep. William M. Colmer said,
they won't stop at anything, ap-
parently."
The suit said Negroes are ex-
cluded from the Democratic prim-
ary elections in Mississippi.
St. Paul recorder., 1962-09-07
PhYScidnS Discover
Visitor Has Three
Kidneys: Operate

Mrs. Arvelia Moon, mother Of
Mrs. Steven Caldwell, 800 Knox
Av. NJ, who has been visiting her
daughter and son-in-law and fam
lily from Benton Harbor, Mich,
became i'll Tuesday, August 2S.
She was taken to North Memorial
Hospital.
Three physicians discovered that
Mrs. Moon had three kidneys.
She was scheduled for surgery
Friday evening, at which time two
kidneys on her right side were re-
moved.
Members Of Mrs. Moons family
who came to Minneapolis from
Benton Harbor, Mich, to be with
her during her convalescence are
her husband, Mr.. Milton Moon,
children and their families, Mr..
and Mrs. Bennel Moon, Milton
Moon, Jr., George Moon, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Branch and daughter,
Miss Alma Rec Branch, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Wilbur and Mrs. Ruby
Thomas.
The visitors planned to remain in
the Twin Cities thru the Labor
Day holiday.
St. Paul recorder., 1962-09-07

the present pastor Of st. James
Church, directed a complete reno
vation program of the church. The
renovation included the painting Of
the entire church, erecting a stage
in the basement, tiling the base
ment, installing conference room
which has wood paneling
Approximately 1000 ministerial
and lay delegates of the Chicago
Conference are in attendance. On
Wednesday, September 5, the con-
ference continued with devotions
at am, business reports, devo-
tons and sermon at noon and the
Welcome Banquet which was held
at st. James church.
The conference received greet
ings from Governor Elmer L. An
dersen and Mayor George Vavoulis
and heard musical selections from
the youth of st. James, st. Paul,
as we'll as solos by Mrs. Alma
Freeman and Bradford Benner.
The Cantorians, the well-known
Twin-City choral group under the
direction Kenneth Robinson rem
dered three selections, and the
banquet festivities closed with the
response by Bishop Gomez. John
Patton was master of ceremonies.
On Thursday Sept. 8, the con-
ference activities continued with
devotions and business meetings
during the day and the evening
service began at 1880 pm. This
service will be dedicated to the
great work being done in the
missionary field.
Youth and Education is the
theme for the 7:3O pm. service on
Friday, Sept. 7. There will be two
selections by the combined choirs
of the A.M.E. churches represent
ed and individual selections from
the talented youth Of the confer
ence.
The ordination service is sched-
uled for 10:46 am. at st. James,
st. Paul and on Sunday, Septem-
ber 8, the conference will have its
closing sessions in the theatre sec
ton of the st. Paul auditorium.
The morning worship will begin
at 10:45 am.
Dinner will consist of a smorgas-
bord at the st. Paul Hotel and
the closing activity will begin at
2:3O pm. at the auditorium theatre
at which time the certificates will
be given and appointments made.
St. Paul recorder., 1962-09-07
Zion Baptist
Selects Architect
For New Church

Zion Baptist Church announced
this week that another step to-
ward the erection of their new
church has been taken.
The contract with the designing
Architect, Lorenzo D. Williams,
was signed at a Building Council
meeting at Zion Baptist Church,
August 80.
Mr.. Williams has attended Ken
lucky State College and Howard
University, where he received a
Bachelor of Architecture degree in
1850. He is currently a member of
the Minneapolis chapter of the
ALA.
He has lived in Minneapolis
since his graduation and has work.
ed with several outstanding archi-
tectural firms in the Twin Cities,
the most recent being an associate
member of the firm Of Benjamin
A. Gingold Architects and Associ-
ates.
Mr.. Williams presently lives at
2720 River Road West with his
wife and three children.
John Warder, Chairman of the
Building Committee, feels that
the signing of the contract will
lead to the development of a beau
tiful building. Not only where the
members may worship, but also
where the spirit will make an i'm
pact on zion's membership and the
entire community. making it a
more wholesome place to live"
St. Paul recorder., 1962-09-07
MII citY NAAcP
Membership Drive
Extended 2 Months

The intensifying Albany, Geor'
gia situation prompted the Min
neapohs Branch of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People (NAACP) to
redouble its 1862 efforts this week
with a voter registration cam
paign and a two-month extension
of its membership solicitation
drive.
Co-chairmen of the two special
efforts, Cato McKinnie, 1927
Wentworth, and Harry Davis, 1921
Portland, said in a joint state
ment, THE purpose Of this addi-
tional period for soliciting men,
berships is to make up a 40% lag
in 1862 memberships and to give
the people of Minneapolis further
opportunity to help the NAACP
fight situations like those in AL
bany, Georgia, financially by either
taking out a new membership or
their old membership In
our organization"
McKinnie and Davis, continued:
THE rights being fought for in
Albany are, the right of peaceful
assembly and protest, the right to
petition the city government on
grievances of the Negro communi-
ty, and the right to vote as guar
anteed by the us. Constitution.
On these rights we know the
people of Minneapolis share our
views and want to help in a con-
crete way"
The two NAACP officials ex-
planned that whether it Is a 81
membership or a $500
life membership, over half the
money goes to the national head
quarters to be used to cover ex-
penses such as those encountered
in the Albany court battles.
1t was also pointed out that
in the NAACP is not
limited to Negroes only. Anyone
may join by simply mailing their
contribution to: Min
Branch, National Associa-
ton for the Advancement Of Col
ored People, P.O. Box 2044, Com
merce Station Minneapolis, MINI.
St. Paul recorder., 1962-09-07
Floyd Poole, Jr. Is
Engineer With Loekhssd
MixSla-Snuca Firm

Sunnyvale, Calf. - F. w. Poole,
Jr., Of Palo Alto is now employed
as an associate Engineer at the
Lockheed Missiles & Space Com
pany. Poole, is a native of Min
neapolis, Minnesota.
A major factor in defense and
aerospace industries, Lockheed
manufacture includes the Polaris
missile systems and the AEGEAN
satellite vehicle. The Agena is
used in a variety of space mis-
sions for the Air Force, and in a
number of NASA projects includ-
ing the Ranger moon probes, Mar
iner Venus ny-bys and the Gemini
manned rendezxous-in-space pro-
grams.
Mr.. Poole Is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd w. Poole, sr., 1882
Fourth Av. s.
St. Paul recorder., 1962-09-07

the desegregation movement while
they are in jail
The freedom songs represent
probably the greatest mass topi-
cal song-writing rage in this
country since the days of the or
ganizing drives Of the labor move
ment in the 1905.
The songs, which promise to be-
come as controversial as those of
the labor movement, reflect the
new attitude of the younger gen
Grafton Of Negroes. AS one observ-
er put it:
They are not thinking about
pie, in the bye and bye, but a piece
of that pie, now"
A survey of Albany, Durham,
NC, and other tension points
throughout the South indicates
that singing helps bolster the NOR
ale of integrationists and disarms
the hostility of segregationists.
The songs, old and new, are used
at mass meetings, demonstrations,
prayer vig1ls, on Freedom Rides, in
iails and before sit-ins.
1.-THE freedom songs are playing
a strong and vital role in our
struggle" says The Rev. Martin
Luther King, a leader in the in
tegration fight here.
'"They give the people new cour-
age and a sense Of unity. think
they keep alive a faith, a radiant
St. Paul recorder., 1962-09-07
Worker Wins 1898
At Honeywell For
Time SuVinq tin

Mrs. Annacele Johnson, 725 Cir
ard Av. N, Minneapolis Honey
well employee was one of the big
winners among the 3s suggestion
winners who raked in IS, 200 in re-
cent weeks for tips on how plant
efficiency could be improvde.
Mrs. Johnson was awarded 1898
for her time saving suggestion to
use plastic picks instead Of fingers
to separate springs.
Mrs. Johnson works in the Or
dinance Dept. 6O4 at New Brigh-
ton.
St. Paul recorder., 1962-09-07

hope, in the future, particularly in
our most trying hours"
In single night here one can
hear the old spiritual go Down,
Noses" in its original version and
later hear a young Negro put these
words to the melody:
"Go down, Kennedy,
Way down in Georgia land,
Tell Old Pritchett
To let my people CO."
"Old Pritchett" in the song is
Chief of Police Laurie Pritchett of
Albany. Police Chief Pritchett, al
though saying their singing is a
method to incite them," adds:
These people got a lot of feel
ing and rhythm. I enjoy hearing
them sing. The songs are catchy"
Pritchett recalled that last De-
cember, while booking more than
26O persons in a mass arrest, the
Jail guards were singing and hum
ming songs along with the pris-
oners.
In a Charlotte, NC, sit-in meet
ing of the Committee On Racial
Equality, a policeman was OBJ
served singing along before he
caught himself" So have prison
guards in Parchman, Miss.
A jailer in Americus, Ga, was
CONTINUED on Page A.
St. Paul recorder., 1962-09-07

that Of q front line soldier"
While both articles, one, New
Look At American Negroes Pro-
gress," a summary Of an address
by Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish econ
onist, written by Max Freedman
for Background Forum, a London
publication; and the other, Where
Does the Negro Go From Here"
by Glenn White, for September's
Ladies' Home Journal, emphasize
''Negro Progress, there is no mis-
taking the obvious corollary,
Americas Progress.
Mr.. Myrdal, renowned author
who published in 1914 the most
authoritative study on the Negro
problem, IAN American Dilemma"
returned to Howard university on
a sentimental journey" to give an
address bringing his 1914 conclu-
sions up to date.
Progress astonishing"
Calling the Negroes progress
astonishing" Myrdal noted that
most Of it had been made within
the last 20 years after six decades
Of stagnation."
Disturbances such as Little
Rock" were natural, said Myrdal,
and they have stirred the con-
sciences Of Americans and thus
prevented the Negroes inferior
position from being fixed.
In a manner which was in no
way with tongue in cheek" Myr-
dal admitted it was much easier
for an outsider" to take this lof-
ty philosophical view and added:
1T must be particularly difficult
for the young Negro intellectual
who bears scars in his soul from
all that yet remains of segregation
and discrimination in American
life.
Equality and Free Competition
Looking ahead, perhaps, to a
future which even Negroes find
difficulty in grasping, the econ
Omist proclaimed that the sOcie-
ty Of the future will be one of
equality based on free cOmpeti-
ton.
He warned that Negro profess
sional, middle and upper classes
will have to surrender economic
monopolies which they have held
and are still holding on the basis
of prejudice.
But in order to avoid discourage
ment, one must see clearly the
trend, he continued. Proclaiming
his own faith in the NegrO's and
Americas destiny, Myrdal said:
Negro Oanse, "a Winning One"
Continued ON Page -
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Remember TO Vote
TuesdaY. Sept. III

o There are places in our
country where some citizens are
not permitted to vote in elections.
o In Minnesota, every citizen
who is registered may cast his
free ballot without interference.
o Tuesday is primary election
day here in this state. The prim-
ary election is as important as
the final election in November.
o Go to the polls and vote for
the candidates of your choice next
Sept. II.
St. Paul recorder., 1962-09-07
Minneapolis Couple In
Miraculous Escape From
SnrSaS1m BnfssrSas In ToIn


Denver, Colo. - Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Mitchell, 1900 Portland Av.,
Minneapolis miraculously escaped
serious injury here August Fl in
a car collision.
The Mitchell Mercury was hit
broadside by another car as 1t
proceeded through an intersection.
Both the Mitchelps were thrown
from their car and luckily sus-
tained comparatively minor injur-
les.
Mr.. Mitchell was hospitalized
briefly with a cut in his head
which required ten stitches and a
bruised and lacerated arm.
Mrs. Mitchell sustained cuts and
bruises.
Mr.. Mitchell returned home last