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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-09-12
by Les KimbIe

Bible reading in the public schools, segrega-
ton in the South and Indignation in the North
have hurt the public schools. Greater school
costs, large crop of school youngsters, over.
burdening of local tax resources, Inadequate
teacher salaries and teacher training, and the
placing of greater emphasis on material lux.
uries than on education trouble our public
schools.
The American economy is based on the
idea of a great mass of citizens producing
needed goods and services, earning good sal.
aries and buying those goods and services.
Anything that operates to interrupt this econ.
omic chain can destroy our way of life Auto
nation is destroying more than million Jobs
year and only educated workers can fill the
jobs opening up. The need is not for less,
but more education. Those who short.
sightedly cut needed educational services to
save tax dollar are cutting their own econ
omic throat, and yours and mine, too. The
outcome of such short-sighted policies will
produce, in the long run, economic conditions
like those that exist in Latin America, Spain,
and Portugal where few live like kings and
the many just barely get by or go to bed
hungry.
This is not to say that we shouldn't try
to get full value from the school-tax dollar,
but for the sake of our children and grand
children, let us be sure that our public schools
are maintained and improved. The weakening
OF our public schools does not hurt the chill
oren OF that minority who can afford to send
their children to private schools, but the ma
Jority OF children who attend public schools.
We tend to take our public schools for
granted just as we do our supply of water
ana electricity. l agree with the editors of
cosmopolitan that our public schools are in
danger. The hour is late. Those Americans
who believe in our form of government and
our way of life had better start worrying
about the public schools.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-09-12
Hurroh For Council!

-Four of the members of the County Council
to be congratulated their votes Tuesday to retain
the county's public accommodation law.
We have said many times here that we believe the
law necessary and that has been extremely helpful in
enabling the county avoid trouble to date in the social
revolution that is taking place.
Most businessmen UNDERSTANDABLE reluctant to
take the lead in delicate racial matters But when law is
passed applying equally to all businessmen problems of
competition eased and the legal restrictions
much more paatable For this reason, believe the
Presidents civil rights program good And for the
and other which could be obvious-we believe
the present exemption granted to taverns under the
counys public accommodations law is bad The exemption
should be removed and apparently the only hope for this
lies in the four councimen whose votes Tuesday saved
the ordinance-Messrs Walker, Williams Mrs. Hepburn
and Miss Dggs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-09-12
by David Cahoon

hearings. On the other hand, it is almost i'm
possible Tor either side, in any case of real
magnitude, to meet the substantial evidence
requirements in this time limitation.
In arriving at solution, 1t seems impOr-
tant to examine some basic principles. Zoning
Is an exercise OF the police power of the State
and cannot be used to prevent the use Of
property by property owner, whether he be
a home owner or the owner of vacant land,
except in accordance with plan found neces-
sary in the general interest of the community.
The development of the plan and the de-
cisions on the questions of what kind of a
community will be developed are properly
legislative matter and should be determined
by the elected representatives of the property
owners and citizens. Specific adjustments in
the plan and correction or errors in its appli-
cation are more in the nature of a judicial
decision.
If we can proceed in the right order with
things, then the Council can be relieved of the
chore OF hearing all Of the individual changes
and some appointed Board could be delegated
the responsibility for conducting hearings.
The first thing is for the Council to con.
duct its own hearings and make a Legislative
decision by approving series of development
plans. This would keep the matter responsive
to the electorate and avoid the abuse of auth.
ority by appointed officials.
The appointed Board would make it's de-
cisions within the framework of the adopted
public policies and would be subject to judicial
review by the courts for conformance with
the standards.
If all of this can be accomplished, we can
get out of the current rut in which individual
zoning applications have become an impos.
sible mixture of review of plans properly sub.
ject of plebiscite, and individual property
owners grievances which are not.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-09-12
Jr. College

1t appears to me that your
public be damned" editorial
concerning the School Board
majority's action regarding the
future of the Montgomery Jun.
ior College is an essay that is
saturated with rhetorical mega
tivism. Your newspaper has
deliberately, either through
ignorance or malicious contriv-
ance, embarked on a program
of misleading the public.
I suggest that in the inter-
ests of obtaining the facts and
not merely reporting DR..
Beck's pontificating that you
school your reporters in the art
of educational reporting.
1t has been clearly stated by
the Director of School Services
that the buildings and equip.
ment, with one or two excep-
tons, are inadequate and obso-
lete at the Takoma Park
campus. Thousands of dollars
have been appropriated from
school funds to solve the park
ing problem in the contested
MIC area in Takoma Park, but
a solution has yet to be found.
The fringe location of MIC is
only convenient to those with.
in walking distance of the
campus. The large bulk of
the student body must have
transportation, and many come
from remote areas in the coun.
ty.
A centrally.located campus,
with more than enough space
for parking and expansion,
should prove adequate for
years to come, especially since
projected enrolment figures
have been revised downward.
If there is a trend toward
higher education" at the jun.
Tor college level, then let it be
resolved in a good teaching
atmosphere, with up.to-date
scientific and technical equip
ment to make it worth the
students time. Higher educa-
ton does not mean post.grad-
uate high school classes, where
the student who has signed up
for a two-year college course
drops out before graduation,
or drops several classes and
strings out his junior college
experience for three or four
years.
How proud can we be of our
tax supported MIC whose
graduating class last June
numbered only 165 from an
original enrolment of over
1000? Is this obsolete, made
quate junior college facility
doing its job? Or would an
efficient, modern campus. cen.
trally located in the county,
with goals and standards def
nitely stated, educate young
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-09-12

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Kay Zoning


The fundamental issue in the
now famous Kay high rise
apartment request is that it
should go back to the Planning
Commission.
The Council is faced with
the responsibility of acting on
a coming application in which
there is a complete vacuum
between two absolute ex-
tremes. One is the vehemently
expressed opposition of the
community to any change in
the present zoning. The other
is a request for maximum den
sity. Neither is reasonable, in
my view. AS residents of this
community our family has an
understandable stake in what
happens.
/ feel the Council needs
more than a vacuum on which
to make a decision. That OPP
portunity is in its prerogative
to refer the matter back to the
Planning Commission for nee
essary, more complete study;
namely, a master plan for the
Four Corners area.
l am well aware of the fact
that, as Mr.. Lackey pointed
out in the hearing, the PRO
posed Wedges and Corridors
General Plan" shows the tract
in high density use. I also
realize that both the technical
staff of the Planning Commits
sion and the Planning Board
have recommended approval
of the application. But, it is
also a fact that on Page 48 of
the Proposed Budget for 1863
GA of the Maryland-National
Capital Park and Planning
Commission" there is clear ref
erence to the preparation of a
master plan for the Four
Corners Area.
Obviously, someone thought
1t was necessary to plan the
Kay property in the context of
the total Four Corners area.
No such plan exists. Instead,
the generality of proposed
high density use has become a
wholesale translation through
a zoning application, without
any opportunity for the Coun-
Gil to consider a reasonable in
crease in density and a plan
ned increase in the various
community facilities such in
creases in density would re-
quire.
The disregarding of this
obligation by both the tech
meal staff and the Planning
Board is a rather grim hoax
on the residents of this COM
munity. The Council has the
power, and, more important,
the obligation to ask the Plan
ming Commission to fulfill its
stated obligation to this COM
munity, in order that the Coun-
Gil can make an informed deci-
sion.
Planning of changing land
uses in the established por-
tons of the County is a con-
troversial challenge. Growing
urbaniZation does alter and
disrupt the traditional pattern
of suburbia that homeowners
UNDERSTANDABLE keep fighting
to protect. The way in which
each particular community
manages the d lem ands of
growth makes the texture OF
the County as a whole.
We have lived in this com.
munity since 1851. Until the
beltway sliced the old Indian
Spring Country Club, tn e
changes in the area were the
ordinary ones arising out of
more houses, more traffic,
more schools, additions to old
schools, and an undramatic
feeling of more people. The
Four Corners shopping area
remained an unpr etentious
neighborhood center, ugly in
spots.
But when the golf course
was turned into an unkempt
island of vacant land, il be.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-09-12
Public Forum

people in a fashion to better
qualify them for the future?
Betty w. Saunders
Ashton
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-24

Neurological Research Commission has
planned from the beginning to use the
facilities of the states universities for
much of its work.
There are plans for research build
ings and centers in Jackson.
But who will man these facilities if
the University of Mississippi and later
the other universities lose a sizeable
number of their most talented faculty
members?
Mississippi for years has been hav-
ing difficulty in attracting the univer-
sity professors and instructors it has
wanted because the salaries it can pay
are considerably lower than offered
by comparable schools elsewhere.
And more recently, many have
turned down Mississippi offers because
they said they were afraid of what
would develop in the racial situation.
If these Ole Miss faculty members
leave, it will put the state in such a
bad light in educational circles and
elsewhere - that coupled with u
money problem = it will be difficult
If not next to impossible to replace
them with equally competent people =
it will be difficult to keep other faculty
members from accepting more lucrative
offers that have been coming their way
and it will be most difficult to at
tract added personnel for the planned
expansions in research.
Mississippi has a real opportunity
TO become a vital part of the space in
dustry, through the two-hundred mil
lion dollar test facility in Hancock
County = Facility, a space administra-
ton spokesman told me yesterday -
will be there as long as there is space
to explore.
The state will not be able to take
advantage of this and other oppor-
t~unities unless it can attract and keep
talented educators and researchers.
At this moment, the outlook is not
encouraging" et7'
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-24
HOLMES SCHOOLS
INVITED TO
PRESS INSTITUTE

All the high schools of
Holmes County are being in
vited to join the Press Insti-
tute, according to DR.. Gerald
Forbes, chairman of the De-
partment of Journalism, Uni
versity, of Mississippi.
Invitations have been sent
to superintendent Of schools
at Lexington, Goodman Abs,
Coxburg, Tchula, West and
Durant.
The Press Institute is a
statewide organization of
high school editors, and this
is the seventh annual meet
ing to be held on the campus,
meeting dates March 20-21.
DR.. Forbes stated that the
organization has been grow
ing steadily since its organi-
cation.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-24
Mrs. DarneU Rites
Held Here Sunday

Graveside rites for Mrs
Luke Rogers Darnell, for
mer Holmes Countian, were
held at Odd Fellows Gene
terry Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Darnell, a former
teacher and clerical worker,
died at the Golden Age Muir
sing Home in Greenwood
Friday night after a long ill
ness. She was 81.
She was born in the Ebe-
nezer Community near Lex
ington and attended Missis-
sippi State College for Wo-
at Columbus. She taught
for several years in Holmes
County schools and worked
for a time in the Lexington
Post Office with her late
husband, Wilson D. Darnell.
For the past 80 years she had
lived with her sister, Mrs.
j. S. Livingston in Indianoia
and was employed in secre-
tarial work at the state
penitentiary at Parchman
end the county agents office.
She was a Methodist.
Funeral services were held
at 200 b. m. Sunday at Cole
man Funeral Home.
Surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. Glenn Ewbanks Of In
dianola and Mrs. Ina Gran
berry Of New Orleans; and .
brother, g. G. Rod Rogers Of
Louise.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-24
Holmes Man Now
Serves On MEG

Nominating ommitt S
from each of the 20 areas of
the Mississippi Economic
Council have been named to
select nominees for the board
of directors of the organiza-
tion. according to Director A.
]. Watson of Gulfport, chair
man of the elections COM
mittee.
Mr. Watson sail under new
bylaws adoptel bv the mem
bership last year, only one
romirae will be selected by
the committees in e9ch of thu
% areas. TIE director named
VIII ta'-a cffir- for q three
year term on May 1st.
"The new system does not
eliminate Other no~inations
to the board however" the
chairman said. ANY five
members in GOOD Stan1ane
can nominate hv written pc
tition. In such cases, the
membership of the area
would vote on those nomi-
mated.
"We suggest that those
having suggestions for NOM
nations to the board con-
tact any member of their
area nominating committee.
The committee will certain
" consider any recommended
ton, and the written petit
ton route is always open"
The nominating commit
tee for this area. Area Seven.
with the chairman listed
first, is as follows: Gordon
+. Ebert, WInOna. y. w.
Scott. Duck Hill: j. Collins
Melton. Walden: j. T. Thorn
as. Cruger and George K.
Wade, Greenwood
This area is comnosed of
the counties of Carroll. Hol-
mes. Leflore and Montgomery
and the new director is to
como from MONTGOMERY Coun
ty. The new director will sue
ceed the area vice president.
L. DeLoach, Jr., of
Greenwood.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-24
TEN YEARS AGO
TYRONE POWER WIRES
PAUL MYERS HERE

Paul Myers, owner of Cen
ter and Strand Theatres here
received a telegram this
week from Tyrone Power,
Universal City, California,
saying: "Please accept my
thanks for being among the
first to show nv new picture
mississippi Gambler" in
your theatres. | hope you
and the public enjoy the pic
ture as much as I did max
ing it. Sincerely, Tyrone
Power
The world premiere of
Mississippi Gambler is be-
ing held this week in st.
Lous, Memphis and New Or
leans, and is coming to Lex
ington Sunday for a four
day showing in both thea
tres.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-24
County A9e~A No1eA

By W.. R. SULLIVAN

weeds. /
Caution: If 2,4-D is to be
used near cotton or other sus-
ceptible crops, be sure that
there is no drift of 2,4-D on
to these crops. Ways to keep
down drift are to spray when
there is little or no wind,
use a high volume. All least
ten gallons per acre, and a
low pressure, ID to 20
pounds, just enough to get
uniform coverage of the
spray.
Flaming: Flame cultivation
has proven to be an effective
weed control measure, FIRE.
quent flaming is important if
good control is obtained, be-
cause weeds must be famed
before they reach a height
CT three to four inches. Corn
may be famed up until the
plants are two inches tall,
Early flaming will burn back
the young plants, but will
not injure the stand. Start
flaming again when the corn
Is ten to II inches tall.
Simazine has quite a bit
of residual activity and may
stay in the soil for as long
as a year or more. It is not a
good idea to plant 9small
grains in the fall following
the use of Simazine or Atra-
zine. 6a
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-24

Sonders Or Comment"
What If These Educators Do Leave Mississippi!!

So The very grave threat posed to
Mississippi's future in education, re-
search and industry in the expected re-
signations of faculty members at the
University of Mississippi was the topic
considered January 18th on Com
ment", a statewide television program
featured daily on Channel 3, Jackson.
Dick Sanders, WLBT news direc-
tor, on Comment" Thursday called at
tention of his viewers to our editorial
published in this newspaper last week
which said that from 25 to 80 faculty
members at Ole Miss are expected to
resign at the end of this year, because
of their dissatisfaction with the admin
istration's handling of the desegrega-
ton crisis in some instances and a gen
eral feeling of hopelessness regarding
the states future.
Mr.. Sanders said this published re-
port of possible mass designations
should be taken Every seriously and
asked:
What if these educators do leave
Mississippi?
1t could be, as the commentator
said, "the start of an exodus of pro.
fessional people that could wreck Mis-.
sissipri's hnres and plans for an indus
trial future" +
None of us wish to see this happen.
of course, but we believe the possibility
of an exodus is extremely likely, unless
conditions change. We know the same
possibility looms in other state %institu-
tions of higher learning, already on ex-
t%raordinary status, alongt with the Uni
versity, because of political inter-
o ference in the court-ordered enrolment
of a Negro student.
- We invite our readers to consider
the observations made by Mr.. Sanders
along this line in his teIecast, and we
quote:
"The state is largely tvine its
rlanS to research and new research ia
%cilitias.
The Mississippi Industrial and
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-24
FARM NOTES
r STATES
USE OF
BORON FOR COTTON

Alabama and Arkansas
have joined Mississippi in
recommending use Of Boron
for CottoM production. We
recommend use of 8 pound
and no more than 5 pound
of actual B (Boron) per acre
for Cotton. The best response
in yield on seed cotton per
acre is from use of manu-
featured fertilizer when Be-
ron is added to the Phosphate
mixture. See your local
County Agent and local Fer
tilizer Dealer for the latest
details on use of Boron IN
1868.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-24
Freedom Of The Pulpit = And Speech

The partaking of alcoholic bev-
erages is regarded as a sin by many
ministers and Christians. Yet all of us
know many good people, some of them
church members, who not only take,
but enjoy a drink of whiskey.
Now what would happen if all of
the ministers in Mississippi who do not
approve of drinking would get up in
their pulpits and proclaim that those
church members who drink whiskey
will have to get out of the church -
that all members Of the congregation
must abide by the ideas and convic-
tions of the Minister.
Can you imagine what would hap
pen?
We will have to admit this idea
is not original. Tt was suggested by
something we read last week in Hal
DeCelPs column in The Deer Greek
Pilot at Rolling Fork.
Editor DeCell was discussing the
right of the preacher to enunciate his
WI views in the pulpit Independently,
a column inspired by the 'born of con-
victions" statement of % young Metho-
dist ministers which appeared in the
January 3rd issue of The Methodist Ad-
vocate. The statement, as our readers
remember, opposed discrimination based
or race, color or creed, and expressed
opposition to the closing of public
schools to avoid Indignation.
After saying sthese ministers have
not held a gun to the head of any in
dividual and demanded that he either
agree or forfeit his church member
Ship" Mr.. DeCelI asked:
s1s it any more just or right, then,
that individuals in the congregation
should hold the economic gun to the
head of the minister and demand that
he agree with the layman's views and
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-24
Mrs. RatheI|'s
Father Passes

Sympathy is extended to
Mrs. Billy Rathell of Lexing-
ton in the loos of her father,
Mr.. Samuel E. Dick Barnett.
Mr.. Barnett, a retired At
tala County farmer, died
Wednesday, January Is at
the Veterans Administration
Hospital in Jackson. He was
II.
A native Of Leake County,
Mr.. Barnett had lived most
of his life in Kosciusko and
WilliamsviIle Communities.
He was a World War I vete-
ra.
Funeral services were held
Friday at 800 p. m. at No
well Funeral Home Chapel
in Kosciusko with burial in
kosciusko Cemetery.
In addition to Mrs. Rathell,
he leaves, his widow, Mrs.
Geneva Roberts Barnett of
Kosciusko; two sons, James
M. Barnett. Kosciusko and
Gam D! Barnett. Walden;
two daughters, Mrs. Won
ellie Ray and Mrs. Helen
Pittman, both of Memphis;
three brothers. Gene Barnett,
Leake County; Jim Barnett,
Gulfport and Guy Barnett,
Jackson; two sisters, Mrs.
Myrtle Smith and Mrs. Maui
die McAdory, both of Car
thage, and seven grandchil-
dren.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-24
RFc FUNDS USED
FoR SANITATION

Several projects have been
st,rted over the county with
RFc funds available to
Holmes county, among them
IS the sanitation problem IN
Lexington, under the dlrec-
tion Of o. W. THOMPSON Of
the health department. SEQ
res Of sanitary closets are
heirg built ard installed on
rental properties, with mate
rial payment made by the
property owners. and labor
furnished by the relief q
gency.
M 4 81"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-24
sOIL TEST FOR
PROFIT IN 1868

A soil analysis is no bet
ter than the sample of soil
from which it was taken. Be
sure that YOUR field is sam
pled correctly. Take two buc-
kets, label them top Soil"
and Sub SoiL' After you
have sampled field, mix
the soil well and fill a soil
sample box from each. Be
sure to label boxes correctly.
Mail ali soil sample boxes
and field data sheets to your
nearest soil testing labora-
tory. If in doubt, Soil Test.
Use the amount of fertilizer
recommended. sw
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-24
PVT. MILTON CERT TO
GET A TRAINING

Private Milton Gertz of
Cruger is in Fort Benjamin
Harrison, Indiana, at the Fl
nance Replacement Center to
begin his basic training in
Finance.
He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Max Gertz Of Cruger.
Prior to his entering the
service he was a clerk and
bookkeeper for Gertz Store
in Cruger.