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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-29
Mess" America Contest, August Both
1901 P. N. AT W. B. Kenna Auditorium
WomonIess Pageant
Set By ~Joycettes

Mess America, a bur-
lesque of the Miss America
contest will be held Friday
night at the w. B. Kenna
Auditorium.
The womanless pageant,
loaded with beauty and tai
ent, will be sponsored by the
Lexington Jaycettes.
Curtain time is 7:30 p. m.
and admission will. be fifty
and seventy-five cents, with
the proceeds going to jay
cette community projects.
Marvin Mcclellan will serve
as master of ceremonies, and
music will be furnished by
the "Ivories", an orchestra.
Arrangem tent committee
chairmen are Jaycettes Shir-
ley Ables, Flossie Roberts,
and Rowena Upchurch.
A new Mess" America
will be selected by out-of-
town judges, and crowned by
the reigning Mess" America.
A. B. Holder.
All Southern states and
Hawaii will be represented
hv contestants in evening
gown and talent competition.
Among the candidates for
the coveted title of MESS
America will be Eddie Full
ler. his talent. a Hula, Hula
dance; A. j. Davis, panto-
mime. Billy Berbnrette will
nlay the drums; Bob Scott,
trombone: Rennie Mcbride.
vocalist: Mel Chrestman will
present A modern disc jockey
skit; Buddy USsery, a drama
tic reading: Pepper Tidwell,
sliding trombone, and others.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-29

Holmes, along with other
counties in the state gave the
Lts Governor a majority. The
vote: Johnson, 1883, Coleman,
1863. This was a majority Of
425 votes. In the first pri-
mary Mr.. johnson had led
by only II votes with 1878
to 1907 for Coleman. Sullivan
polled 945 votes in Holmes
and most of his support went
to Johnson in the second pri-
mary.
In the two other statewide
offices on Tuesdays ballot,
Holmes gave majorities to
the losing candidates for
lieutenant governor and state
superintendent of education.
Former 1t. Governor Car
roll Gartin of Laurel received
the Democratic nomination
for a third term in that Of
flee. He trailed his opponent,
State Treasurer Evelyn Can
dy of Hattiesburg, in the
Holmes vote with Miss Gam
dy winning It'll votes to his
Gartin also faces a COP
C d r, State Senator
Stanford Morse of Gulfport,
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-29
West Library In
New Location

Effective September End,
the West branch of the Hol-
mes County Library will be
open two days weekly =
Mondays and Thursday S,
from 3 until 5 p. m.
From this date it will be
in the newly renovated To-
cation in the Community
Center.
An open house is planned
by the library board, the
date to be announced later.
The public is urged to take
advantage of this library SER
vice in the community.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-29

DR.. Oswald j. Smith, re-
cognized as a leading mis-
sionary statesman of today,
founder and minister of mis-
sions of Peoples Church,
Toronto, Canada, is to be
featured on a nine-hour ra-
dio missionary convention to
be conducted in this area
Saturday, August 81, over
WKOZ, 1910 kc, Kosciusko,
commencing at 10 a. m. with
the Rev. Fulton Buntain en-
ceeing.
DR.. Smith, in more than
so years of ministry, has
preached in 66 countries,
composed over 1900 hymns,
and authored some Is books
in more than 80 languages,
says DR.. Jack McAlister, head
of World Literature Crusade,
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-29
BY Hazel BrannOn Smith

have more i'm
thoughts on their minds than
who is going to be governor
of Mississippi. and as fol-
DR.. King and Rev. Shuttles-
worth, we don't know what
state they're in now, but not
Mississippi certainly.
Johnson's whole. speech in
this respect on TV was moth
ing more than cheap political
trickery put on for show =.
just like his performance in
Oxford.
Incidentally the song he was
singing for the benefit of the
people in Mississippi in this
campaign was quite differ
ent from the one he put or
back in 1855 when he sought
+ the editorial endorsement Of
Holding Carter for his cause
(but Carter did not give IT'D,
One might well ask: "Whc
Is the Real Paul Johnson
And that is exactly wha'
Garter did this week. W.
think you'll find his remark
very interesting. See page
two.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-29

This editor has never hest
tated to criticize the admins.
tration of Governor Ross Bar.
nett, as all our readers know.
We have condemned him
when his actions or policies
were not in the best inter
est of the state = as We deem
it our own duty to do in the
public interest. But we have
always applauded and sup
ported his program to adj
vance Mississippi, again do
ing everything we can to
boost our state.
Our criticism has always
carefully been of Ross Bar
nett as governor, not Ross
Barnett, the man.
And we do not mean our
observations today to be TAX
en- personally because we
cannot believe that Mr.. Bar
nett is a cruel or vicious man.
He processes Christianity and
1--WE think still teaches a
Sunday School Class in the
First Baptist Church of Jack
son.
So it is that we cannot I'M
derstand how Governor Bar
nett can reconcile his Chris
tianity and humanity with
his remarks on relocating Ne
groes which he made in g
news conference at tn {
Southern Governors Confer
ence in West Virginia.
Governor Barnett recon-
mended, according to the
press, that all Negroes be re-
located throughout the u. S.
on a 90-10 ratio with every
state getting a proportionate
share.
This sounds to the world,
whether Governor Barnett
intended it or not, both
cruel and vicious. He appears
to have no thought or regard
for Negroes as human beings
Continued on page five)
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-29

Personally we grew very
bored during this long cam
paign, as did our friends, of
the selfsame, tired old re-
frain sung on TV by Paul
johnson. 1t was as if his
voice was stuck on one note
and he couldn't dislodge it.
First he held up his one
claim to fame, a copy of the
New York Times (the num-
Der one newspaper in the
world. whose managing edi-.
tor is a Mississippi-born and
educated man, Turner Cat
ledge) which editorially des-
cribed Paul Johnson, so he
intoned, as a man who
would take his place with
other 'undistinguished Mis-
sissippians such as Theodore
Bilbo, Jim Eastland, Ross
Barnett -.
Then Little Paul would very
dramatically wave the copy
of the New York newspaper
in the air and say: g.. but
| had rather take my place
with those great Mississlp-
plans than with-peepie like
John Kennedy, Bob Kenne-
dy, Holding Carter, Hazel
Brannon Smith and other
leftists."
This ham performance was
repeated on televlsion at
least a half dozen times =.
and ever now and then he'd
throw in another name he
didn't want to be classed
with -. such as DR.. Martin
Luther King, Rev. Shuttles-
worth 80.
The clear implication was
that all of the people he
didn't want to be classed
with were supporting j. P.
Coleman and working against
him . all of which was a
great big lie.
OF all the people men
toned by Johnson only two
were Mississippians, Holding
Carter, who is spending, as
he has for many years, the
summer in Maine and wasn't
even in the state to vote -.
and your editor, who did 60
out and vote for Coleman.
Obviously President Ken
nedy and the Attorney Gen
erai of the United States
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-29

Lieutenant Governor Takes Holmes;
, Faces COP Candidate November 5th

Lieutenant Governor Paul B. Johnson received the
Mississippi Democratic nomination for governor Tues
day in a hard, bitter contest, defeating the bid of
former Governor j. P. Coleman for a second term. In
thirty years of public service it was Coleman's first
defeat for office. 6
johnson now faces a Republican opponent, Rubel
Phillips, in the November 5th general election.
Charles Sullivan, Clarksdale attorney who was
eliminated in the first primary, threw his support to
Mr.. Coleman in the second because of what he de-
sefibed on statewide television as the vicious rumors,
half truths and malicious les Of Johnson forces.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-29

Paul Johnson has been
nominated as governor.
Now let's see if he can be
elected.
Mr.. Johnson is going to
need the votes of at least a
few of. the Kennedy Candi-.
date supporters if he IS
to win out over COP aspir-
ant Rubel Phillips in Novem-
Der. The Republicans claim
to have about 100 900 votes
in the state.
How is Mr.. Johnson going
to bring these people into
his camp after the vicious
and unprincipled campaign
l.e Waged for the states high
est office? After his malicious
and bitter attacks upon other
Mississippians who have COM
mitted. no crime other than
choosing another candidate
in preference to him?
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-29

The Rev. Rey D. Raddin,
pastor of First Baptist Church
of Tchula and Oregon Mem
orial Church, rendered his
resignation on August Atm,
effective August Both:
Rev. Raddin, pastor at
Tchula for the past five
years, has accepted the pas
torate of the Second Baptist
Church in Greenville and
will preach his first sermon
there as pastor on Sunday,
September LIST. He and his
family will occupy the new
pastorium the Second Bap-
fist Church has obtained at
1149 Longview Drive.
Rev. and Mrs. Raddin in
vite their friends over the
county to visit in their
church and home.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-29

in the general election.
State Superintendent Of
Education j. M. (Jack) Tubb
won a fifth term over Boyd
Golding. In Holmes the vote
was 1899 for Golding to 1864
for Tubb.
District Office
Only one district office in
Holmes County was at stake
in this weeks balloting.
Ray Campbell of Durant
Woil his bid for a second term
as supervisor, district II, by
a narrow margin of six votes
over Grady Ellis of West. The
vote: 561-555.
Mr.. Ellis received a major
ity in four of the five pre-
cincts. in the beat, West,
Goodman, Emory and Bowl
ing Green. Mr.. Campbell car
ried the Durant box with a
vote of $40 to 265.
First Precinct
Emory precinct which
polls Is votes, was the first
precinct in the state to give
a report. It was called in the
500 p. m. news by Dick
Sanders over WLBT televi-
sion station in Jackson.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-29
Rev. Fronk Russell
St. Mory's New Pastor

st. Mary's Episcopal Church
in Lexington will have a new
minister who will replace the
Rev. Reynolds Cheney, now
of Aberdeen.
The Rev. Mr.. Frank Bus
sell of Arundel, Quebec, Can
ada will arrive early in Sep
TENDER to assume duties, as
announced by Allie Povall.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-29
ASC Community Committee Nominee
Election Set; Polling Places Listed

The election of the ASC
community committees for
Holmes County will be held
Friday, September 9th, by
casting ballots at designated
polling places, between the
hours of ZOO a. m. and 500
p. m. Ballots will be tabulat-
ed publicly by the Incumbent
community committee Sep
TENDER 6 at 500 p. m. in the
following places:
Acona - DoWner's Store
West - McLellan's Imple-
ment Company
Durant = City Hall
Goodman - J. H. Davis
Office
Pickens - Tri-C County Co
operative
Ebenezer - Humphrey-O'-
Reilly Store
Coxburg = Coxburg School
Franklin = Malone's Store
North Lexington = Court
house
East Lexington = Court
house
South Lexington = Court
house
West Lexington - Court
house
Cruger = Matthias Store
Howard = Brock & Jones'
Store
Tchula o. w. Nixon's
Office
Thornton - Thornton Gin
Company Office
Lynn Jordan, Chairman OF
the Holmes Agricultural Sta
bilization and Conservation
County Committee, has re-
leased the following slate of
nominees for the ASC COM
munity committees:
Acona = George Bell, j.
L. Braddock, w. E. Diggs, Jr.,
K. F. Downer, Donald Par
IRISH, j. D. Parrish, Jr.
West - w. E. Grace, Jr.
Roger Mcbride, M. S. Rid
dell, J. A. Rosamond, S. S.
Truitt, Morgan Weeks.
Durant - Joseph Guess
Audis k, Charles
Kealhofer, N. w. Kyle, l.. P.
Mcclellan, Or. c. E.. Patton.
Goodman - Ed Caldwell
Charles Donald, Hugh Floyd
Sam D. Hall, Leroy Jobe
John Killebrew, Robert L
McCleskey, E. o. Peterson
Wilbur Potts, w. ]. Waits.
Pickens - R. G. Brock, F
S. Hanna, Fred Mckay, H
l.. McPhail, Irby Tombs, Lu-
Their Upton, G. D. Wynne, Sr
6. D. Wynne, Jr.
EbeneZer - w. E. Dren'
nan, T. E. Haffey, K. D
Henry, H. c. Humphrey, T
E. Murtagh, K. P. Thomas.
Coxburg - Stanley Adams
Byrd Ables, Homer Chisolm
Lester E d W wards S, Alfret
; Hearn, Aubrey Pierce, Oscal
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-29
Sympathy Extended

Sympathy is extended to
Mrs. Ruth Roach in the death
of her cousin, Mr.. Joe Willie
Thompson of Tunica. Mr.
Thompson was a frequent
visitor to Lexington. He died
at 10 a. m. Tuesday in the
Tunica Hospital, following a
lengthy illness, at the age of
rs. He was a former Circuit
Court Clerk. a Methodist and
q. veteran of World War !.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-29
Visits Grandparents

Whit, little son of DIR. and
Mrs. Paul Murrill of Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, is visiting
with his grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. P. H. Williams this
week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-29

nor, registrars assistant; Mrs.
w. Y. Sudduth, head dieti-
clan; and Mrs. Elouise Bur-
den, bushes managers sec
rotary.
Administrative personnel
are: Frank B.. Branch, presi-
dent; E.. w. Wilson, dean;
Mrs. Frank B. Branch, regis
trar; Stanley F. Allen, bust
ness manager; H. Q. Thomas,
Dean of Student Affairs and
agriculture: Miss Christine
Carithers, Dean of Women
and Home Economics; Robert
D. O'Connor, Director of
Guidance and psychology;
and L. w. Owens, high school
principal and English.
Returning Instructors
Other returning instructors
are: R. w. Almond, agricu1-
ture: Miss Emma BostWick
English and speech; Mrs. Nell
Branch, business; Mrs. Mabel
Dorsett, Librarian; Frank
Drake, physical science; Glen
Continued on Page Flve)
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Holmes Junior College Faculty Listed

Frank Branch, president,
announces five new faculty
members and seven staff
members have been added at
Holmes Junior College and
Agricultural High School.
New Instructors
New instructors and their
duties are: Robert L. Durham
English; Charles Darnell,
physical education; Lewis
Hambrick, vocational techni-
cal education; Ken Lauder
dale, physical education and
high school social studies;
and Russell McKibben, high
school math.
Staff Members
Staff members added this
year include: Mrs. w. q.
Daniel and Mrs. Catherine
Hoffa, dormitory hostesses;
Mrs. Charles Darnell, publ
city; Mrs. Glen Fortenberry,
presidents secretary; Mrs.
Russell McKibben, assistant
dietician; Mrs. Robert O'Con-
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-13
Items Of A Purely
Personal Nature

fractured hip which she received
from fall In her home.
Mrs. Clara Bennett is resting
at her home after a fall which
caused two fractured bones in her
foot.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elton Lynch
returned to their home after
spending the summer at their
cottage at Fenwick, Delaware.
Miss Mary Ann Shannon re-
turned to her home at We st
Hyattsville, Maryland after
spending the summer with her
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Elton Lynch, at their cottage at
Fenwick, Delaware. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Shannon, Patsy and
Neal came for Mary Ann and
spent the weekend with the
LyncheS.
Last Friday night at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Bonnert,
twenty Of the neighbors met to
give Mr.. and Mrs. Alan EdseI
farewell party as they are NOV
ing to Corning, New York where
Mr.. Edsel has accepted a position
as Agriculture teacher In the
Painted Post High School. Mr..
Edsel had taught Agriculture In
the Milford High School for the
past eight years. Best wishes
go to them and their sons, Mark
and Brad in their new home.
**+
Barbara Clendaniel of Lincoln
leaves Sunday for Madison Col
lege, Harrisonburg, Va, where
she will be a freshman major
ing in elementary education.
Pearl Hopkins is a patient in
the Wilmington Memorial Hos
pital, Wilmington.
&&#
Miss Donna Lee Lingo left
Wednesday for Fredericksburg,
Va. to continue her studies at
Mary Washington College. Rob
ert Lingo, Jr. will go to Pen
nington, NJ. on Monday where he
will be a student at Pennington
School.
Mrs. M. HaSweu Pierce is a
patient in Memorial Hospital In
Wilmington.
Mrs. willard Pierce, Mrs.
Dorothy Rathmel and daughters
returned to town on Monday after
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-13

MEETING Girl Scout Troop meeting wednesday, Sep
332 will meet September 49, will home
II, at 2 pm. In the First Hitch.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-13
Wedding
WALLS ZOOK

V6h1n0 ZON(IA
In Slaughter Neck Methodist
Church Saturday afternoon at two
O'Clock, August "a, Miss Con-
stance Anne Walls, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion H. Walls
Of near Milford, became the bride
Of Robert L. Zook, Jr. Mr.. Zook
Is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert L. Zook, Sr., Of Milford.
Rev. Nelson Reppert officiated.
The church was lovely with
baskets Of white pom-poms and
white gladiolus, palms and can
delabras. Miss Norma Hopkins OF
Milford was soloist with Mr..
Norman Reynolds Of Milford as
organist.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a gown of
silk organza with a bodice OF
imported Swiss embroidery. It
featured full puff sleeves, high
round neckline with full skirt
terminating In a chapel train. A
three tier veil fell from a tiara
Of white pearls. She carried a
prayer book with white roses and
baby's breath.
Miss Marlyn Bennett Of near
Milford acted as maid-of honor.
She wore street length sheath
dress Of jewel rose silk organza
featuring detachable overskirt,
sabrina neckline and elbow length
sleeves. Her headpiece and veil
we're also Of jewel rose. She car
ried a basket Of white snaps,
white pom-poms and pink roses.
The bridesmaids were the Misses
Myra Mills, Cheryl Morris and
Lama Sharp all Of Milford. Their
gowns were Identical to that Of the
maid of-honor and they carried
baskets Of white snaps, white
pom-poms and pink baby's
breath.
The brides mother chose a
dress Of chantilly beige with lace
bodice and taffeta bell shaped
skirt. Her corsage was Of green
cymbidium orchids. The groom's
mother wore an azure blue sheath
dress Of silk organza over taffeta.
Her corsage was Of white orchids.
A reception followed the we'd
ding In the church reception
hall.
The bride and bridegroom are
graduates OF Milford High School.
Mr.. Zook also attended Columbia
Tech in Washington, DC.
Following their wedding trip
they will reside in Clearwater,
Florida.
The bridal party and guests
were entertained at the home of
the groom's parents on Friday
evening before rehearsal.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-13

clutch bags
Mrs. Edward W. J. Cooper OF
Camden sang 30 Perfect Love-
and "Jesus Stand Beside Them.
She was accompanied by Mrs.
F. Hazel Roe Of Magnolia.
Immediately following the
ceremony a reception was held
in the Social Hall Of the Churc ch.
The bride attended the Univer-
sity Of Delaware, and the groom
viii be a senior there. He Is a
member Of Alpha Zeta.
The rehearsal dinner was given
by the parents Of the groom, at
the Dinner Bell Inn, Dover, Del.
Pre-nuptial gatherings for the
bride were: miscellaneous
shower given by Miss Marie
Johnson and Miss Bobbi Miller,
a personal shower given by Mrs.
John Lennon, linen shower
given by Mrs. william Opdyke
III and a miscellaneous shower
by Miss Bonnie Bennett. A Cof-
fee given by Mrs. F. Hazel Roe,
Mrs. Virginia Foresman and
Mrs. John woodrow, and lunch
con by Mrs. George McClelland
and Mrs. william Luff.
The couple honeymooned In
Atlantic City and Dewey Beach.
The couple are residing In New
ark, Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-13
Wedding
RICHARDSON " SIMPSON

RICHARDSON SIMPSON
Miss Kathleen Janet Richard
son became the bride Of Francis
Wayne Simpson on Saturday, Aug
ust 10, 1858 at 2 pm. In the
Dover Presbyterian Church,
Dover, Delaware.
The bride Is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. James s. Richard
son Of Camden.
The groom Is the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Francis G. Simpson
Of Houston.
Rev. John E. Parker officiated
the double ring ceremony. The
bride was given In marriage by
her parents.
The BRIDES gown was chantilly
lace over taffeta, with a sweet
heart neckline trimmed with iri-
descent sequins. Il featured long
pointed sleeves, a TERED sash
and a bouffant floor length skirt
with a chapel train.
Her hesdpiece was a pearl and
crystal crown with a silk Illusion
hngertip veil. She carried white
carnations with a white orchid In
the center.
Miss Bonnie Sue Bennett OF
Camden, maid Of honor, wore a
street length dress Of aqua chif-
fon over taffeta with an oval
neckline, cap sleeves and a
matching satin belt cumberbund.
Her headpiece was a matching
satin pi11box hat with a matching
silk Illusion veil. She carried
q nosegay ofpale pink carnations.
Bridesmaids were Mrs. VIII
Liam Opdyke, III Of Camden, Miss
Gail Davidson Of Ocean View and
Miss Marie Louise Johnson Of
Lima, Pa. The bridesmaids
dresses we're the same as the
maid Of honor only In sham
meron rose. They also carried
pale pink carnations.
Miss Gayle Lennon Of Hous-
ton, the groom's cousin, was
flower girl. She was attired In q
white street length dress Of en-
broidered organdy. Her head
piece was white organdy pill
box hat with a short white sill
Illusion veil. She carried a white
and gold basket OF pink and white
carnations and baby's breath.
Richard A. Simpson, brother
Of the groom Of Houston was best
man. Ushers were F. Gary Simp-
son, brother Of the groom o1
Houston and John Benson o.
wyoming.
The mother Of the bride wore
a nile green chiffon sheath will
m atchtng accessories. The
groom's mother was attired Fl
a Grey-pink embroidered sill
organza sheath, with matching
accessories. Both mothers car
ried their orchid corsags on theil
Milford chronicle., 1963-09-13
All Horse
Show

Tne Kent Light Horse Al
Show featuring Is class ses espec-
tally designed for young riders,
viii be held on Sunday, Sept.
20, 1868, at Star Hall Farm
(Townsend Farm) Camden, Del
aware, starting at 10 am. In
case Of rain the show will be held
on the following Sunday, October
6, 1868.
The farm is located on the
Rising Sun road east Of the
traffic Light on Ri. IS, Camden.
This show Is sponsored by the
Kent Light Horse All Club and
will be open to Al members
only.
Admission Is soc and children
under 6 are admitted free.
The judges are English; Mrs.
Cannon, Bridgeville, and West
ern; Dr.. Mersy, Dover.
Trophies and four rfbbsns
will be awarded for each class.
Refreshments Will be available
on the grounds. There viii be
pony rides for the tots. Also q
booth for anyone desiring to trads
or sell any riding equipment or
clothing.
For Information call Mrs. r.
A. Burge, 734-5233 or Mr.. Paul
Carter 284-4005.