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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26
Holmes HID Council
Christmas Program
Held AT kPL Ciiice

The Holmes County Home
Demonstration Council en-
joyed a Christmas program
held in the modern auditor
ium of the new MissisS. ppi
Power and Light Company.
Mrs. James Summerlln OF
Ricnland, president, opened
the meeting and presided
over a brief business session.
The devotional was read by
Mrs. Lee Daniel of Pickens.
Her scripture was taken from
the book Of Luke.
Emory and West clubs were
in charge OF decoration; Lex
ington and Acona were IN
charge of foods; and the pro-
gram was planned by Durant
and Pickens clubs. Tradition
al Christmas dishes were
brought by members to be
served buffet style to the 40
guests present.
During the business session
Mrs. Summerlin and Mrs.
Roscoe Johnson, delegates to
the National HID Council
meeting, held in Little Rock,
gave a report on the conven-
ton.
The social hour began with
an exchange of gifts from a
beautifully decorated tree.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. w. T. Holder, Mrs. {.
B. Minyard and Mrs. T. M.
Williams from a beautifully
appointed table, spread with
a white cloth, bordered in the
holiday motif. The center OF
interest was a massive ar
rangement of greenery with
red berries, highlighted with
burning red tapers.
The president presented
Mrs. Harold Brock of Durant,
Council secretary, who intro
duced the guest entertainer,
the Rev. Bill Rose, Durant
Presbyterian minister. rev.
Rose read an impressive COM
position written by MRS. Car
ter Wright entitled, The I'm
welcome Guest" In a lighter
VEN, the Rev. Rose played
familiar melodies on an old
fashioned harmonlca, some
times playing two at one time.
He also presented Christmas
carols and request numbers.
Mrs. Lewis Massey OF
Thornton led the group IN
singing Christmas carols III
unison. -
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26
District Heart Fund Campaign Workshop
VIII Be Held In Winona January 9Th

panel presentation on Heart
Disease Yesterday, Today
and Tomorrow.
Areas OF emphasis for he
1864 Heart Fund campaign
special gifts and corporate
and business gifts will be
explained by John Hampton
Stennis, Chairman 1864 State
Heart Fund.
B F. Heath, Winona, will
give pointers on how to en-
list volunteer leaders and
workers.
Procedures for scheduling
and reporting a successful
campaign will be briefly re-
viewed by Mrs. Vernon hlng,
Chairman VI VIC
County Heart Fund, Lexlng-
ton. Mrs. Maurine TWisS, Pub
llcist, Mississippi Heart As
ISOLATION, Jackson, will elh-
phasize the Importance OF
publicity in the Heart Fund
Campaign.
Among those expected to
attend and to bring their
county heart workers are: X.
A. Cooper, Carroilton; Mrs.
King and Miss Lockwood
Thompson, Lxington; Mrs
Vernon Mills, Weir; MISS
Margaret Fair, French Camp
and Lowery Dyre, Grcnade.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26
Mrs. Vernon King,
Holmes Chuirmun
Is On Program

Heart volunteers from sew
en- North Central Counties
Will gather In Wlnona On
Monday, January d, to begin
preparations for the Mlssls-
slppl Heart Association con-
centrated February drive to
support the year-round heart
program.
Heart Council and Heart
Fund leaders and volunteers
from HOMES, Attala, Carroll,
Montgomery, Choctaw, Web
ster and Grenada Counties
will meet at the Winona
Country Club for the District
6 Heart Fund Campaign
workshop.
Three physicians, Games
l.. Cooke, Grenada, William
Middleton, Winona and Pau
Mink, Kosciusko, will give a
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26

Ode BuIre!I Named Most Outstanding
Player In Annual Liberty Bowl Saturday

third in yardage gained for
the Maroons. Only Hoyle
Granger, IS and "a, and Son
ny Fisher, II with 81 topped
Ode's mark.
Pat Watson, Maroon guard
took outstanding lineman
honors in the game.
State scored twice in the
first and a field goal in the
second to lead at the hall
1876. The Wolfpack scored IN
the second and fourth a total
Of II points to make the final
score 1912 and a contest al
the way.
Signs Contract
The Durant player has
signed a pro football contract
with the Houston CTexas)
Oilers He was their number
four draft choice. The Green
Bay Packers and a Canadian
club had also made him an
offer, according to reports
He was said to have been the
number three choice of the
Packers.
Official signing Of the con-
tract was announced Sunday
by the Oilers.
Burrell is 81 and weight
1875 pounds.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26
Christmas Lighting
contest Postponed

Christmas lighting contests
in Lexington, scheduled Il
have been judged ON FRIDAY
and Sunday evenings, Will be
Judged some time later this
(Christmas) week, IT and
when the severe weather
moderateS.
Streets were impossible be-
cause of the snow on FRIDAY
and were even worse Sunday
night after sleet had fallen
since noon.
Mrs. j. II. Bowie, president
of the Lexington Garden
Club, sponsor of the residen-
tial lighting contest, said the
out of town judges will come
when called.
1t is hoped people will turn
their lights on during the en-
tire week for the extended
holiday period.
Negro Contest
Judging in the Negro resi-
dental lighting contest, will
also take place al soon a:
possible after streets are
clear again, according to The
Advertiser, sponsor OF the
annual contest.
Winners will be announced
in the next issue of. the
paper.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26

should have been a tremen-
dous day turned into a d small
flop.
Most Of them were saying
a little prayer that weather
would moderate and the
slack could be taken. up on
Monday and Christmas Eve.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26
HuIf-HoIidoys Begin
N Stores January 9th

Lexington merchants will
begin half-holidays each
Thursday beginning January
8. as announced by Lcxlng-
ton Chamber of Commerce,
!. NJ McRae, secretery, Stores
will be open all day January
2. following the holiday on
January lst.
Half-holidays will be OBJ
served through the last
Thursday in August as is the
annual custom.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26

TO OUR FRIENDS N READERS EVERYWHERE:
During this blessed Christmas Season we would
like to- express our deep appreciation to all of you for
your friendship and loyalty and wish for you and yours
a completely happy holiday.
Especially we would like to say a word of appre-
citation for the more than 200 new subscribers this
year in our growing family of readers, now at an all
time high.
Our special thanks, too, go to the patrons of our
commercial printing department without a substan-
tial business in this department we could not continue
to publish your newspaper. Even under normal condl-
tions there is rarely enough advertising in any small
town. weekly to support the newspaper entirely 1t
must depend upon commercial printing to fill the gap
created by low subscription rates and not enough adj
vertisIng.
A special word of appreciation to all of you who
thought of us at Christmas with cards, letters and
interesting newspaper clippings = and those who sent
in or came in with renewal checks for your paper =
may your tribe increase.
.MERRY CHRISTMAS, L
q III
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26
st. Mory's Services:

Thei midnight service at ST.
Mary's Episcopal Church TO.
Christmas Eve night will be
held as announced by the
Rev. Frank Russell. A regular
Sunday morning service was
held at 1C a. m. Sunday,
combined with the Sunday
School hour.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26

Holmes County Courthouse is glamorized for the
holiday season with gay Christmas lights strung from
the tower of the Victorian structure to the corners of
the Square. For Christmas, 1868, Lexington merchants
and Chamber Of Commerce assisted by a substantial
check from the City of Lexington purchased new
decorations, pictured above, which now decorate the
mercury vapor lights around the inner circle of the
Courthouse.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26

glowed brilliantly from the
stage to signify that Mary
and Joseph" had found a
place in the stable for the
birth of the Christ Child. The
entire stage lighting effect
and timing was beautifully
executed by Hosea Grisham,
Jr., Woodson Earle, Bill Sch
heller and John Davis.
The Music Department eX-
presses appreciation to each
of those in charge of lighting,
stage props, decoration and to
James Stokes for Instrument
al numbers.
Serving as ushers for the
presentation were Odessa a
King, Sylvia Farmer, Anne
Flowers and Sarabeth Ellis.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26

The answer, of course, IS
that Old Man Winter is Civ
ing Santa Claus too much
competition - and it IS just
possible the Jolly Old Fellow
may be late arriving in some
remote corner where the
snow drifts are too deep.
Did we say "snoW drifts?
Yes, snow drifts in Miss S
sippi.
A beautiful blanket Of snow
covered Holmes County and
most of Central NJ ss'sslpol
Sunday morning as people
prepared to attend WorshlT
services and Christmas pro
gram which had been
planned to usher IN the
Christmas Season. All OF
these had to be cancelled or
postponed because of the ex-
IRENE weather and the
fact that in this normally
mild climate we are not pre-
pared to cope with snow and
sub-freezing temperatures.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26

Postponed Program Set For Sunday;
Five-Inch Snow Covers Holmes County
by Hazel Brann0n Smith

1t won't be June in january this is one thing
we can usually count on.
Or can we?
Christmas in 1868 has been extended beyond We'd
nesday. December %, in Holmes County - SO any
thing can happen, and probably will.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26

Join the fight
Against tuberculosis -
Buy and use
Christmas Seals
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26
Began, Friday

1t all started when snow
began falling in mid after
noon Friday and continued
until about 900 p. m. that
evening. The official mea-
surement was four and three
fourths inches, but in some
places it ranged from tour 10
seven.
The snow belt extended
from five miles north of WI
mona beyond Jackson on the
south - and from Starkvllle
on the east to the Mississippi
river at Greenville where the
bridge was closed at intervals
because Of icing. One-way
traffic prevailed when 1t was
open.
High temperature Saturday
was SO degrees and by 5:3o p
m. it had dropped to 20. The
low recorded Saturday night
was %. BY noon Sunday the
temperature had risen only to
IS and a light sleet was tall
ing. +,
During the entire weekend
driving conditions were de-
scribed by the Mississippi
Highway Patrol as hazardous
At least II lives have been
lost in the state because O
,hc extreme weather.
School children were out o.
school Fridav noon in timr
10 set home before snow
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-26
Business Down

But children romping IN
the snow were ABOUT the on
w ones enjoying it busl-
ness men throughout the
county were feeling it in their
cash registers. People simply
couldn't get to town to shcp
on Saturday and what
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31

AUfomstie .SsUsszs
Sponge Mop soves time,
work. Giant size sponge
covers large oreo, squeezes
dry automatically. Exclusive
nofUroI hopping
onole. Se2A
stondord modeI---2.os
TefiIIs lao
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31

uhs hos Just the right brush for Ivo every need muuncbl
Sn0"" 0oo"s eh right ore eight especially hondy
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-06-13
Notice Re Surplus Land

Pursuant to Section 5B of
Chapter 25A of the Maryland
Annotated Code (1957, the
Montgomery County Council
hereby gives Notice of proposal
to quitclaim the County's inter-
est in certain land; this land
being approximately 1900
square feet in area lying along
side the north erly line of
Thayer Avenue near Cedar
Street in Silver Spring, to be
quitclaimed to Colonial Invest.
ment Company Cor assignees)
for not less than $4600.00, sub
ject to easements to be retained
by County for drainage, grad
ing, and walkway, and other
conditions. Maps showing To-
cation of this land may be ex.
amined at Rockville Offices of
the Montgomery County De.
partment of Public Works. Any
person desiring to submit OBJ.
jections, alternate proposals, or
other comments, may do SO by
filing written statements on or
before June 20, 1868 with the
Montgomery County Attorney,
6O9 County Office Building,
Rockville. 3t.03e4.6/13
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-06-13
Legal Advertisement
w. G. M. Fields

w. G. M. Fields
Attorney
26 E. Montgomery Avenue
Rockville, Md.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR MONTGOMERY
COUNTY, MARYLAND
Sitting as a Court of Equity
Equity No. 26818
GAYLE E. MATTHEWS
Ball University Boulevard
Kensington, Md.
Plaintiff
VS..
ROBERT T. MATTHEWS
Address unknown
Defendant
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-06-13
Notice of Hearing

tent, containing LA acres, and
Improvements, Eighth District,
being 2.5 acres described in
Liber 969, folio IS and Liber
I'd 8, folio 9, excepting there
from parts conveyed in Liber
969, folio sc, and Liber 1142,
folio 5, subject to right of way,
see Liber 1142, folio 5. The
property is subject to a mort
gage to Barnard T. Welsh,
Liber 2117, folio IT'S.
The Bill states, among other
things, that the amounts neces.
sary for redemption have not
been paid, although more than
a year and a day from the date
of sale has expired.
1t is thereupon this 22nd day
Of May, 1868, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
Ma ryland, in Equity, Or
DERED that the Plaintiff shall.
by causing a copy of this Order
to be inserted in some news.
paper published in Montgomery
County once a week for four
successive weeks before the LIST
day of July, 1868, give notice
to the said defendants and to
all persons interested in the
said properties, of the object
and substance of the Bill Of
Complaint, and warning them
to be and appear in this Court
in person or by solicitor on or
before August LIST, 1868, and re-
deem the property described
herein and in the Bill of Com.
plant, or thereafter a Final De-
cree will be rendered foreclos.
ing all rights of redemption in
and to the various properties
described in the Bill of Com
PLANT, and vesting in the Plain
tiff a title free and clear of all
encumbrances.
CLAYTON K. WATKINS
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County,
Maryland
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON K. WATKINS.
Clerk
4t-0395-6/2o
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-06-13
4t-0395-6/20

Hershey, Donaldson, Williams
& Stanley
Attorneys at Law
1904 First National Bank Bldg.
Baltimore 2, Md.
Assignee's
Mortgage Sale
OF Valuable Improved Real
Estate
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained in the
mortgage from Christopher ].
Brady, Angus L. Brady and
Lucille A. Brady to The Laurel
Building Association of Prince
Georges County, dated March
20, 1860, and recorded among
the Land Records of Montgom.
cry County, Maryland, in Liber
C.K.W. No. 2719, folio 157, and
at the request of the mortgage.
default having occurred under
the terms thereof, the under
signed as the assignee of said
mortgage for the purpose of
foreclosure will offer for sale
at public auction on the herein.
after described premises on
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1868
AT 2 O'CLOCK PM. (DST)
All that lot or parcel Of
ground situate near Burtons-
vile, Maryland, on the westerly
side of Peach Orchard Road,
more particularly described as
follows:
BEING known and desig.
mated at Lot 2 on a plat en-.
titled Leizear's Subdivision
which Plat is recorded among
the Land Records of Mont
gomery County, Maryland, in
Plat Book So at Plat No. 1926.
The Improvements thereon be.
ing now or formerly known
as 1870 Peach Orchard Road.
The property is improved by
a two-story, six-room and bath
frame dwelling with compost
ton roof.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit
OF $1,O0000 will be required at
the time and place of the sale,
with the balance being payable
in cash on ratification of sale by
the Court, with interest at go
from the date of the sale. In
surance, taxes, assessments and
other public dues and charges
to be adjusted to the day of sale.
All costs of conveyancing, in
GLIDING u. S. Documentary Tax
Stamps, recording fees and
State Recordation Tax Stamps,
to be borne by the purchaser.
ROGER A. CLAPP
Assignee of said Mortgage
for purposes of foreclosure
1904 First National Bank
Building
Baltimore 2, Md.
3t-O397-6-20
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-06-13
Order of Publication

The object OF this proceeding
is to secure the foreclosure of
all rights of redemption in the
hereinafter mentioned proper
ties in Montgomery County,
Maryland, sold on June II, 1861,
by the Director of Finances for
the said County, being the Col
lector of Taxes for the State of
M aryla n d and Montgomery
County to the Plaintiff in this
proceeding. The properties so
sold are hereinafter described
in parcels of real estate sub
stantially in the same form as
the description appearing on the
Collectors tax roll, with the
names of the owners named in
the Bill of Complaint and other
persons interested in the prop
critics, as Defendants; the num-
bers stated are in accordance
with the numbers of the para.
graphs in the Bill of Complaint.
5. That John T. Hardisty was
the assessed owner of a parcel
of land called Yorkshire" con-
tanning $50 acres, Fifth Dis
trict, see Liber 322, folio AZ and
Liber 2606, folio 464. The un-
known heirs of Joseph Ennis
and Maggie Ennis, his wife,
may have an interest in the
property.
6. That Alfred H. Humphrey
and others were the assessed
owners of a parcel of land
caalled Holmes Tract, con.
tanning 9.7522 acres and i'm.
provements, Fifth District, be-
ing land described in Liber 298,
folio 2O6, excepting therefrom
tracts conveyed by Liber GIL,
folio 70, Liber 917, folio 479,
Liber 976, folio IS and Liber
2581, folio 253. BY devise and
descent the property is now
owned by the nine persons
listed in the heading of this
case (Par. O., see Liber 1881,
folio 253 and Will Records Of
said County, Liber EA SO, folio
26S. The property is subject
to a mortgage to the Montgom-
cry Mutual Building and Loan
Association, now merged into
the Citizens Building and Loan
A SIS ocia tion of Montgom.
cry County, Inc, see Liber 1877,
folio 353.
7. That Francis Hopkins and
Annie Hopkins, his wife, were
the assessed owners of a parcel
Of land called Brothers Con.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-06-13
Sheriff's Sale
OF Valuable Real Property
STATE OF MARYLAND

Montgomery County, to wit:
By virtue of Writ of Fieri
Facias issued by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
and to me as Sheriff of said
County directed at the suit of
Congressional Lumber Co., Inc.
VS.. Aaron Realty Corporation,
Edith H. Wetherby and Mary
E. Dunnigan / have this 23rd
day of May, 1868, seized and
taken into execution all the
right and title, claim, interest
and estate both at law and in
equity of the said Aaron Realty
Corporation, Edith H. Wetherby
and Mary E. Dunnigan of, in,
to and about the following
described property, to wit:
House & Lot situated on
Lot 10 in Block 1 of 'Imirie's
Subdivision, Bethesda" per
plat in Plat Book II, folio 772,
as described in the land rec.
ords Of Montgomery County,
Maryland, also known as 1925
Montgomery Avenue, Bethes-
da, Maryland.
I hereby give notice that /
will sell all the right, title,
claim, interest and estate both
at law and in equity of the said
Aaron Realty Corporation,
Edith H. Wetherby and Mary E.
Dunnigan of, in, to and about
the above described property to
the highest bidders for cash at
1925 Montgomery Avenue, Be.
thesda, Maryland, on
FRIDAY, JUNE FL, 1868
AT 1890 AM.
Terms of Sale: CASH.
Sold Subject to any mort
cages which will be announced
at time of sale.
RALPH w. OFFUTT
Sheriff
Montgomery County, Md.
3t-07596-20
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-06-13
JAMES It. BARBOUR, JR.
1906 Old Georgetown Road

JAMES r. BARBOUR, JR.
1905 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, Md.
NOTICE To CREDITORS
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the
subscribers of Montgomery County have
obtained from the Orphans Court OF
Montgomery County in Maryland, Ancil-
larry Letters Testamentary on the Per-
Sonal Estate OF
FLORENCE G. McDONOUGH
AKA. FLORENCE q. McDONOUGH
late OF New Castle. elaware,
deceased. All persons. resident and non
resident. having Claims against the said
deceased are hereby warned TO exhibit
and file the same. in said Court. with
vouchers thereof on or before the 7th
day OF December next: they may other
wise by law be excluded from ali benefit
Of said Estate. All persons indebted to
said Estate are requested to make imme-
date payment
Given under our hands this 9TH day Of
June, 1868.
MADoLYN L. QUINN and
JOHN F. QUINN
$50 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda. Md.
Ancllary Executors
6t-0746-T-u
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-06-13
Order of Publication

This is to give notice that on
the 18th day of May, 1868, a
Bill of Complaint was filed in
the Circuit Court for Montgom-
cry County, Maryland, Sitting
as a Court of Equity, by the
plaintiff against the defendant
whose address is unknown. The
petition alleges in substance
that the plaintiff and defendant
were lawfully married to each
other on January g. 1859; that
one child was born to the par
ties; that the defendant, without
just cause or excuse, persisted
in a course of cruel treatment
of the plaintiff in that he did
persistently indulge in the use
of alcoholic beverages to excess;
did threaten the plaintiff with
physical violence on many occa-
sions; did strike, beat and as
sault her on several occasions;
did admit sexual intimacies
with other women; all of which
jeopardiZed the health, well-be-
ing, and mental welfare of the
plaintiff; that as a result of the
defendants conduct as aforesaid
the plaintiff was compelled to
discontinue cohabiting as man
and wife with the defendant on
or about the 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1860, and that the plain
tiff has not lived or cohabited
with the defendant since that
time; that the constructive
desertion of the plaintiff by the
defendant, as aforesaid, has con-
tinued since said date without
interruption, and there is no
reasonable expectation of a rec
onciliation; and prays that the
plaintiff be divorced a vinculo
matrimonii of the defendant;
that plaintiff be awarded the
custody of the infant child of
the parties; that plaintiff be
awarded reasonable allowance
of money for the support of
said infant child; that she be
allowed the costs of this pro-
ceeding, including a reasonable
sum for her attorneys fee; and
for such other and further re.
lief as to the Court may seem
just and proper.
WHEREUPON, 1t is by the
Circuit Court for Montgomery
County, Maryland, sitting as a
Court of Equity, this 18th day
of May, 1868,
ORDERED, that the plaintiff
cause a copy of this Order to be
inserted in a newspaper pub.
lished in Montgomery County,
once a week in each of four sue
ceSsive weeks, before the 18th
day of June, 1868, giving notice
to said defendant of the object
and substance of the bill of com.
plant and warning him to file
his initial pleading, and show
cause, if any there may be, on
or before the 18th day of July,
1868, why a decree should not
be passed as prayed.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS
Clerk of the Circuit Court
For Montgomery County
Maryland
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON K. WATKINS
Clerk 4t-0371-6-13