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Holmes County herald., 1962-01-11
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Lets Talk Mississippi" got
a big boost in Atlanta recent
ly at a six-state regional con-
ference staged by the Child
ren's Bureau.
Mississippi's unique Medi-
cal Correction Program was
on review as an example of
a school health servece, avail
abel nowhere else in the ma
ton.
BY special invitation of the
regional director of the Child
ren's Bureau, DR.. N. c..
Knight, Medical Director of
the Mississippi School Health
Service, described how each
year more than 10000 children
are given a better chance for
optimum health.
Credit for initiating the
Holmes County herald., 1962-01-11

Linda Leonard
Womens Editor
Holmes County herald., 1962-01-11

gerry, disqualification, or medi-
cal treatment.
To do something about this
situation, DR.. Knight propos-
ed a plan to the State Health
Officer whereby the State
Legislature would provide
funds to be used for the cor
rection of medical defects of
children of medically INDECENT
parents, when matched by To-
cal funds on a dollar for dol
lar basis. The plan was APP
proved by the State Medical
Association and the State Hos
pital Association. Funds were
appropriated by the Legisla-
ture in 1916 and the program
has been in effect continuously
since that time.
A means test is used to
determine eligibility for and.
However, one of the note
worthy features of the Missis-
sippi program is the en-
enlargement given to parents
to pay the local half of the
cost of the correction.
The success of the program,
Dr.. Knight holds, has been
que to the spirit OF coopera-
ton from lay groups, as well
as from the medical profess
SION and the hospitals. In
every county in the state there
has been active participation
throughout the years. Monies
for matching funds have come
from many sources : County
Boards of Supervisors, city
officials, and civic groups,
such as Lions, Kiwanis, Elk
change and PTA. In addition
to financial aid, they have
provided transportation for
patients and other services re-
quested by the local health
department.
Physicians, surgeons and
hospitals have given 100 per-
cent cooperation in the pro-
gram. BY furnishing services
at reduced rates, they have
enabled the value of the tax
dollar to be greatly extended.
Indeed, two other states in the
nation have tried the pro-
gram; but lacking the excel
lent relationship that exists
in Mississippi between the
Board of Health and the medi-
cal profession and hospitals,
their ventures were doomed to
failure.
Holmes County herald., 1962-01-11
SEiARIN' THE SIDELIGHTS
Hornet Trip To Senior Bowl
Declared Outstanding Success
By Jack Shearer

Most merchants through
out the county are again en-
joying that half day off each
week. In view of that fact,
this is the time of the year
when businessmen w h o
maintain Saturday night
hours begin wondering if
such a policy is really a
wise course of action. AS
one put it this week, eff all
the rest would close, then
no one would really be hurt
from a trade standpoint"
Of course, staying open late
on Saturday night is as
much a part of small town
Holmes County herald., 1962-01-11
Winter

1noTe is d ucStlI1y uldC
makes us brothers. None goes
his way alone: All tnat we
send into the lives of others,
comes back into our own"
This is a cold day with a
brightly shining sun, a goou
day for washing everything
on the place. With Christmas
over, decorations put away,
anu the beautiful cards re-
read before tucking them
away. We have C..rislnas
cards from years back, for we
never destroy one, they are
too lovely. Young callers like
to play with them, and the old
cards may be used to de-
corate packages next year.
On a January day like this
when the landscape is dressed
IN its rustic garD Of brown
and gold, there is pleasant
reading to be found in many
good books. | have just finlsn-
ed "lce Palace by tie a
nous woman novelist, Edna
t'eroer, who summed up all
her vast natural resources az
a superior Writer to depict
todays Alaska in lice Pa
lace"
This is a nice time to an
swer all the letters you nave
been intending TO write,
frlenuS VINO ale SICK ana IN
hospitals and those far from
home. Why not Try out SOME
new recipes, get a neW per-
manent, ana plan your SUM-
mer vacation, d trip Is more
fun TO plan than 10 really
take.
Winter is not so bad after
all. we cannot expect sun
shine all the time. Mr.. WeD-
Ster'S definition of winter Is;
"A period OF dreariness, old
age, and deatn." However,
Jonn Greenleaf Whittier, the
happy, hard working Quaker
poet, who lived on a small
New England farm, pictured
winter as a happy, joyous
time. lie gives a charming
account of outdoor sports and
the fun of living in the winter
in the descriptive poem,
"SnoWbound." And how cneer-
fully his family endured the
cold, hard winters in the
bleak valley of the Mcrimack
We will soon have some
fair, warm days, when we can
turn the soil, transplant
bulbs, and snruDs, start our
vegetable gardens, and Watcn
our spring flowers crack open
the good earth. We need the
snow and the rain as well as
the sun and wind for our
crops, but the cold weather
is hard On our poor old cows!
Holmes County herald., 1962-01-11

trip was probably somewhat
more meaningful to those
making the journey, for not
only was the ball game en-
joyed, but a tour of scenic
Mobile added color to the
excursion. The really un-
usual aspect of the trip was
the behavior of the local
gridders. 1t is only in a rare
instance that a group Of that
age would conduct themsel-
YES in such an adult-like
manner.
Holmes County herald., 1962-01-11

Speaking of sports, two
big basketball events in
volving Holmes County
teams are coming up short
Iy. Week after next the Hol-
mes County Tournament
will be held at the w. B..
Kenna Auditorium, while
the following week the Mid
State Tournament will be
held at the same site.
Holmes County herald., 1962-01-11
Honey Cup Cakes

Honey Cup Cakes
Cream half cup margarine
with one and half cups sugar,
add 3 beaten eggs and mix
well. Add I cup honey and
blend thoroughly. Sift 3 cups
flour and add alternately
with milk, Il cup milk. Add
l teaspoon each of spice, nut
meg, cinnamon and salt, and
3 teaspoons baking powder.
Fill buttered muffin tins about
two-thirds full. Bake at 375
degrees for ten minutes.
We sprinkle these cup cakes
lightly with a mixture Of
Holmes County herald., 1962-01-11

life in Mississippi as attend
ing Church the following
morning. Still though, one
can't but help but pity the
unfortunate merchants who
keep the unusually long
hours.
Holmes County herald., 1962-01-11
BY Eve l.. Burwell

brown sugar a few shakes of
cinnamon and some chopped
nuts just before putting them
in the oven.
Holmes County herald., 1962-01-11

OF YOUR CHOICE ON
ATTEND THE CHURCH
SUNDAY
Holmes County herald., 1962-01-11

The annual trip to the
Senior Bowl by the Lexing-
ton High football squad was
a success any way you look
at it. | had the distinct pri-
vilege of accompanying the
team to the event, and en-
joyed the outing as much
as anyone along. This years
Holmes County herald., 1962-01-11
Holm County HE RAID

Published by the Eomes County Publishing Company at 200 Tcnua street lexington
Mississippi Entered at the Postffce at Lexington Mississippi as Second lass mail I'M
der the Act of Congress of March g.. 1879. Subscription rates for Holmes and adjoining
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Jack A. ShearT, J. ...... .... .-. "a. -. Editor
w j Prhhard Linda leonard
Mechanical Superintendent Womens Editor
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-11-02
U.N. Week

1t is a revealing experience TO 20
back through newspaper files.
We had occasion to do so recently
in connection with some background
on United Nations Week which is
being observed from October 81 to 27.
1t is interesting to note for in
stance that in 1860 The Catholic
Times pointed out how the Holy See
has always shown great interest and
participation in the activities of the
U.N. by accepting permanent repre-
sentation in such committees as those
dealing with Atomic Energy,
UNESCO, Fund for Refugees, Dis
armament, and Food and Agriculture.
THROUGH the years We have pub
lished the favorable statements OF the
Catholic Association for international
Peace as we'll as of Bishop James II.
Griffiths of New York, who has acted
as Vatican Observer on the u. N. Eco
nomic and Social Council.
We do not cite these things to
"stack the deck" against those who
are critics, even of the most violent
kind, of the United Nations Organiza-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-11-02

ton.
We do 50 because in 1860 and last
year the prophets of doom issued
gloomy predictions of what was going
to happen to the international organi-
zation. Their jeremiads have not been
fulfilled, even though many had time
limits.
WE DO NOT CONDEMN those
who oppose the U.N. for that Is the
privilege Of every citizen.
We do not agree with this oppoSi-
ton, o on the other hand do we can
onize the U.N.
Rather we approve the realistic APP
praisal of Bishop Issenmann who
wrote in his clergy memorandum for
October:
Like all human organizations. the
United Nations has its flaws. II Is
.manifestly apparent, however, that at
the present time it is our best hope
for creating by conference and nego-
tiation and by positive work for hui
man betterment, a world in which man
can develop himself in peace and free
dom."-GAF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-11-02

those guys think they have a mon
opoly on Observation-Disclosures"
So essential is the gloomy view of
the state of the American Church that
one is required TO complain about
little things that are bad and ignore
major trends that are good. Thus one
writer felt compelled to bemoan the
sad state of Holy Name Communion
breakfasts and ignore the remarkable
growth of first rate lecture forums in
many parishes.
Another felt cheated because he
had no say as to whether his daugh-
ter was to wear a school uniform or
not, though probably no private school
in the country comedies such a right
to the parents of its pupils.
Another repeated the absolutely In
~dispensable cliche about parish size
interfering with the pastor knowing
the names of all his people, despite
the fact that many small parishes
are tombs as far as the apostolate
goes and some large parishes are bust
ling centers of activity.
SO SACRED have the self-critical
COWS become, that one suspects that
they have become part of the person
atty structure of a fair number of
people, that they are essential to hand
ling traumas inflicted by various re-
ligious who have been substitute faith
er figures in their lives.
Self-criticism may thus be good
therapy for disturbed souls and no
one should begrudge them therapy.
However. it is to be hoped that the
more insightful and more balanced
of the self-critics will have done with
the windmills and turn their weap-
ons on the real weaknesses of the
American Church, of which there is
still a plentiful supply.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-11-02
THE ROP

sion that has existed since the n
of the Second World War. Nearly 80
per cent said they believed the cold
war was likely to go on for many
years.
A majority of those interviewed,
however, appeared not to be wholly
satisfied with the in which
the Administration is dealing with
cold war problems. While the official
view is that foreign aid should be con-
tinued for known communist countries
like Yugoslavia and Poland, nearly IS
per cent of the persons questioned
thought aid to such countries should
be cut off.
THEY DISAGREED with the Ad-
ministration's contention that Ameri-
can aid enables Yugoslavia and Poland
TO maintain a degree of independence
from Moscow dictation that without
aid would not be possible.
A smaller percentage, 81 to be pre-
else, would 60 further and deny aid to
so-called neutral countries which are
friendly with the communists. They
would not, for example, extend aid to
Ben Bella, Algeria's left-leaning lead
er, who, after receiving high official
honors on a visit to Washington, went
to Havana and joined Castro in a
bitterly anti-American communique,
which included a demand that the
United States get out of the Guanta-
namo Naval Base.
A very large percentage, 80, thought
the western a should take a
stronger stand against communists
than they are nov taking. If the COM
munists should ever erect another wall
like the one in Berlin. ga per cent of
those interviewed said the United
States should knock it down immedi-
ately.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-11-02
Mother Constantine

lations if they are not good) then
Mother Constantine could be called
Sister Public Relations"
The high standing in our communi-
ty of the Sisters of the Holy Cross
and Mount Carmel Hospital can sure
ly be attributed in great measure to
her acumen here. Note that public re-
lations is not a phoney ~"hard-sell"
type of thing. 1t is simply shining the
light Of the Church and her work be-
fore men.
The great number of people who
gathered together on short notice at
st. Joseph Cathedral for the Pontifi-
cal Requiem on Oct. % gave substance
to all the things we have said here.
None of these comments are made
to eulogize Mother Constantine. She
does not need such praise, nor would
she want it. But we feel that she
would want the readers of this editori-
al to remember two things about her
life and death.
The first is that the Church Is the
all-important center of lives. Ev-
erything must reVolVe about our
Faith.
The second Is that many women
have found a most marvellous way to
adore God, love Christ and aid their
fellow man by defeating themselves
exclusively to Gods service. Not the
least of these is the Sisters of the
Congregation of the Holy Cross who
are proud to have counted Mother
Constantine among their iiius,ilou
religious. -GAF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-11-02
Be done uith the mindfaUs
By Father Andrew Greeley

tion by half an archdiocese in four
years was fantastic progress.
Self-criticism is SO fashionable
that the questioning of some of its
cliches is taken by a considerable
number of people TO be a personal af-
front.
Last spring / %journeyed with two
non-Catholic sociological colleagues
to a Catholic educational meeting to
report what we had learned about
Catholic colleges in a large national
survey.
AS A MATTER of fact, we had dis
covered that there was no proof that
Catholic schools were any less like
ly to send alumni to graduate school
or into the academic life than the rest
of American colleges.
My fellow so~ciologists, not under
standing that the theory of anti-in-
tellectualism is unquestioned dogma
among Catholic liberal intellectuals,
assumed that our findings would be
quite pleasing to the audience.
After all we were saying that there
was evidence that Catholic schools
were every bit as good as most other
schools, better than many, and not
quite so good as some. Surely this
ought to have been encouraging to
Catholic educators.
However, our findings were bitterly
attacked from the floor. 1t was
pointed out how horrible things were
in Catholic colleges, how difficult it
was to maintain academic freedom.
how many anti-intellectuals were col
lege presidents, and how uninterested
and uninteresting the students were.
WAS not especially surprised by
this outburst. but my colleagues were
somewhat taken aback. One of them
remarked to me later. What makes
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-11-02

The assumption of many politicians
that the average American is interest
ed in his job, his business and taxes
but gives little or no thought to inter-
national problems does not seem to
stand up in the light of a recent study
conducted for Purdue University's
Communications Research Center.
To determine what questions the
public really does have opinions about
cams of canVassers interviewed
thousands of people in California,
Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky and
Pennsylvania. In all five states there
appeared to be more intense interest
i'm international than in domestic is
sues.
On the home front, the size of the
national debt seemed to be the pri-
mary concern. Nearly 70 per cent Of
those who expressed a view felt
strongly that the constant rise of the
national debt should be stopped.
ELSEWHERE pollsters have found
Americans disturbed, e alarmed, by
the Soviet Unions efforts to turn Cuba
into a heavily-armed base for the
dissemination of communism in the
western hemisphere.
But the Purdue University opinion
samplers found Americans in the five
states surveyed about evenly divided
ON the ACCESSIBILITY of the United
States taking military action to get
rid of the Castro government. While
AZ per cent favored taking such ac-
ton, As per cent opposed it.
The persons interviewed showed a
surprisingly sophisticated understand
ing of the nature of the cold war. Few
thought that it lies within the power
of the United States and its allies to
take any concrete steps to end the ten
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-11-02
World problems of prime concern
By John C. O'Brien

Liberals and the more ardent up.
holders of civil rights tend to pooh
pooh the communist threat In the
United States. In the name of uphold
ing civil liberties they tend to oppose
legislation restricting the activities OF
American communists, such as travel
abroad on American passports.
BUT "a PER cent of the inter.
viewees said they believed the COM
munist threat within the country was
as dangerous as the communist threat
from the outside.
A majority also indicated opposition
to any proposal that would in any
way diminish the sovereignty of the
United States. They looked askance
at proposals for world cooperation
that would vest decisions affecting
United States interests in an internal
tional body.
Specifically. Sc per cent said that
if a world court should decide a case
against the United States, Congress
should have the last word on whether
to accept the decision.
Republican campaigners have been
trying TO make an issue OUT of what
they term a grab for power" by the
President. Their complaint is that Mr..
Kennedy would diminish the standing
of Congress as a co-equal part of the
government and arrogate to the
Executive powers now exercised by
the legislative branch.
On this question, the Americans in-
terviewed in the Purdue study divid-
ed almost, equally. Just under half of
those who had an opinion, 40 per cent.
subscribed to the Republican charge.
Some as per cent did not feel that
too much power is being %concentrat-
ed in the hands of the President.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-11-02
EVERYMAN'S FAMILY
It's none of my
business; or is it?

In a prisoner of war camp in Korea
several years ago 10 CTS were living
together in one cabin.
Two soldiers came down with
~dysentery.
An American sergeant threw them
out in sub-zero cold and let them
freeze to death. He was later court
martialed and punished for his crime.
THE ARMY research team was
equally interested in the reason why
the other soldiers in the cabin made
no apparent attempt to protest the
s%ergeant's acton.
When asked why he did not do
something to assist his buddies, each
soldier said the same thing, i felt
it was none of my business"
The reply indicated a lack of con-
cern for the welfare of others. Fur
Their research seemed to show that in
none of these men had the capacity to
love been developed.
While few of our Catholic youth
expect to end up in a POW camp all
of them at one time o another VIII
be asked to meet the challenge of
adulthood.
IT WILL be impossible for them to
be happy and successful as adults
unless there has been developed in
them also the capacity and the facil-
ity to love another person.
Most marriage problems, for ex-
ample, can be traced to the fact that
people either do not know how to love
one another or are unwilling to pay
the price of love.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-11-02

be a dirty business" But for every
bit of ~subversion and corruption that
has infiltrated itself into civic life
there is always the voter who allowed
this to happen because he fell for the
snare that my vote doesn't count"
If we may be permitted to sum up
this matter we would outline a three
point program for this weekend. First,
all of us should pray that u govern
ment be benefited by the results OF
this years election. Then, we should
read up on the candidates and the is
sues by using the material provided
by the League of Women Voters and
by our newspapers.
When we have done this by way of
preparation let nothing deter us on
Tuesday and let us all get to the polls
and vote.|GAF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-11-02
TIMES EDITORIALS
Next Tuesday is the day to vote

opinion as to why we think a mo"
vote is called for on this question.
Bond issues and tax levies also face
the electorate in many counties. We
hope that none of I'LL readers is so
undiscriminating as to veto all such
issues. No one likes to increase our
financial burden but sometimes it is
necessary for the common good, and
to look at these matters in purely
monetary terms is short-sightedness
personified.
One such issue in Franklin County
is the three-tenths of a mill levy for
a continuation of the Retarded Chill
dren's School. Most community or
CARNATIONS have endorsed this levy.
We add our approval too.
1t is unfortunate in u country
that politics is considered by many to
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-11-02
THE YARDSTICK

II Is quite clear at this stage of the
history of the American Church that
self-criticism is "in " and optimism
about anything that is Amer
lean and Catholic is ''out."
In fact, anyone demonstrating some
degree of c%heerfulness about the state
of the American Church is in danger
of having his Catholic liberal union
card revoked.
Indeed If evidence is adduced sug-
costing that there Is great growth CO.
ing on in the Church in the United
States, the best reaction is to pretend
that it really isn't there and hope
II goes away.
For example, an excellent new Cath
Ollie magazine recently conducted a
survey of liturgical participation in a
Middle Western archdiocese. The sur
vey revealed that somewhat more than
so per cent of the parishes had some
kind of participation.
NOT TO BE overcome by such data,
the editors headed the story with the
information that almost one-half of
the parishes" in the archdiocese did
not have participation, and titled the
story Stiffness in the Metropolis"
Now by what standards an archiod-
cese that has participation in more
than one-half of its parishes can be
said to be "still" escapes me.
/ suppose the editorial judgment
that decides to say almost one-half
do not and not more than one-half
do" is largely a matter of hormone
balances or resolutions of Oedipean
conflicts.
1t may well be my own inclinations
to become a disciple of Pollyanna, but
/ cannot understand why the re-
markedly able editors of this superb
journal did not think that participa-