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Holmes County herald., 1963-02-21

Mrs. Marshall's personal ex-
p~erience with God when Pet
err Marshall died, when she
was stricken with tuberculosis
: and her complete surrender
to God. She belives u.at tho
will is dhe motivating force
behind the person, and the
emotions lag behind. How
then cam human nature be
changed? To explain this point
and close her talk, Mrs. Var
nado gave one of several in
spifational quotes from the
book itself: "Can we change
human nature?' No, but the
Holy Spirit can. His alien
comprising love is Jesus
love for us, the extension of
Jesus life and power in our
day. The Helper takes our
needs as His own. Our dam
gers, He enters into with us.
Our perpliXities, He illumines.
Our joyousnesS, He sancti-
flies. Do without Him? How
could any of us who have
embarked on the pilgrimage
that is christianity do without
Him? For WE who long for
something more, for strength
and hope and wisdom beyond
ourselves, discover to our Joy
that as the Comforter reveals
Christ to us, in Him we have
| our hearts deSire'
Holmes County herald., 1963-02-21
Heritage Club Meets

Heritage Club Meets
The Heritage Club met in
the home of Mrs. Bill Pres
lev, with Mrs. William Cook
as co-hoStesS, on Tuesday,
February 18th. Mrs. Presley's
home was beautifully decorat-
ed with valentine flower ar
rangements, both artistic and
delightful. The meeting was
called to order by the Presi-
dent, Mrs. H. l.. Gowan, and
the members joined in re-
peating the Club Collect. Roll
Call and reading of the mimi
ties followed. The President
welcomed club visitors for the
afternoon, Mrs. H. R. Varna-
do, Mrs. Pat Pepper and Mrs.
Shelby Lorick.
The project for the month
is the Coffee for the Heart
Fund, which will be held at
the Pickens City Hall on We'd
nesday, February 9th. The
work committees and the
schedule for workers was
read. Mrs. Bill Presley, chair
man of the Heart Fund drive
for the area, asked the Girl
| Scouts to collect for the
Heart Fund, and the leaders
agreed to work out the time.
Mrs. Hilary Davis, program
| chairman for the month, in
| PRODUCED the speaker for the
afternoon, Mrs. H. R. Varna-
do, who reviewed Beyond
Ourselves" by Catherin Mar
| shall. Mrs. Varnado stated
that this was one of the Lat
est and probably the most
practical of Mrs. Marshall'S
books; really a spiritual au-
photography; a powerful docu-
mentary evidence Of the heal
ing power Of God, with many
case histories. 1t includes
Holmes County herald., 1963-02-21
Home Demonstration Club

Home demonstration CIuD
Meets
The Home Demonstration
Club met Thursday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock in the home
of Mrs. Jack Anthony, with
Mrs. Jed Pepper as co-hos-
tess. Mrs. P. L.. Montgomery,
vice : president, presided over
the meeting. Mrs. Jack An
thony gave the devotional,
with the roll call and reports
being given by Mrs. Bob
Jones, secretary and treasur-
err. Mrs. Harriet Powell read
the study topic, "Trip on a
school bus" The home de-
monstration agent gave a de-
monstration ON Meat Cook
cry. A tour to New Orleans
was discussed. Recreation
was conducted by the leader,
Mrs. c. V. Maxwell. Valen-
tine refreshments with coffee
were served by the hostesSes.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. V. Maxwell
were recent visitors in the
home of Mrs. E. N. Minor and
family at Circle M Ranch at
Paulette, Miss.
Rev. G.. H. Ledbetter went
by bus to Long Beach We'd
nesday to visit his children
there and to drive Mrs. Led
better and daughter, Mrs.
Emmett Adams, Betty and
Melanie home, who had been
visiting there.
Miss Mla1lreen McInnis of
Moorhead spent the weekend
here at her home.
Mrs. Mark Hanna and Mrs.
Walter Billingsly visited Mrs.
Stella Dendy in jackson re-
Gently.
Recent guests in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. V. Max
well were Mr.. and Mrs. D. H.
Ratcliff of N~eweNon, La, Mr..
and Mrs. Dudley Hutchinson,
Jr., Dudley, III, and John Hut
Crimson of Columbus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Donald
from st. Louis, Mo. visited
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. E.. Maxwell over the week
end.
A number of men from Pic
kens attended the Big Black
Farmers Club meeting Thurs
day night at Holmes Junior
College.
Holmes County herald., 1963-02-21
w. s. C. S. Meeting

w. $. C.. S. Meeting
The w. S. c. S. met Monday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in
the home of Mrs. Everd Die.
kerson. Mrs. T. c. Parrott
and Mrs. Neck Helm, Sr.
were co-hostesses. A short
business session was presid-
ed over by the president, Mrs.
S. D. Simpson. Mrs. {. v.
Maxwell had charge of the
program, the topic being,
lord, teach us to pray" She
gave the glori-us game OF
the season. Some reports
were given by officers and
minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved. Six
teen members were presnt.
The meeting was closed with
a prayer by Mrs. Shelby Par
ker.
Refreshments of pie and
coffee were served by the
hoSteSSeS.
Mrs. G. H. Ledbetter and
daughter, Mrs. Emmit Adj
ans and Betty and Melanie
of Memphis visited Mrs. Will
liam Sadler, Mrs. Ike Forl-
Lier artl families at Long
Beach this weekend.
Visitors with Miss Minnie
Pearce Sunday afternoon
were Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Herl-
tage of Monroe, La, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Murdoch and
son of Ethel.
Mrs. Crawford Lever visit
ed her sister and FANNY, the
Houston Dukes of White Oak
last weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. E.. M. Will
liamS of Lexington were PC
kens visitors Sunday p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Lee
Crawford and girls from Nat
chez were weekend visitors
with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Crawford and Mrs.
Annie GuytOn.
Mrs. Yetta Kaplan and Miss
Josie Burton were visitors IN
Oxford Thursday with Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey Kaplan and
Roy at "Ole Miss" and Mrs.
Shine Morgan.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Alley
and children of Memphis
visited her mother, Mrs. Ne
ia Meeks and other relatives
on the weekend.
Sympathy is extended to
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat GIBSON III
the sudden death of his Sis
ter, Miss Mildred Gibson, who
died Sunday morning at Tai
lassee, Ala. where she was
teaching school. Burial was
in Winona, her home town.
Mrs. j. E. Maxwell and
Mrs. j. T. Lever visited Mrs.
Lima Farabee Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. Frank Simpson of Flo
ra. visited with her mother,
Mrs. J. T. Lever ON Monday.
Mrs. Lena Linn left Wednes-
day for Pensacola, Fla. where
she will visit for several
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell Thomas. Mrs. Thomas is
the former Lena Lou Linn.
Mrs. Emmett Simpson OF
jackson is visiting in the
home of her daughter, Mrs.
Harry Worthey, this week.
Holmes County herald., 1963-02-21
Pickens NeeUs
by Mrs. T.. X. Daniel

Mrs. b. H. MdXWeII dIIu
Jen went to jackson on Thurs
day.
Mrs. Ed Atkinson hOnored
her sister, Miss Josie Burton,
ON her birthday, Feb. 18th,
with a dinner at Blacks Cafe.
Those attending were Mrs.
w. S. Guyton, Mrs. G.. H. In
gram, Mrs. Yetta Kaplan,
Mrs. j. r. Cahoon and Mrs.
Billy Atkinson. We wish for
her many more happy birth
days.
Holmes County herald., 1963-02-21

Mrs. Emmett Simpson of
Jackson is visiting in the
home of her daughter, Mrs.
Harry Worthey, this week.
Holmes County herald., 1963-02-21

Mrs. G.. H. Ledbetter and
daughter, Mrs. Emmit Adj
ans and Betty and Melanie
of Memphis visited Mrs. Will
liam Sadler, Mrs. Ike F'orl.
Lier ara families at Long
Beach this weekend.
Holmes County herald., 1963-02-21

Mr.. and Mrs. George Alley
and children of Memphis
visited her mother, Mrs. Ne
ia Meeks and other relatives
on the weekend.
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-08

Death In The Hunting Season

Never climb through Oh over fence
without first unloading the gun.
Never shoot at flat, hard surface
-ricochets can wound and kill
Never look down the barrel Of gun
to see if it's loaded. And keep the safety
on until you're ready to shoot.
Keep guns and ammunition away
from children.
Be absolutely sure guns carried into
camp OF home are unloaded. Keep them
cased until your hunting area is reach
ed.
Remember that alcohol and guns can
be lethal mixture.
In sum, treat a gun with the respect
it deserves. Work on the principle that
it's always loaded and ready to fire,
even though you know it isn't. Then all
the armies Of hunters yourself includ-
ed-will come home under their own
power.
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-08
Mediocre Today

One may be justified i'll asking
what has happened to Medicare?"
the bill for providing medical benefits
Of various kinds to everyone drawing
social security payments.
When this measure was introduced
it will be remembered, all of the admin
istration guns were brought up in its
support No other domestic measure
was pushed 50 hard, and administration
leaders apparently scented success. The
result, to use the vernacular, was "no
dice" Congress, i'll the face Of all the
pressure, just said No, and No again.
Medicare is back-old bills like old
soldiers, even after repeated failure,
never seem to die. But the big guns are
silent. Token support comes from it's
sponsors, but little more
Why? The answer is that congress
ional coolness is the direct result Of sew
eral diverse but important factors.
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-08
OUR DOLLARS

tion of gold in the federal treas
ury, the nations gold reserve
fell too low and we had a de-
preston which lasted for about
five years.
Another example was the great
crash of the 1929-33 period,
when people distrusted bank de-
posits and began boarding cash,
and later shifted to hoard
ing gold. This so depleted the
gold reserves of our banking
system that the ensuing bank
crisis resulted in the mora
torium when nearly every bank
in the United States closed for
about two weeks.
GRESHAM'S LAW A
THREAT AGAIN TODAY?
Gresham's Law has been
neither repealed nor nullified.
In view of our much-publicized
loss of gold, the growing short
age of coins, and the impend-
ing replacement OF the Silver
Certificates (the remaining cur
relcy bearing a full reserve OF
the metaD, there is again the
real danger of "bad" money
driving out the "good" money.
If we do suffer any adverse
affects from Gresham's Law this
time, the trouble is likely to
stem from overextenSion Of
credit. This huge structure Of
debt which we have built is be-
coming harder and harder to
handle. Unless managed proper
ly, 1t could cause untold hard
ship to the economy. The use
of credit is an "easy street."
but it must be travelled within
the speed limits if a tragic
crack-up is to be avoided.
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-08

Another hunting season is upon the
land. Millions vi Americans will take To
the woods this fall i'll quest Of every
form Of game from cOttontail rabbits to
Canadian moose. All will 60 with high
hopes Of success and Of returning proud
ly home with filled bags.
But, the American Medical Associa-
tion tells us at least 200 Of these hunters
will not return under their own power.
They'll be brought back dead-the vic
Tins Of hunting accidents involving
guns.
The rules Of gun safety are fairly
voluminous- they're also simple,
founded on the hard rock of down-to-
earth common sense. Here are some Of
the basics:
Know what you're firing at before
you pull the trigger-Which means be
certain that rustic in the bush was
made by deer, and not another hunter.
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-08
CIim ufe And Health

The relationship of climate to
health has been a subject of
speculation and debate since
time immemorial.
We hear our friends tell about
getting relief from arthriti C
pains by moving to a hot, dry
zone. others report they have
fewer attacks of colds and flu
in semi-desert cities and towns.
Colds and flu cannot be avoid
ed merely by living in a hot,
dry climate, says Today's
Health, the magazine of the
American Medical Association.
Colds and flu are caused by
various viruses that can be
transmitted readily from person
to person regardless of the cH-
mate.
II there was any "best spot"
geographically for arthritics, it
would be so over run with people
there would be standing room
only. Scientific studies have
shown that changes In baromet-
ric pressure can effect pains in
the joints to a slight extent. But
there are arthritics in every
climate in the world, all Of them
more or less in pain much of
the time.
II you're thinking about moving
to a different climate for health
reasons, 1t is advisable to make
a preliminary visit Of a few
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-08

Somewhere in my reading this
week I saw this punch line, from
what source I do not know, but
the line remains with me. "If
you're too busy to laugh, you're
too busy" Well I'm not too
busy to laugh, for I often say
that without a sense of humor
and good appetite I would have
been dead long ago. ! give most
of the credit to my sense Of
humor. My monstrous appetite
will probably kill me eventually
anyway.
We are SO busy getting ready
to live that we never do any
living. I love company and I
wish my friends and neighbors
could spend an evening here or
I could visit them for an even
ing's good conversation. It seems
impossible these days when we
are so over r-organized that there
is always some club meeting
or committee meeting or public
entertainment to go to.
A long time ago when I was
little girl they visited while they
worked together. Even butchering
day with its hard work was
jolly social occasion. The men
did the yard work, killing the
hogs, cleaning and hanging them,
cooking the scrapple meat in the
big iron pots. The white fat was
cut up into chunks and lard rem
dered in big pots. There we're
experts among the menfolk for
each job. "Jake's the scrapple
man." they would say; eve want
Jim for the lard pots; he always
gets it cooked just right with
out scorching." When the
cracklings Ghe pieces of crisp
fat) were pressed, there would
be cornmeal cracklin' bread for
ouPpC4s
After the hogs were weighed,
the womenfolk always took time
to 60 and get weighed on the
scales, and there was much JOSH
ing and laughter when the fat
ones got on. There were no
bathroom scales in those days
and hogkilling was weight check
ing time once year.
The scrapple meat, after being
cooked, ground, recooked and
thickened, was put into tin pans
or crooks and covered with
grease.
The lean sausage meat was cut
into strips, seasoned according
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-08

2. Medicare would give the benefits,
on q blanket basis, to great numbers of
social security beneficiaries who neither
want nor need it. At the same time, it
would have excluded millions Of elderly
people not within the social security
framework.
;. The cost, according to indepen-
dent experts, would reach unsupportable
heights, many billions year
4. The existing Kerl-M Mills Bill-for
providing federal medical financial aid
to the elderly III need, under a system of
state administrations working we'll
and is being extended.
5. The voluntary medical insurance
plans, offered by Blue Cross and Blue
Shield and commercial insurance COM
panies, are doing a superb job of provid-
ing protection to all who want it, at
moderate cost.
6. There is very distinct feeling i'll
this country that we've already gone too
far in Welfare Statism, and that Medi-
care would take us long step farther
along the road Of government domina-
tion Of everything and everybody.
And that seems to be the status of
Medicare today.
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-08
IN The AIR FORCE
BY Elaine Townsend DickersOn

and the stables are inadequate
for their ever increasing popu-
lous of riding horses. those
that are gifts to the Kennedys
and those they themselves pur-
chase.
Their home is near Middle
burg, Virginia and l guess the
local people were a bit non plus
seeing Jacqueline walking the
streets in the small town this
weekend and doing her market
ing like other everyday folks.
She rummaged around in the
local antique shops and took John
and Caroline window shopping on
Main Street. It's a lovely area
and an interesting place to drive
on a Sunday outing.
And speaking of the Sabbath,
many Air Force and service
families attend chapel on the
base or post, but here in Alex
andria we have Joined a
civilian" church. Our Methodist
Church here, like ours at home,
is busily engaged in a Christmas
bazaar. The date for ours is
all day November the 10th. One
circle called me and asked me
to contribute some sewing. Poor
soul did not know me too well
and l had to decline. Volunteered
to bake something ard that is
almost as feeble an effort as the
other! Lots and lots Of interest
ing baZaars in this area. If I
could get my crew healthy again
maybe could visit some of them
and gather some Christmas ideas
for you and me!
Until next week.
Always,
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-08

began disappearing into boards.
BY 1890 this had reached a crit
ical point. Then group, in
cluding Sir Isaac Newton (who
was then warden of the mint)
convinced the government that it
should call in the defaced coins.
They were then melted down, and
reminted at full weight with
milled edges and outline in
scriptionS. Then the "good"
money came out of hiding!
THE AMERICAN
EXPERIENCE
Here in the United States, we
too experienced the painful work
ings Of Gresham's Law during
the Revolutionary War period,
in 1897, 1918, and from 1887
to 1912. AT the time of the dis
covery of gold in California the
workings of Gresham's Law was
also evident when the increase
OF gold was so rapid that its
value declined to the point where
silver was driven out of circu-
lation and boarded.
Then came the experience with
the Civil War greenbacks in Mar.
of 1862. These products Of the
printing press were not backed
by either gold or silver re-
serves. Hence, people took to
boarding gold and silver coins.
OTHER CRISES
In 1890, the Silver Purchase
Act caused gold to flow out of
this country. This precipitated a
rush to hoard money, culmin-
ating in crisis in the New
York money market in 1892 when
the cashing of checks to obtain
gold for export reached serious
proportions. Due to this reduc-
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-08

at our table. Later on they told
us reluctantly that they could not
use it; it had nodded. We explain
ed to them that of course it had
nodded, and even though we do
cut off the mold before cooking,
it is a kind of seasoning in it
self, like Jack Dempsey's famous
steaks.
The backbones, spareribs and
hucks we're cleaned and put down
into a barrel of brine, strong
enough to pop an egg. This meat
had to be soaked in clear water
before using. 1t was usually serv-
ed boiled with vegetables.
A nice dessert often served in
the winter with this pork, vege-
table meal was Dried Apple Pie.
During the summer, all extra
apples were cut and spread upon
screens and dried in the hot sun.
think every summer l will do
some and tie them in a cloth bag
for winter. The evapOrated
apples we buy in the stores to-
day are very nice, but they do
not have the flavor or brown
color of the old-time product.
One thing l did not like that
was served then we're the apple
dumplings. The dough was roll
ed around the apples and the
dumplings then lowered gently
into a pot of boiling water. They
were served with sugar and
cream, but the sticky dough did
not taste good to me. l prefer
mine with a pie crust dough and
baked in the oven. Our favorite
sauce for these is called "New
England Nutmeg Sauce" and
came to me from dear, old
friend, the late Mrs. Walter
Massey, Sr. of Dover. This is
the rule: Mix together l cup
sugar, dash OF salt and table
spoon OF flour. Add 2 cups OF
boiling water very gradually and
tablespoon butter. Cook about
min. This should not be too
thick. Remove from fire and add
/ teaspoon nutmeg. No, this is
not too much. Serve warm on
apple dumplings, if any is left,
it will keep and can be reheat-
ed. Several readers have re-
quested that l put in more re-
cipes. I am very thrilled that
you want them. We have many
very old ones in use in Trails
End Kitchen, but no secret ones.
We love to share.
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-08

A recent survey shows that the ma
jority Of the United States is suffering
from light to heavy drought and forest
fires, in the next few weeks and months,
ranging over valuable timber lands, will
cause damage that may run into the
hundreds of millions Of dollars. Last
year many thousands Of square miles Of
forest lands were burned over, and the
presumption is that the area devastated
this season will be much larger, unless
adequate care is taken to prevent the
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-08
Control CuffIe Lice

Both dairy and beef animals
are often heavily infested with
lice in the fall, says County
Agent VIM. H. Henderson. Now
is the best time to get rid of
lice, while the weather is warm.
He recommends treating all cat
tie before they go into winter
quarters.
A spray or dust application of
rotenone or pytethrum can be
used on both dairy cows being
MIXED and beef animals. If
needed, make a second applica-
tion about IA days after the first
treatment.
For lice control on beef and
dairy cows not being milked,
sprays containing either coral,
lindane, malathion, methoxy-
chlor, ronnel or korlan can be
used. Henderson cautions not to
use any Of these sprays on cows
being milked.
Apply sprays with a power
sprayer at $50 and 400 pounds
pressure. Use about one gallon
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-08
Cub-Fest From Trails End
by Pat Hatfield

to an old family recipe, and
ground. Some was put into the
skins which the women had pre-
pared by cleaning and scraping
the small intestines and putting
them to soak in salt water. Part
Of the sausage was put into long,
narrow cloth bags. Then all was
hung in the smokehouse. 1t kept
surprisingly well, but later on
after a February thaw, it got
"Old" they said. The grownups
kept right on eating it, but I did
not like that pungent taste.
Everything was salvaged in
those days. One job the women
hated so was taking the fat from
the intestines. "Riddin' the
CUTS" was the earthly local ex-
preston. That small pot of fat
was usually rendered on the stove
in the housewives kitchen, and it
sputtered away, smelling of the
source from which 1t came. The
finished product wasn't too bad
and was always used first.
Women during an afternoon call
would ask politely, "Have you
used up your gut lard yet?" It
seemed to be a virtue to make
it last as long as possible be-
fore beginning the luxury Of
breaking open can of the pure,
white lard.
They always seemed to put off
cutting a ham as long as possible
too. They would ask, "Have you
cut a ham yet?" and woe be to
the young bride who had ventured
into a ham too early in the sea-
son. "She has cut one Of her
hams," they would say, shaking
their heads over the ridiculous
extravaganza.
The hams we're we'll worth
waiting for. They were sugar
cured (not smoked) from a 100
year old recipe. 1t involved brown
sugar, salt petre, black pepper
and so on. The hams were COW
cred with this mixture and laid
on swinging shelves to absorb it.
After the required number of
weeks, they we're wrapped tightly
in brown paper, newspaper, and
then tied in white cloth bags and
hung from the rafters of the
smokehouse. We often do them
by that same recipe today, and
there is nothing like that pink
country ham.
One Christmas we gave one to
some friends who had enjoyed it
Milford chronicle., 1963-11-08
Dear Friends:

Dear Friends:
hope the same situation
doesn't exist with all of you
over there, but l swear every
one over here has someone in
their family with aches or pains.
Three -fifths of our family has
been sick this week and I'm
about ready to call off this hos
pital jazz. Leslie did have a
sore throat, got well and trans
mitted her mess to Dawn. OF
course, Lynne has been resting
for two weeks and trying to cure
her mononeucleoSis bit. The doc
tor has pronounced her on the
road to recovery and has given
the green light for her partial
return to school. Today the doc
tor at the Pentagon tod Hayes
he would have to go to bed and
have complete bed-rest until
Thursday So get some Of them
on their feet and the other half
collapseS!
Was surprised to read in the
paper this weekend that the seven
bedroom, five and one half bath
room home of the Kennedys, here
in Virginia, is already inadequate
for their family! You know their
hunt country home, "Atoka" was
completed earlier this year. It
was finished during the Hyannis
Port season and so, without ever
living in this, their dream house,
they sub-let it for the summer
season Cat a reported $1,000 a
month). Just this past weekend
they moved in for their first time
at occupancy and found it in
adequate and now they are going
to add a wing that will contain
a paneled den for the president
and more sleeping quarters. Oh!