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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-14

/ for Washington vacationers,
there are many picnic sites in
shady spots off main highways
with tables and trash G ans
strategically located. The sites
are usually announced by road
side signs at least 1000 feet
away. They are arranged on
both sides Of the highways SO
it is not Necessary to cross the
road.
There is nothing luxurious
about any of the roadside camp
locations built to date and
those planned. Entertainment
has to be provided by the
campers. Except in the larger
national parks there are few
towns near the campsites II
national and provincial forest
and game preserves.
There are some campsitec
however, operated by munich.
palities on main highways on
or near the Trans Canals
highway.
In the forest areas there are
few stores, or even gasoline
stations at motor campsites
but in many sites, electric
power, sanitary facilities, kitch.
en- shelters, outdoor cookstove:
or barbecue pits and wood fol
fuel are provided free or al
a nominal charge.
The Charges
Fees for government-oper.
ated campsites vary in differ
ent locations, but seldom are
more than 81 a night per car
In most national parks for tent
or automobile accommodation
the overnight Zee Is so cents
or 50 per week, for trailers UP
to $3.50 per night. There is q
35-cent charge for electric
power per day in some parks
Practically all the government
campsites have caretaker OF
park warden service. and there
Evening star., 1963-01-05

use the type of thinner rec
commended.
Next, stir the paint thor,
oughly just before you apply
it. Even though the paint
store mixed it on its agitator,
it requires stirring again be-
fore applying. Use a mixing
paddle and stir in a figure
Eight" motion.
A wintertime warning from
the Plumbing Heating Cool
ing Information Bureau:
Never use a blowtorch or any
open flame to thaw frozen
pipes.
Not only can a fire be
started, but the piping can
burst if the water flashes
into steam in isolated Sec
tions.
Thawing can be hastened
safely by wrapping cloths
soaked with hot water around
the pipes.
Ceilings are painted first.
OF course, you will remove
all surface dust with a wall
brush or vacuum cleaner at
tachment. Then, use a small
brush to paint the edge of
the ceiling close to the walls.
A paint roller does not reach
this area. For best results,
paint across the short di-
mension of the ceiling. This
permits you to apply the
next strip before the edges
Of the first one dries and
this will prevent lap marks
that sometimes appear If the
paint dries too fast. Once
you start on one area, keep
going until it is complete.
SoVe WoIl Till Lost
Tm windows and doors
come next. If your home has
conventional double hung
sash, lower the top sash and
paint the lower half of it,
then paint the upper part.
Paint the lower sash after
raising it slightly. Paint the
wood trim around the win
dow last.
Panel doors should be
painted by starting with the
door frame, then paint the
edges of the door. Keep a
cloth handy to wipe off any
paint that gets on the front
face Of the door as a lap al
ways shows. Paint the panels
and the moulding aroun d
them, and again wipe off any
paint that gets on other sur
faces. Finally, paint the re-
naming surfaces.
After the paint on the
woodwork has dried, paint
the walls. Here, too, you must
cut in a strip around the
ceiling, in corners and around
all woodwork. Now. paint the
wall with a roller, applying
the paint from top to bottom.
Start at a corner and COM
plete the wall before you stop,
even If lunch is getting cold
on the table.
The final operation is to
paint the Dashboard. Use a
piece of cardboard, such as
the ones the laundry returns
In shirts, to permit you to
Evening star., 1963-01-05
paint rapidly and still keep
paint off the floor.

paint rapidly and still keep
paint off the floor.
outpotient's Clinic
w. ID. G.-All the water
that condenses on your win
dows was put into the air by
the things you do in your
home, such as drying clothes
indoors, cooking, taking hot
showers, etc. You should give
your home some ventilation.
Send a stamped, self ad-
dressed envelope for a free
bulletin that explains this
problem in detail.
L. J. G.-The green stain
around the joints in your
new copper plumbing is
caused by the action of the
soldering fluX on the copper.
1t Is not harmful.
Mrs. L. J. Your builder
can get lime-proof colors to
use in the mortar when con-
structtng this tile floor. These
tiles should be waxed in the
Evening star., 1963-01-05


the house that needs redeco-
rating and winter is an ex-
cellent time to start on these
indoor chores.
Modern paints are so easy
to use and dry so fast, with
scarcely a trace of odor, that
you should be able to breeze
through a room in a week
end. Use either a flat latex
or vinyl paint for walls and
ceilings and an alkyd resin
paint for the wood trim.
You should also provide
yourself with a dropcloth, a
paint roller suitable for the
surface to be painted, one or
two good paint brushes and
a can of putty. This latter
item is for filing holes in the
wood trim.
Reed First
Even if you think you
know all about paint, read
the instructions on the label.
Progress in the paint indus
try is being made so fast that
methods for thinning and
applying last years paint
may not be valid this season.
Thin the paint only if the
label says you can and then
Evening star., 1963-01-05

to want, this room should
have two two-tube, 4U-watt
fluorescent fixtures. If you
have only one ceiling outlet,
it will be necessary to settle
for one fixture unless you
wish to rewire the room.
These fixtures give much
more light for the same pow
er consumption than incan-
descent lights give.
Evening star., 1963-01-05
Now's Good Time for You to Paint Indoors
BY HERMAN BAUM
Contributing Writer

Just because the lawn
mower has been bedded down
for the winter, and the rule
book says that spring and
fall are the best seasons for
outside painting. don't be
misled into thinking that for
the next few months all you
have to do with your spare
time is to read and watch
television.
1t should not be difficult
to find at least one room in
Evening star., 1963-01-05
Clamp Aids
Repairs
BY D. M. DERWIN
Contributing Writer

A new nylon webbing
clamp. recently placed on
the market, exerts an even.
adjustable pressure through
the means OF a rachel on a
one inch 600 lb. break
strength nylon webbing.
The l2-foot length Of web
bing enables It's use on a
wide variety Of objects with
few size limitations.
This nylon webbing clamp
is particularly adapted TO the
making or regluing OF chairs
and other furniture, edge We
neering and gluing up Of
boards.
One Of these new nylon
clamps may replace as many
as four conventional furni-
ture clamps and eliminates
the use Of padding.
The nylon webbing acts as
It's own padding and the met
al clamp cannot touch the
wood upon which II is being
used.
Further Information about
the article mentioned above
may be obtained from the
manufacturer. Norfolk Prod
uctS Corp, Norfolk, Conn.
Evening star., 1963-01-05
same manner as other floors
For Better Lighting

What type lighting fixture
would you recommend for use
in a large kitchen that also
serves as a family room? I
am interested in having good
lighting over the entire room,
which measures II feet by IL
feet" Mrs. d, w. G.
Answer. To give the high
intensity light that you seem
Evening star., 1963-01-05

Reoders wishing M. BOum's help
with home problem may address
him in core Of The Stor, inelOsins
o stamped, addressed envelope.
Evening star., 1963-01-05

DIRECTIONS: From Shirley High
woy west on Duke Street (Rte.
236) continue through Annondole
3 miles to Guineo Rood, left mile
TO Sprinobrook Forest. Or from
Memorial Bridge ond Arlington
Blvd. tRte. 50) TO CircumferentioI
Hwy. to Rte. 236, right on Rte.
236 to Guineo Rd., left to Spring.
brook Forest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-14

Are you satisfied with the
way your rooms look?
That's fine if you are, but
If you have been cycling them
with a critical view and don't
feel quite satisfied with what
you see, maybe a few sugges-
lions on ways to change a
room" might come in handy
about now.
Screens, decorative Orien-
tai or early American ones
can transform a corner or q
wall in two shakes Of an
order blank.
One fold of a screen, placed
sideways with a part of the
design showing, fills in the
wall space behind q sofa in
an intriguing fashion, while q
shutter screen makes a fas-
cinating textured background
for a chair or bench. And
speaking of benches, try one
to give any type Of room q
new flavor.
You can transform your
bathroom with one of the
new makeup" or theatrical
mirrors with its border Of
light bulbs. With one of the
graceful hourglass stools (of
solid plastic in white, black.
pink, blue or Yellow you can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-14
ASK DOROTHY DRAPER
A Little Chunqe
Does q Lot

feel like a movie star and give
your bathroom a lift at the
same time.
Louvred doors or doors
with raised solid panels can
change the looks of a room
If your door is just a medi-
OGRE specimen. The prices are
reasonable and the effect
striking.
Paper one wall in your bed
room and have bedspreads
and curtains to match the
paper, and just any old bed
room becomes a bower.
A new window treatment,
especially If you have one of
those wall-to- wall varieties
can completely revitalize a
room.
1t doesn't have to be much,
but a change is good for
everybody
Mrs. G. b. asks:
Since we live in our liv-
ing room I've been using
beige as my basic color.
walls, draperies and rug) I
have a dark brown sofa, plus
one orange and one turquoise
chair with the same bright
colors plus white for Access
series. Soon we will be NOV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-14

Shown: luxury upon
luxury Lavish topoz-
dyed-white fox on
cashmere, wool in
terlined. Regularly
$l75 less 1917 SAG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-14

ing and I'll need new car
peting.
Gould you suggest q differ
ent color rug or chairs-or
both? I have to keep the
draperies and the sofa at the
present time"
Dear Mrs. G. B.:
You could get a rich shade
Of deep green for your rug
and cover the two chairs in
a print Of beige, cinnamon
brown, green and white.
ID. A. asks:
What color draperies
should I get for my breeze
way? The walls are knotty
pine. Ceiling also is of wood.
Floor has cream and light
brown vinyl tile. Divan and
chair, beige color. Same type
chair in blue. Coffee table
and lamp stands light
wood"
Dear d. A.:
I like plaid or checks in
breezeways. How about q
plaid in brown, white and
tangerine for the draperies?
Then add another tangerine
touch Cor recover the blue
chair in tangerine) and I
think you'll like the effect.
\ 4 =
BE Your Own Decorator" q
fascinating and most informative
booklet BY Dorothy Draper, is ovuil-
able to readers Of The Evening Star.
Send Is cents in coin and your nome
and address printed to Dorothy
Droper, core Of The Evening Stor.
Mrs. Droper eonnot answer peFsonoI
moiI, but will use questions Of widest
general appeal in her column.
Booklets should be delivered within
four weeks.
Copyright 1868, Dorothy Draper
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-09-12
CONTINUED BUS LINE
SERVICE CONSIDERED

Continued bus service for
Lexington was considered at
a meeting held Wednesday,
with Hon. Alton Massey of
Kosciusko, Public Service
Commissioner and represent
atives of Continental South
ern Bus Lines, in attendance.
Pat M. Barrett served as
master Of ceremonies at the
meeting.
Sam C. Watts, of the bus
company told the group Of a.
bout 40 interested business
men and women that he re-
commended to his company
that it route a Memphis bus
through Lexington. from Du-
rant and on to Jackson in the
mornings, and in the even
ings on a return trip from
Jackson to Pickens and Lex
ington and continue to Du-
rant. If the bus line acts ia
vorsblv to Mr.. Watts sug-
gestion. it is expected that
the proposed public hearing
scheduled for Fridav in Jack
son at 10 a. m. will be can
celed.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-09-12
TWENTY YEARS AGO

reservoirs for Gibraltars wa
ter supply.
| talked to two young En-
glishmen on watch on the
top. who had just come on
duty. and they asked if I had
heard the legend "that as
long as there are monkeys
on Gibraltar, it will remain
a part of the British Empire"
The ensign with me and |
met two old gentlemen, COM
plete with English flannels,
shorts. and walking canes,
who were very eager for us
to see the monkeys. The lar
ger gentleman confessed, to
my surprise. that he was in
civilian disguise and in re-
alitv was the Admiral of the
port and his friend. a Com
modore. They tried to take
time off every SUNDAY to
walk the five miles UP. a
walk that was making my
legs ache and perspiration
non out all over
(To be continued next Week)
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-09-12
Mississippi Is Out Of Step = Times

primary, some hope might be held for
a start toward a rule of reason in Mis-
sissippi on racial matters. Mr.. Cole
man is what is known as a moderate
i'm those parts. But Mr.. Johnson won
with the largest vote ever cast for a
gubernatorial candidate and with an
impressive margin over Mr.. Coleman.
Mississippi's racists spoke Tuesday
with an emphatic voice.
Nowhere else in the South are
the White Citizens Councils and the
Ku Klux Khan SO strong. Most of the
more substantial citizens belong to one
or the other, or to both, of the two
Negro-hating and Negro-baiting orga-
nizations. With only one or two notable
exceptions, its newspapers sing daily a
hymn of hate against President Ken
needy, all Northerners, the Fourteenth
Amendment and any attempt to give
the states $4,000 Negroes (42 per
cent of the population) either vote or
voice in management of their states
affairs. Some day Mississippi will have
to rejoin the union. Tuesdays election,
however, seems to have postponed the
date"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-09-12
AS Others See us

Mississippi is out of step with
most of the Union and some day is
going to have to rejoin the rest of
the United States, said the New York
Times August 30th after the election
of Paul B. Johnson as Democratic
gubernatorial nominee.
Since Lieutenant Governor john
son was so fond of quoting The Times
during the campaign, his friends will
be interested in what that newspaper
had to say editorially about his nomi-
nation.
Under the heading of Mississippi
Stands Firm the New York Times
said:
"The nomination of the loudest
segregationist of them all, among the
Democrats running for Governor of
Mississippi, was not unexpected but
is not the less regrettable. Virtually
equivalent to election, it leaves Mis-
sissippi out of step with most o fethe
Union as well.
clad Paul B. Johnson, Jr. defeat
ed former Governor j. P. Coleman by
only a small margin in the runoff
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-09-12
ENSIGN GWIN KOLB
WRITES FROM


Continued from last week.
When I raised my eyes and
peered beyond the blue no.
rizen, l saw Africa, brooding
and purple, lying in the wa
ter like a great, lazy sea
monster.
The whole spectacle was
worth the long climb and the
weary jogging down again.
Narrow asphalt roads cut
from the grey rock, wind a.
bout Gibraltar and afford
the only means of walking
to the top. The sides of the
mountain, (for that is what
it is really) are checker
boarded out into blocks OF
green, formed by grass and
small hardy trees that some
how cling to the rocks and
.live) and blocks of white,
'(formed by enormous con-
crete watersheds, which catch
the water and drain it into
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-09-12

Mississippi began the new fiscal
year July l with a cash balance on
hand of $12.9 million and has taken
in $23.7 million for a total income of
1865. During the same period we have
spent $23.1 million and we w $18
million in bills, making a total Of SILL
million in obligations. (The $18 mil
lion obligations does include one-half
of the homestead exemption payments
payable this monthly
State schools continue to get their
operating funds for only one month
at a time. This has been the case for
about three years of the Barnett-John-
son administration. Formerly schools
received their funds for three months
at a time in advance.
It is to be hoped that tax collect
ions in September will be sufficient to
paw all of the outstanding obligations
and increase the cash balance in the
general fund. The present margin is
too close.
The fact remains that Mississippi
is skating on very thin ice, financially
speaking, and the slightest change IN
general economic conditions could be
disastrous.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-09-12
IKE PIcKENS HURT IN
WASHINGTON WRECK

Ike B. Pickens of Clarks-
dale, was among the passeng-
ers on the Queen and Gre
sent Limited, bound from
New York to New Orleans
last week when the train
wrecked near Washington. A
letter received by The Ad-
vertiser this week stated that
Mr.. Pickens was not serious
" hurt, but X-ray showed a
DISPLACED vertebrae, which is
being treated by a Clarks-
dale doctor.
Mr.. Pickens stated that
while in New York he spent
a lot of time with the ma
tionally known radio broad
casters. the Pickens Sisters.
He took them a song about
blowing UP cotton in Dix
ie'' which thew will sing on
radio this week. Their father,
Monte Pickens visited the
Pickens family when they
lived in Goodman. as many
older citizens, will recall.
He was a violinist and
lived on a farm near Macon.
Georgia before moving to
their present home in New
York CITY. When thew moved
from Georgia, their family
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-09-12

as so many Americans in the past have
done for us. But each of us is morally
bound to live for u country, to de-
fend its free, democratic way OF life,
its noble institutions and traditions,
its ideals of liberty and justice for all.
We are living in a dangerous day
when those ideals are threatened by
extremists who would re-make America
in an image more to their own liking
an America in which freedom would
be taken away from those who do not
go along with what is popular at the
moment.
Bitter, continuous, carping crlti-
cism in Mississippi of President John
F. Kennedy, the Supreme Court and
other high government officials, much
of it irresponsible, is undermining the
confidence of the people in the kind
of government we have in Washing
ton, which in spite of it's imperfections
lis still the best in the world.
The County Superintendent whom
we quoted in the beginning said: I'VE
must not lose sight of the type OF
government we have. We must defend,
as have so many young soldiers, the
presidency of the United States, the
Congress and the Supreme Court.
Now we have lately become so critical
of the personalities of the officers, /
am afraid this idea is spilling over into
our youth, and they might well some
day decide that the Presidency is not
a sound part of the government. There
is no king with the power or authority
of the office of the President Of the
United States. If we don't like the
person that is in the office then we
can vote him out of office, but never
belittle the office of the presidency,
nor the Supreme Court, nor the Con-
stitution and let's instill this in our
children"
We are indebted to Leflore Coun-
ty Superintendent Otis Allen for his
expression of sentiments which proper
ly stated a warning, however gently
given, of a. real danger we are facing
= that of losing our own young people
to the American way because of our
present shortcomings and irresponsi-
BILE conduct. ~
This would be a great tragedy for
these young people and for our coun-
try, if it should ever happen.
The OAR and other patriotic
groups, especially those designed to
safeguard the Constitution, should
make certain that it doesn't.
We must quit shortselling these
young people with u own pseudo
patriotism = and replace it with true
dedication to America as a land of free
and brave people.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-09-12
MRS THOMPSON'S
MOTHER HoNoRED
IN DECATURVILLE

Friends of Mrs. w. O..
Thompson will be interested
to know that her mother,
Mrs Lillian Wise, was hon.
ored on Monday at the an
nual cdr. Rogers Day" held
in Decaturville, Tennessee.
At this annual event two
outstanding citizens of the
community are selected for
special honors, and this year
Mrs. Wise was one of those
chosen.
She is the widow of the
late Eli M. Wise. a prominent
landowner and is described
by the Decatur County Her
aid as one of the towns most
prominent and most gracious
ladies.
Famed for her hospitality,
Mrs. Wise is active in church
and civic affairs. She is an
active member Of the Metho-
dist Church. WSCS, Garden
EZH
Club and other social and
civic organizations. She has
held many offices in the Or
desrsof the Eastern Star. and
is a past presidents Of the
Book Lovers cfub- She is the
mother of six children and
has twelve grandchildren.
Attending the celebration
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-09-12
transform BREAKS UP
YOUNG CAMPERS OUTING

A group OF young campers
went to Dyson's woods Mon
day night for an all night
outing. But a heavy rain
caused the youngsters to re-
turn to town Those on the
camp were Marvin Stanley,
Jr., John Kier, Jr., Glenmore
Ash, Roland Rhyme, Law
renee Rabb, Early Lucas,
Billy Carter, Ben Rose, Fran
els Herbert, Henri Watson,
Jr. and Sonny Rose.
Editors note: Henri and
Billy are Camping in Cam
ada this week, far from Dy-
sons woods.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-09-12
W. Miller Passes September 9Th

Charlie Washington Miller,
"a, a retired farmer, died at
6. a. m. Sunday, September
8 ait his home in Attala
County in the baskerville
community. He was born in
Attala February 26, 1879 and
was a member of Unity Bap-
fist Church, where services
were held at 8 p. m. on Mon
day. Rev. Roy Marshall Of
ficiated, assisted by a former
pastor, Rev. Curtis Ellis. Blu
rial followed in the Spring
dale Cemetery in Attala
County, and pallbearers were
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-09-12
Financially Speaking
State Government Is On Thin Ice

Mississippi's state government
was operating S1.5 million in arrears
on September 1, contrary to what
some state officials would have us be-
lieve.
In the regular monthly report Of
State Auditor William Neal it was re-
vealed the states cash balance on
September l was S13.5 million for the
general fund. Against this balance,
however, there was outstanding en-
cumbrances of SI8 million. So even
a child can see that leaves us $4.5 mil
lion in the red unless additional money
comes in within the next 80 days to
meet those obligations.
Tax collections for the new fiscal
year, which began July l, are up, but
only $500, 900 ahead of the same period
last year. However, expenditures are
up So million for the same period, and
this does not include Sc million in
homestead exemption refunds paid to
counties in August of last year. Thus
an additional $2.2 million in tax col
~lections was needed in the two-month
period if receipts are to be kept at a
level to meet increased expenditures
of the Barnett-Johnson administration.