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Evening star., 1963-05-04
Alphabet Musings Turn
Into Play at GIenmont

have been rehearsing since
March / under the direction
Of Mr.. Carew and Sam Lands,
chairman of the church theat-
rical committee.
Music, a combination of orig
inal and well-known songs,
will be provided by a church
group composed Of q pianist,
a guitarist, a drummer, q
clarinetist, a trumpeter and an
organist. In addition to the So
page script, Mr.. Carew wrote
nine songs for the production.
The two and a half hour
play concerns the grandson of
the founder of a midwestern
university. Phineas Philbert
III. Phineas has been a fresh
man for four years and it does
not appear likely that he will
graduate in the near future.
For Building Fund
Then a deal is engineered
between Phineas' father and the
dean guaranteeing Phineas a de-
gree If he will turn out just
one successful term paper. Phin-
cas- writes an alphabet book.
1t gets lost. 1t gets found.
Russian spies appear. They dis
appear. Love blooms meath the
old elms. And all Is resolved
with the security Of the United
States intact and Phineas the
proud recipient of an honorary
doctoral degree.
Proceeds from the play will
go to the church building fund
for a permanent sanctuary
building under consideration
now by a survey COMMITTEES.
The first annual mems club
production was performed
shortly after the church was
founded in 1857.
Since then, under the leader
ship Of the Rev. Bruce Graham,
membership has increased from
1873 to 754. The church moved
into its present building, 1901
Georgia avenue, in 1859.
Evening star., 1963-05-04
.Kensington Church
Study Session Set

st. Paul's Methodist Church,
Kensington, will open a four
part study Of The Church's
Mission and Persons of Special
Need" at 8 pm. tomorrow with
q panel discussion on The
Church and Economic Depend
ents."
Speakers at the church, Faw-
cett and Mitchell streets, will
be DIR. Clair M. Cook, Religion
and Labor Council of America; ;
DR.. William ]. Peoples, Mont
gomery County Health Officer
and Miss Rita Beuchert, chair
man of the Montgomery
County Health and Welfare
Council.
Evening star., 1963-05-04
Family Life Bureau
Plans Conferences

The Family Life Bureau oi
the Catholic Archdiocese Of
Washington will sponsor two
three-session pre-cana confer
ences here this month.
One will open at 8 pm. to-
morrow In st. Marks School
750l Adelphi road, Hyattsville
Nd, and continue at the same
hour and place on May IL and
10. The other will begin at 8
pm. Thursday In st. Matthews
Cathedral Club, 1914 N street
NV, and continue on May l6
and %.
Evening star., 1963-05-04

vinity School, will preach at the
8 pm. service.
Members Of council churches
desiring to attend the luncheon
or dinner meetings may make
reservations by calling the Of
flee, l75l N street NV, at
Decatur 2-Sl32. The Rev. James
Roy Smith is pastor Of Mount
Olivet Church.
Evening star., 1963-05-04
Area Churches
To Schedule
Guest Speakere

Guest speakers will appear
tomorrow before a number OF
Washington area church con-
gregations and other religious
groups.
The Rev. DR.. Bryant M. Kirk
land. pastor of the Fifth Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church OF
New York City. will preach at
9 am. and liam. services in
the National Presbyterian
Church, Connecticut avenue
and N street wv. DR.. Kirkland
is appearing as National Church
preacher under the auspices of
the General Assembly of the
United Presbyterian Church in
the US A., which annually Sc
lects one minister for this
honor.
The Rev. DR.. Hans Ruedi
Weber, noted Swiss churchman
and associate director of the
Ecumenical Institute at Cha
teau de Bossey, near Geneva,
will speak at 8:45 and II am.
services in the Luthera n
Church Of the Reformation,
2l2 East Capitol street. DR..
Weber is in this country on
a lecture tour under the aus
picies Of the Lutheran Church
in America as its 1868 Knubel-
Miller Lecturer.
DR.. Eugene L. Smith, Of New
York City, general secretary Of
the Methodist Church's Divi-
sion of World Missions, VII
speak at $3.50 and II am. serv-
ices and at two intra- church
organization meetings in Uni
versity Methodist Church, 1921
Campus drive, College Park.
DR.. Robert S. Denny, associ-
ate secretary of the Baptist
World Alliance, will preach at
1885 am. and $50 pm. serv-
ices of the First Baptist
Church, 1882 King street,
Alexandria
Robert G. Abernethy, a tele-
vision news man. will speak on
Reflections of a Rowing Re-
porter" at 8 pm. in the Cleve-
land Park Congregational
Church, 3400 Lowell street
NV, to inaugurate a month";
long series of Sunday evening
programs.
Francis H. Beckwith, q Balti-
more businessman and associ-
ate lay leader of the Methodist
Church's Baltimore Conference,
will speak at 8;45 am. and
II am. services Of McKendre
Methodist Church. 242l Law
renee street NE.
DR., Donald G. Miller, president
of Pittsburgh Theological Semi
nary, will givt three Bible lec-
lures from Paul's Letter to the
Romans at 9 am, II am.
and 1880 pm. tomorrow in the
First Presbyterian Church, sol
North Vermont street, Arling-
ton.
DR.. Benjamin E. Mays,
president Of Morehouse College,
Atlanta, Ga, will speak at the
II am. All DIVERSITY Religious
Service in Andrew Rankin Me-
mortal Chapel, Howard Uni
versity.
Evening star., 1963-05-04

Eighteen months ago, Ed
ward Carew. q member of the
qlenmont Methodist Church,
was washing dishes in his home
and thinking about an alphe-
bet book he had just given his
daughter.
"A" Is for well, for
Atom" he unused. The dishes
clean, he wondered briefly at
the modern irony of teaching
ABCs with the stuff of the
theory of relativity. Then an
idea struck him that took a
year and q half to implement.
On Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, his church will see
the. result of Mr.. Carew's 1861
kitchen musings when the
Mems Club of the church puts
on an original play, "A Is For
Atom" In the Belt Junior High
School, Wheaton. Md.
Is In Cast
The fourth annual musical
review at the church. the play
was written by Mr.. Carew. 1t
win be performed entirely by
church members, The IS actors
Evening star., 1963-05-04
Ethical Union Meets

A delegation of six from the
Washington Ethical Society,
headed by Edward L. Ericsson,
the society's leader, are attend
ing the four-day National AS
sembly of the American Ethi-
cal Union which concludes to-
morrow In New York City.
Evening star., 1963-05-04

PINTIcosTAL HOLINESS
Evening star., 1963-05-04
Church Meeting

A meeting Of the Royal Am
hassadors Of the Central Bap-
tist Church In Bladensburg,
Nd, will be held at $3.50 pm.
tonight at the home of Frank
Donald. s607 Fairwood road.
Hyattsville.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-21
John F. Pate Cites
S Farm Privilege

John F. Pate, Social Secur-
ty Manager and Jim Enochs,
District Director of Internal
Revenue, stated that farm
owners and operators who
have a gross income of as
little as $500 a year can get
social security credit by us
ing an optional method for
figuring their net annual
earnings.
Nov, before filing annual
Federal income tax returns
said Mr.. Enochs, lis a good
time for farm owners and
operators to familiarize them
selves with the optional me-
thod for figuring earnings in
years when the profit is low.
This is time well-spent."
Mr. Enochs summarized the
optional provision as follows:
% If a farmers gross in
come is at least $500. but less
than $500, he has the option
of counting either his actual
net or two-thirds of his gross
farm income for social Sc
curity credit.
(2) If the gross farm in
come is more than $1,000 and
net farm earnings are less
than $1,000, a farmer may use
either his actual net earnings
or $1,000: if a farmers gross
income exceeds $1,000 and net
farm earnings are $1,000 or
more. he must use the actual
amount of his net earnings.
Mr.. Pate said that the op-
ton enables farmers with low
incomes to obtain credit to-
ward social security retire-
merit and disability benefits
as well AS survivor benefits
for their families in the event
Of Untima1v death He ON
nhasized. however. that a far
-oar mist DECLARE nat earn
mos Of Az least $AAn fsNhathn~
Tho actual nat earrnoS or the
ortionaI ma4hod iS need IL
GOT ccoia1 security credit for
The year.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-21
When Selecting "A Sofa

FOR lasting Satisfaction, you
will want to choose a sofa
with trim lines Great bulk
is not necessary for strength
end comfort.
Sofas with simple clean-cut
lines are more easily slip
covered.
Select one long enough to
stretch out on comfortably.
See that it is low enough for
comfort, but high enough to
get up without difficulty.
For real comfort choose one
with arms.
If you know you will be
moving again, don't choose
an extra long sofa. Your liv-
ing room in your next house
might not have wall space
for an extra long sofa, or the
room might be so small that
the sofa will be out of pro-
portion.
If you like to change your
furniture arrangement or if
you are not permanently To-
Gated, a sectional sofa may
meet your needs best.
If you need additional Sleep
ing space. consider a. sofa that
converts into a bed.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-21
Stewart Bridgeforih
Honored Al MSU

Stewart Bridgeforth, a jun
ior in the College of Agricul-
ture at Mississippi State Uni
veSsity, was one of nine stu
dents and four prominent
Mississippians to be initiated
into Omicron Delta Kappa,
national honorary leadership
fraternity. Mr.. Bridgeforth is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ste
wart Bridgeforth of Pickens.
The initiation ceremonies
were held Friday in Mitchell
Memorial Library on the
MSU campus. and were fol-
lowed by a banquet in the
University Grill banquet
room. DIR. T. X Martin, ex-
ecutive assistant to University
President d. w. Coward, de-
livered the keynote address.
In addition to Bridgeforth
who is also q member of Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon social fra
ternity. students initiated
were: Otis David Dye of
Batesville; Norman F. Hunter
of Shreveport. La; Archie
McKinnis of st. Petersburg,
Fla: Mickev Putnam of Fay
etteville. Tenn, Aubrey Nj
chols of Columbus: Andy
Hines and Lewis Mallory,
both of Starkville.
Also initiated into the hon
or society were, George D.
Perry, president of the Tuni-
ca County Bank in Tunica;
Harry Carpenter, Rolling
Fork planter and 12-year
member of the Board of Trus-
tees of Institutions of Higher
Learning; ]. D.. Furgerson,
Mississippi State University
registrar: and James B. Ain
der. head of the Personnel
Office at MSU.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-21
Chonukuh Observance
Begins AT Shutdown
Tuesday, Dec. 10th

Temple Beth FL will OBJ
serve a religious holiday in
December with special serv-
ices.
7o Chanuko, a holiday which
Tehas been observed by Jews
all over the,aworld for two
thousand years, will begfr
this year at shutdown Decem-
Der 10th. Chanuko is also
called the Festival of Lights"
Jews everywhere commem-
crate it by lighting candles
for eight days in memory of
their struggle for religious
freedom during the tyranni-
cal reign of the Graeco-
Syrian emperor Antiochus
Epiphanes, in 165 B. c. E.
The events which Chanuko
commentaries are factual.
It's origins are not lost in an
tiquity, but closely linked
with the history of the Greek
Near Eastern Empire which
at the death of Alexander the
Great, extended from West
ern Asia to Northern Africa.
In an attempt to fuse his
realm into an homogeneous
kingdom. Antiochus demand
ed total political AMI RELIGIOUS
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-21

LOYALTY to Greek culture from
all the national and religious
groups under his dominance.
Jews were forbidden, under
penalty Of death, to observe
any of the precepts OF Juda-
ism. They defied Antiochus,
and from their rebellion
emerged the first martyrs for
freedom of conscience IN re-
corded history.
The holiday commentaries
the victory of the army OF
the Maccabees, led by judah
Maccabee and his brothers,
over the Syrian army; after
they recaptured the Temple.
which had been looted and
defiled by the Syrians. it was
cleansed and rededicated to
God. According to legend, a
cruise of oil which contained
only enough fuel to light the
menorah (candelabrum) Of
the newlv-recovered Temple
for one night lasted. instead.
for eight days.
Candles are lit everv nioh4
of the holiday. beginninr
with one on the first night
two on the second. until final,
ly, on the eighth day. eight
candles blaze in a specia'
Channko menorah. The holi-
dav IS celebrated with spe-
cial services. prayers and mu-
sic in svnaeoguess homes, and
religious schools. Children re-
-ceive presents or Chanuko
49,
".gAlt' fcoins or money! on
each dav of Chanuko from
parents and relatives.
The Hebrew word "Chanu-
ko' mean $ "redediration'
and thu HOLIDAY is also known
as the "Davs of Rededica-
Dn~iro these DAVIS Jews
throuphout the world redeai-
cate themselves to RELIGIOUS
ar1 evoke aeain a
which is as mearino-
ul TODAY os # was two thou
and wears orn. in the dawn
+ Western history.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-21

HISTORICALLY y, DO many con-
Geruction projects have been sstoo
late and too little" Many new
roads are overcrowded almost
as soon as they are opened.
In developing the concept of
the National System Of Inter
state and Defense Highways,
State and Federal officials re-
solved to build this backbone
system to standards high enough
TO be adequate for the traffic Of
tomorrow. The controlled ac-
cess feature Of the Interstate
~System-which provides for en-
try and exit only at carefully
selected Interchange sites-is a
built-in safeguard against early
obsolescence, since it prevents
the kind of traffic paralysis that
results when a through highway
is bordered by strings of service
stations, motels and other road
side establishments.
However, even a controlled
access highway will become con-
gested, less efficient and less
safe when it is required to carry
more traffic than it was designed
TO carry. The design engineers
problem is to allow for esti-
mated traffic growth by provid-
ing a reasonable reserve capac-
ity but, at the same time, to
hold costs to the minimum COM
patible with good service.
Traffic forecasts - based on
estimates Of population growth.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-21

them. She urged the neighbors
to do likewise.
She is the daughter of r. C.
Simmons. She attended the
state All Leadership Confer
ence at Mississippi State Uni
versity.
General Motors is a longtime
sponsor of the safety program,
and provides Miss Simmons
trip award.
Bratton, now a capable auto
mechanic, learned many useful
skills that led to the top spot in
the states All automotive care
and safety program. One of the
jobs he did was to install a new
motor in his fathers pickup
truck and replace the transmits
sion.
The Firestone Tire & Rubber
Company sponsors this program
and will be Bratton's host al
the congress. Bratton is a stu
dent at Mississippi State Uni
versity. He IS the son of E.. c,
Bratton.
The four winners, chosen by
the Cooperative Extension Serv
ice, will vie with 1900 other
Alters at congress for the
scholarships that their sponsors
will award to national cham
DiOnS.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-21

industrial activity and land u
are reasonably accurate f
periods up to about 20 year
1t is practical and economics
therefore, to design new hig.
way facilities to be fully ad
quate for the types and volumI
of traffic anticipated 20 yea.
from now
Back in 1856, when Congre.
enacted legislation setting up
firm program for the compl
ton of the 41,000-mile Int
state System, provision w;
made to design Interstate pro
ects to be fully adequate to a
commodate the types and vd
umes of traffic anticipated
the year 1875. Now, howeveI
experts in traffic forecasting ca
look beyond 1875 and can Sd
that some segments of the Intel
state System designed for 197
traffic will not be fully adequal
for 1880 traffic.
The 1868 Highway Act, Jul
passed by Congress, remediI
this difficulty by providing ths
Interstate System projects shs
be designed to be fully adedua
to a date 20 years from Il
final approval of plans, speci
cations and estimates.
With proper maintenance, q
roads will actually render S
perior service to the motorid
public for . mHch longer peril
Of time.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-21
|lC Railroad Safety
Film Available To
Civic Groups

In its effort to make the
public aware of potential
danger at highway-rail cross
ings, the Illinois Central Rail-
road has produced an attrac-
tive folder. watch for Us =
We Watch for YOU
Copies are being distribut-
ed to trucking firms, public
transportation companies and
school bus, drivers. Copies will
also be distributed to civic,
fraternal and business orga-
niZations whenever an Illinois
Central speaker has an op-
p~ortunity to appear before
such groups on the scbject Of
safety.
The Illinois Central also has
several 16mm safety films
which may be borrowed with
out charge by schools and
civic. business and fraternal
groups.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-21

in their 1868 club projects.
Members of the quartet and
their projects are John Meeks,
20, of Tiplersville, electric; San
dra Hussey, 10, of Tupelo, cloth
ing; Suzanne Simmons, Is, Of
State College, safety, and Larry
Bratton, 10, of Bruce, autom0-
tive.
Meeks won top honors in the
electric program. Detailed
guide books on howto-do-lt are
provided members as they ad-
vance in the work. Meeks
learned enough to obtain a sum
mer Job as an electricians help
er and saved his earnings Tor
college expenses.
Meeks, a student at Missis-
sippi State University, will have
his trip sponsored by the West.
inghouse Educational Founda-
ton.
Two years ago he was named
the alternate state electrical
project. winner and received 2
$500 scholarship from the Mis-
sissippi Power & Light co. He
is president of the Mississippi
Junior Livestock Assn. Meeks.
the son of Mr.. and Mrs, Ray
Meeks, has crossed $8,l05 on
his club projects.
For Miss Hussey, the trip to
congress will be a dream come
true. 81 am now so close to my
dream that l can almost see
Carl Sandburg's Chicago" she
wrote.
She sewed her way to con,
gress by making 80 garments
that she wears. to her classes al
Itaweimba Junior College
Coats & Clark Inc. donated hel
trip. She has made q total Of
1874 skirts, dresses, suits anC
other things. She is the daugh
ter of Nj. and Mrs. Clarence
Hussey.
Miss Simmons won honor!
for her work in safety. A dem
Onstration on "The Invisible
Passenger - Carbon Monoxids
Cas-" was widely acclaimed
Miss Simmons concentrated OF
searching for safety hazards
around her home and removed
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-21
Mississippi Farmers Reminded OF Feed
Participation Program For 1864 =.

Participation in the feed
grain program will be nee
essary again in 1864 in order
to be eligible for price support
on 1964-crop corn, grain sor-
ghum, and barley, Lynn Jor-
dan, Chairman of the Holmes
Agricultural Sterilization and
Conservation County Com
mittee, reminds farmers. Min
imum acreage diversion I'M
der the program will be 20
percent of a FARMS total feed
grain base for the three
grains) corn, grain sorghum,
barley. Producer signup will
start February 10, 1864.
The chairman explained
the program for the three
grains will be similar to the
1868 program except for these
slight notifications:
Cd The top limit on diver
sion is increased from 40 to
SO percent or 25 acres, which
ever is greater;
(2) In computing diversion
and price support payments,
the average yield figures will
be based on the 4-yeaI
G959-62') average instead of
the 2 years Q959-60') aver
ages.
90 The feed grain base of
any producer who planted up
to 80 acres of wheat for home
use under the feed grain ex-
emption during any one of
the years 1859, 1860, and 1861
will be increased to the ex-
tent the 3-year averages of
such wheat acreage exceeded
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"a While the total price
supports for the three grains
in 1864 are unchanged from
1863 levels, a slightly larger
proportion of the supports
will be available as loans or
purchases, with correspond
ing decreases in price support
payments;
90 Payments to any pro-
Queer are limited to not more
than 20 percent of the fair
market value of any acreage
involved; and
g. The maximum payment
rate will apply to all the
acreage diverted where the
total diversion on the farm is
40 percent or more of the
base.
Support prices for grains
included in the 1864 feed
grain program were an
nounced July 18, 1868, as fol-
lows: Corn (per busheD, $1.10
loan, 15-cent price support
payment, SIPS total support:
grain sorghum (per cwt.),
SLIT loan, 23-cent payment
81 total support; barley (per
busheD, 84-cent loan. 12-cent
payment, 96-cent total sup
port.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-21
Buying Cotton Knit Shirts

What happens to cotton
knits when they come out of
the laundry with a different
shape than when they went
in? Why is this?
Usually the way the knit
fabric is made is at fault
when cotton knit garments
lose their shape in launder-
ing. The tiny knit loops in
the fabric, normally plump
and round, may be stretched
and pulled long and thin a.
they are manufactured.
When this fabric is made
into a garment and the gar
ment is Numbered, the pro-
blem arises. Then the loops
relax, return to their normal
round shape, and the garment
becomes shorter and wider.
By shopping carefully you
can find cotton knit fabrics
that are not stretched as they
are finished. The tiny knit
loops in these fabrics are
round when the fabric is
completed, and remain round.
Garments made of these knit
fabrics do not lose shape be-
cause the knit loops are al
ready relaxed.
It's not easy to choose a
cotton knit, say a T-shlrt.
that will keep its shape, but
give it a try. Avoid a fabric
with thin places. By examin-
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-21
e4e>se A9erA Noted
By MARY HARPOLE
HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT

ing the knit carefully, you
can often tell if the knit loops
easier on the wrong side of
some fabrics.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-21

A life membership in the
Mississippi State College for
Women Alumnae Association
can still be purchased for on
lv $40.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-21
Pvt. Joe 7. Davis
Now In Germany

#A4|
Army Pvt. Joe T. Davis.
whose wife. Martha. lives at
337 Myer Ave, Jackson was
assigned in Md October tc
the 18th Artillery in Ger
many.
Davis, a launcher crewman
in the artillery's 3rd Battal-
ion in Germany. entered the
Armv in Nav 1868 and COM
pleted basic training at Fort
Polk. La.
The 23-vear-old soldier. son
Of John 7. Davis, Route 2
West. is a 1858 graduate of
Kosciusko High School.
Attend The Church OF
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-21

During 1862 owners of u.
S. Saviras Bonds amassed a
total of almost $1.4 billion in
interest on Series E Bonds
uhich they still hold.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-11-21
Chicago-B found
Al State Award Winners
Gain Club Congress Trip
Chicago-Bound

Club work to pay his way through college, and three
other Mississippi Alters will compete for $500 college
scholarships at the 42nd National All Club Congress.
They have been awarded expense-paid trips to the Dec.
is meeting in Chicago for being the states top 4-H'ers