The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-05
J. W.. Guess Is
Aonored; 81 Cor|ey
Speaks Al Meeting

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was hcnored Saturday night,
-.-.~---- - - one of the
nineteen Outstanding Young
Farmers of Mississippi at the
State Jaycee banquet held in
Bay St. Louis. The annual af-
fair is co-sponsored by the
Mississippi Junior Chamber
Of Commerce and Mississip-
PTS Electric Power Associa-
ton. Mr.. Guess was spon-
sored by the Lexington Jay
Gees, whose local president
is Dudley Rinicker.
A group of close to two
hundred Jaycees guests, and
EPA officials attended the
banquet, which was hosted
by the Bay st. Louis Jaycees.
Gerald Gex, State Chairman
from Bay st. Louis, compli-
mented the Bay Jaycees for
the fine way in which they
planned and carried out the
program. The statewide con-
test drew the largest number
of contestants and guests of
any recent OYP Banquet.
ST Corley of Jackson, State
Commissioner of Agriculture
and Commerce, was the fea-
tured speaker of the evening
In his talk, he pointed out
the Importance of the farmer
to the American way of life
and stated that the American
Agricultural system is the
most efficiently operated bus
ness in world history. Charles
E Carter, Jr., U. S. Jaycee
National Director from Bay
st. Louis, was the Emcee for
the event
Mr.. Howard Langfitt, Man
ager of the Electric Associa-
tons Of Mississippi was on
hand to give a few interest
ing facts concerning the i'm
provement of the Mississippi
Agricultural system during
recent. years. Mr.. Langfitt al
SO presented the plaques to
the top three outstanding
young farmers for the 1868
year.
The Outstanding Young
Farmers of the 1868 year
were: First Place, Mr.. Viii
liam Crenshaw of Winona;
Second Place, Mr.. Dock B.
Slaton of Magnolia; Third,
Mr. Victor L.. Elliott of Amory
All three Of these received
beautiful plaques. Each Of the
other sixteen entrants were
honored at the meetings
The Mississippi Jaycees
honor an outstanding young
farmer each year in an effort
to improve urban-rural rela-
tons and also to encourage
the young farmers to COM
pete with one another to i'm
prove their production. Each
participating local holds To-
cal contests, and each local
winner is entered in the state
competition. The state win
ner, Mr.. Crenshaw, will at
tend the national Outstanding
Young Farmer Banquet to be
held in Madison, Wisconsin,
April 1914.
Judges for the Outstanding
Young Farmer Banquet were
Mr.. George R. Queen, Mana
ger of Chamber of Commerce
Agricultural Department, of
New Orleans, La; Mr.. Victor
Murray, County Agriculture
Agent, from Washington Pa
IRISH, La; and Mr.. Grafton
W. Cooper, Associate Agricul-
ture Agent, also from Wash
ington Parish, La.
The sixteen other outstand-
ing young farmers, all local
winners were: Mr.. Hosey
White, B~atesville; Mr.. A. C..
Harris, Bay st. Louis; Mr..
Kenloc Haley, Brookhaven;
Mr.. ElWood F. Ratliff, Jr.,
Clinton; Mr.. J.. F. McCardle,
Crystal Springs; Mr.. Warren
w. Carter, Eupora; Mr.. Hill
dred L. Rogers, George Coun-
ty; Mr.. Russell G. Houston,
Holly Springs; Mr.. r. G.. An
derson, Houston; Mr. H. S.
Smithson, Kosciusko; Mr.. Jo-
seph W. Guess, Durant; the
New Albany winner; Mr..
Daniel Mcgee, Magee; Mr..
Jack Rowley, Marion County;
Mr.. Joe l.. Nunnery, Nc
Comb; and Mr.. Wayne Mask,
Tupelo.
Last years winner, Mr..
Eyoroff Cfrinror sc N6o->-