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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12

Jackson, Mississippi and Montgo-
merry, Alabama, have been described by
a Florida minister as the 'two hate
Capitols of the nation"
In a letter to the editor of the
Montgomery Advertiser the Florida
minister suggested that Highway 80
which runs between Montgomery and
Jackson be named ''The Lee Harvey
Oswald Memorial Highway" and suit
able markers erected along the route
to designate it as such.
"It would give all the hate
mongers of Alabama and Mississippi
an opportunity to have something
they would cherish the rest of their
lives,'' the man wrote after suggest
ing the Montgomery editor probably
had not had the time to think about
it during the past days of celebra-
ton in Montgomery" (The letter was
printed on December 4 and written
shortly after President Kennedy was
assassinated.)
Then he suggested the Alabama
editor was the most qualified person
for this project" and could certainly
obtain the help of his fellow editors
in Alabama and Mississippi" Also
"the great Governors Wallace and
Barnett" he added, would probably
call special sessions Of their legisla-
lures 70 put the project into effect.
Whether the minister was writing
sarcastically or with tongue in cheek,
or from an embittered heart, we do
not know.
The average reaction, we imagine,
would be to call the minister names
and express doubt as to his own Chris
tianity. (Jimmy Ward, editor of the
Jackson Daily News, suggested he be
given the "Rattlesnake Venom Trophy
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12
TCHULA BPW CLUB
TO PRESENT play

Mrs. joe Lou fsand Miss
Lima Foose of Tchula were
in Lexington Tuesday ar
ranging for programs and adj
vertising matter for a play:
MY Lady Sleeps" that will
be presented under the aus
pices of the Tchula Business
and Professional Women's
Club at the Tchula School
auditorium. ac
The play is in three acts
and the following will take
part in the presentation;
Marion Owen, Ellerene Ma
iure, Camille Wallace, Lauren
Paul, Bertha Owen, Charles
Smith, Earl Bryson, Lima =.
Foose. Others taking part are
Velma Sweet, Martha Bogue,
Herbert Paul, Billy Bryson,
Dudley Cox, Mrs. Joe Lou,
director arr Ms. A l.. Chap
man. PIANIST. Officers of the
club r Mrs. Annie Henry,
president: Miss FooSe, vice
~~asident: Mrs Matte Lou
Turner, secretary and Miss
Bertha Owen, treasurer.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12
/ WANT TO GO BACK
By e. e. Patton

Continued from last Week.
On the center" table was
the old family album with
plush backs 1t held pictures
of the family dating back to
the Civil War and in some
instances a likeness of a
great uncle who FOUGHT with
Scott in Mexico. Those in
civilian clothes always had
one hand on their knee and
the other folded over the sto-
mach. I want to go back
where all the shoe boxes were
saved to make splints for the
women's sun bonnets; re-
member 'em?
/ want to 60 back and car
nv a few laplinks in my pock-
ct just in case the boss bust
) trace chain: / want to tie
the coon hide hame-string
once more and set the Golfer
deep by hiking the backband
up just behind the boss
withers. / want to spend
Christmas in the country and
get from the Christmas tree
one stick of candy. one
orange and one penny nen-
ell. The rich ones gave their
children 8 French harm and
thu nisht was filled with NIL
sir As the cares that infast tho
dow folded their fonts 'Ve
Arabs and as silently stole
away.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12
They Purged The School Books In Texas, loo

then they are certainly not qualified
to teach. or administer our schools =
and perhaps we should just close down
the schools. (They are terribly expen-
sive to maintain, anyway. Just think,
if we did away with public education
in Mississippi the state would have
more money to donate to the Citizens
Council which has already published
the kind of thing it thinks Mississippi
boys and girls ought to be taught.)
One group of women meeting with
the state textbook purchasing board
q few days ago vowed to have school
books purged of brotherhood and
other "un-American philosophers"
These ladies claim that some of our
present state schoolbooks are favor
able to such things as brotherhood,
socialism and the United Nations and
unfavorable to prejudice, capitalism
and constitutional government.
One is quoted as condemning a
book because it furthers the belief in
the brotherhood of all people. Said she:
Good is not the father of all. He is
the father to those who believe in
Him. There is not a brotherhood of all
people"
How long will it be before we must
bring our bibles into the town square
and burn them?
Hitler burned books, too.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12
The Christmas Spirit = Giving, Not Getting

Another nice thing to remember
is that your local merchants have lots
Of nice gifts in their stores which they
have selected with you in mind - so
when you do your Christmas shopping
start with your Owl hometown mer-
chants.
They are the ones you depend on
all year to support every worthwhile
community activity - just as this
newspaper does - and they deserve
your support.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12

After the beautiful Christmas
parade in Lexington Thursday after
noon everyone should have the Christ
mas spirit.
But just in case you haven't, now
is the time to get it.
And if you don't know how to get
it, we suggest that you do something
nice for someone.
The very best way to get the
Christmas spirit is with giving - not
getting and we say this on good
authority.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12
Violent Deed
Needed For
Awakening?

Another editor saw the as
sassination as an EVIL act
and fruit of uncontrolled pas
sions and violence that have
festered and become popular
all over America" said THE
NEWTON RECORD. 4ta7dm.y
Editor w. K. Prince said:
Cali have contributed to this
fever that has swept over the
land. Now all share in the
contributing cause -.
PERHAPS this violent deed
was needful to awaken Anne
RIGA. the good. the bad, and
the Indifferent; to stem the
tide of violence; to unite
what is divided; to save the
young. If so. President Ken
nedy has not died in vain"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12
President JFK
Gave Us Peace
Says Keith

"Jchn Kennedy did give
this great nation one of the
greatest gifts in the reach of
a Chief Executive - he gave
US peace" wrote Editor
George Keith in THE CAR
THAGINIAN.
"What greater gift could
we ask Of any PRESIDENT"
he asked.
Pointing out the impossible
itv of perfect agreement at
all times, Editor Keith said:
at is perfectly alright to
disagree and take issue on
various ideas. In fact, this is
a wholesome attitude to take.
But at all times we should
keep our differences on a
high plane and not let them
plunge beneath the depths of
dignity"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12
JFK Devoted To
His Principles:
Some Were Happy

Editor Norman Mott in the
YAZOO CITY HERALD said
he believed the late President
Ito be a man as dedicated
to his principles as any OF
those courageous heroes OF
history about whom he wrote
so eloquently in his Pulitzer
prize-winning book, 'Profiles
In Courage"
In the same edition OF the
HERALD columnist Jim La
cey wrote; "Unfortunately
some people in this area ex-
pressed happiness over the
assassination"
When it became known
that the Presidents presumed
assassin was not some kind
of race fanatic, Mr.. Lacey
said, the general reaction in
the community was "a great
feeling of relief"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12
Hote Brings Its
Own Reward, Set
The Stage Here

Editor n n. Crisler in the
JASPER COUNTY NEWS at
Bay Springs said: Hate
brings its own reward.
"The Hate Kennedy cam
paign staged in many states,
set the stage for the tragic
events of the past week. Mr..
Crisler wrote.
CLOSELY paralleling the as
sa~ssination of President Lin
coin, nearly a century ago,
following a campaign OF
villification and hate, the
death of President Kennedy
shows what hate and des-
picable, unrelenting villifica-
ton can do to our public
officials"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12
TWENTY YEARS AGO

I want to go back where
they make sausage and so''se
meat; where the pumpkins
are sliced and hung on the
quilt frames to dry. That was
before germs, vitamins and
termites had been invented.
l want to carry the old Bar
low knife once again and
whittle. red cedar and soft
poplar. I want to see the val
Ter "~thundermugs" driving IN
the sun back of the kitchen;
I want to GO back where onlv
gran'ma smoked, granny used
a long stemmed clay pipe
which she fired by dipping
it into the ashes on the
"hath" and tamping it down
against the jamb of the chin
new - chimbly.
/ want to go back where
The peese are picked every
month: where the roosters are
PRINTED to run with the hens
openly and brazenly; where
corn is planted and soap is
made bv the siens of the
moon: where walnuts and
hickory nuts are gathered in
the fall for winter use: where
the boys still sell peach seeds
TO buy their winter boots:
and where said boots are
creased with sheep or beet
"ta1'or''. and the peggin' awl
is til in use.
Continued Next Week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12
Voice OF Democracy
Contest Set Jan. Is
Sponsored By VIEW

The 1864 state Voice of De-
mocracy Contest will be held
at the War Memorial Build
ing, Jackson, on January Is,
according to Howard Langfitt,
State Chairman of the event,
sponsored annually by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
"All local VFW Posts and
participating high schools are
urged to complete their school
and community contest in
time to submit their winners
tape recorded essay to contest
headquarters by January 15",
said Mr.. Langfitt.
High schools that have not
received the booklet explain
ing the contest rules may Sc
cure one by writing contest
headquarters at P. O. Box
2027, Jackson" Langfitt con-
tinued.
The contest is open to 10th
18th and 18th grade students
in public, parochial and pri-
waite schools in the state who
submit original essays on the
theme "The Challenge of
Citizenship"
The state winner receives
an all-expense paid trip To
Washington, D. c. and Valley
Forge, plus a chance to COM
pete for four college scholar
ships.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12

Extremists in Mississippi who are
currently demanding the right to
throw out state textbooks they don't
like and the authority to screen new
books adopted in the future should
take note Of what happened at Dallas:
An organization called Texans
for America won the right in 1861 to
censor all history textbooks bought by
the Texas public schools.
Whoever fired the shot that killed
President Kennedy was crouched be-
hind a barricade of textbooks which
had been purged of all favorable men
ton of the u. S. Supreme Court, the
United Nations and the New Deal.
1t seems there should be a lesson
in this for us here in Mississippi.
Now several organized groups in
Mississippi have a similar aim and OBJ
~jective. Part of their campaign is to
impugn the honor and abilities of our
professional educators to select the
textbooks Mississippi school children
should study. At the same time they
are undermining public confidence in
our teachers and school administrators
- a grave injustice to a dedicated and
underpaid profession.
If state teachers and educators are
not capable of selecting the right kind
of textbooks, as these critics imply,
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12
OAR HOLDS MEETING
IN J. Fl. A HOME

Mrs. A. S. Povall and Mrs.
J H. BealI entertained the
OAR ON Monday night at the
beautifully decorated home OF
Mrs. Beall. The president
generals message was read
and the pledge to the flag
was given.
The minutes of the last
meeting were read. Mrs.
Elliott, chairman for Rosalie.
read a letter asking the local
chapter to send hostesses for
the pilgrimage in March. The
chapter sert 2 box of dried
material for flower arrange
ments to be used in. Rosalie.
Miss Jov Wvnnn gave a talk
on National Dtfense.' The
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12
BPW CLUB HAS NNUAI
CHRISTMAS PARTY

The BPW Club held its an
nual Christmas party Tues
day night at Tidwelps Cafe
with So members present. Mrs
Jack Williams and Mrs. Eph
Cohen were hostesses. Mem
bers were seated with four
to a table which was CEN
tered with a miniature Santa
Claus and sleigh. Ashtrays,
cigarettes and Christmas
stockings were given as ia
vors. A delicious turkev din
ner with all the trimmings
was served to those present.
Music was furnished by
Miss Edythe Moore with
several trombone numbers,
accompanied by Mrs. Necie
Povall.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12
THIRTY YEARS AGO

and brides-to-be, look in your
cedar chests and your "hope
chests and get out those
beautiful quilts you have la
bored over 10 these many
months" and have never fin
ished because you knew OF
no one whom you could get
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12
Nutionui Unity
Needed Even If
We Disagree
Mr.. Pittman continued:

NAAs
IF in the death of the
President, our people of all
sections can learn the need
for national unity, even in
the face of bitter disagree
ment, then perhaps John F.
Kennedy will not have died
in vain. And more important,
the United States can face
its Allies and it's enemies
with a new sense of mission
and strength"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12
Through Hozel Eyes
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
poses not confined to the
equality Of human rights un-
der the Constitution Of the
United States. The crusade
should not become a vehicle
for political radicalism or or
ganized violence.
Devotion to race must not
supersede devotion to establi-
shed institutions.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12


ct would be useful if re-
sponsible Negro leaders them
seves could make it clear to
all who follow them that their
interest is solely in racial
equality.
Legitimate civil rights or
CARNATIONS must remain can
stantly alert to attempts by
the Communists to influence
their actions. take over their
programs and corrupt their
ranks"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12
FATHER CHASTAIN TO BE
100 YEARS OLD DEC. 18TH

Friends of the family Of the
Rev. Judson Chastain, for
merly of Lexington will be
interested in knowing that
the elder Rev. j. G. Chastain
known to his many friends
as Father Chastain, will
celebrate his Tooth birthday
on December Is. Father
Chastain is making his home
with his son in Richton.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12
Through The Years
Items of interest from the past taken from our files
Of The Lexington Advertiser and The Durant News.
BY Ruth B. Flower
TEN YEARS AGO

Kate Duncan Smith school
sent a letter of thanks for
clothing sent to the school.
Mrs. Walter D. Smith gave
a most interesting talk on
Williamsburg. Virginia and
how colonial Christmas is OBJ
servel there.
The hostesses served Bos-
ton cream pie and coffee at
the close of the meeting.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12

Page
On Presidents Death
Mississippi Editors

This is the second of a series of excerpts from
editorials and columns of opinions published in Mis-
sissippi newspapers during and Immediately after the
assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
The series will continue through next week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12

Thursday, Dec. II, 1868
Haze, Rrannon Smith -Editor and Publisher
Established In 1887 Published Every Thursday
Subscription Rates: Anywhere in Helhnes County
$500 per year; Outside Holmes County $3.50 per year.
Entered as second class matter 1T the Post Of5ice
at Lexington, Mississippi.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12

The Acona Woman's Mis-
sionary Society wishes to an
ffotaffce that beginning this
week the members will con-
duct q Quitting Campaign
Get busy you housewives
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-12-12
The Lexington Advertiser

Thursday, Dec. II, 1863
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1963-02-14
Mrs. John P. HAYES

Mrs. Louise Blodt Hayes, a
resident of East Cleveland for
many years, died Monday in
Pontiac, Mich. at the home of
a niece, Mrs. Hope Van Sciever
Campbell.
Born in Cleveland, Feb. 2nd
1877, Mrs. Hayes was one of
the original members of VIM
dermere Presbyterian Church.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes
were first married they lived
in the Blodt home on Belmore
I'd. later moving to 1885 Wy
more where they resided for
so years. Mr.. Hayes died in
1850.
Surviving in addition to Mrs.
Campbell, are a son, Preston
P. Hayes of McHenry, ILL.,; a
daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Hayes
Price of Indianapolis and a
nephew, Thomas P. Van Scie-
yer. Mrs. Campbell and Mr..
Van Sciever were both reared
by Mrs. Hayes.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1963-02-14
Girl Scout News

ST. Philomena's Girl Scout
Troop 1870, Leader Mrs. Fred
Wirsching, 1S49 Page ave.;
Co-leader Mrs. Louis Pusting-
er, 1888 Eddy rd., assisted by
Mary Eileen Boyle, held its
Institute and Court of Awards
Sunday
Recipients of Fly Up Wings,
Girl Scout Pins, World Pin and
Attendance Star: Marianne
O'Malley, Donna Leach, Donna
Jackson, Charlotte Mosier, Mi
chelle Richardson, Susan Brem-
er, Mary Sammon, Betty Drap-
er, Katherin Carroll, Colleen
McMahan, Barbara Adams,
Barbara Bausone, Alyce Han
lon, Judy Laverdiere and
Jeanne Alfieri.
New girls invested and re-
cipients of Girl Scout Pins and
World Pins: Patty Morrison,
Anne Miehan, Barbara Bush
man, Laura Jurko, Angil Cum
mings, Margaret O'Brien, San
dra Zirbini.
Ranks and badges earned:
Barbara Hughes, Second Glass;
Attendance Star, Joan
Brabanec, Joanna Pustinger,
Regina Connolly, Margaret
Wirsching, Peggy Draper,
Patricia Fahey and Barbara
Hughes.
Child Care, Barbara Hughes,
Patricia Fahey, Peggy Draper,
Joanna Pustinger, Regina Con-
nelly and Margaret Wirshing.
Homemaker, Regina Connel-
ly, Peggy Draper, Patricia
Fahey, Barbara Hughes, Jo-
anna Pustinger and Margaret
Wirsching.
Adventures, Regina Connel-
ly, Peggy Draper, Patricia
Fahey, Joanna Pustinger and
Margaret Wirsching.
Outdoor Cook, Regina Con-
nelly, Peggy Draper, Patricia
Fahey, Joanna Pustinger and
Margaret Wirsching.
Housekeeper, jeanne Pust-
niger.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1963-02-14
Waldo Herringshaw

Funeral services were held
in Honolulu for Waldo W. Her
ringshaw, 81, who died there
at Queens Hospital.
Mr.. Herringshaw, a retired
hardware store proprietor. had
been visiting here at the home
of a daughter, Mrs. Jean Nc
Sweeney. Other survivors are
his wife, Dorothy, two sons,
Paul X. and Bruce Herrings-
haw; and two brothers, Gilbert
and Lowell. There are four
grandchildren.
He was member of the
Cleveland Heights Chamber of
Commerce, the East Cleveland
Kiwanis Club, Windermere Pres
byterian Church, and past
president Of the Ohio Hard
ware Association.
Memorial services were con-
Quoted Wednesday at Winder-
mere Presbyterian Church.
Burial was in Knollwood Gem
etery.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1963-02-14
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East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1963-02-14

like a disease - can strike any
time, any place, and anywhere
''and it is no respector of city
town neighborhood, street o,
home"
The booklet makes it clear
that the causes Of delinquency
are very complex. But it goes
on to say that parents who try
to understand the causes and
symptoms have the best chance
of saving their children from
harm, adding that the seeds of
delinquency are usually planted
early in a child's life.
Children, the booklet says,
generally reflect the morality
and character of their parents.
For this reason, the booklet ex-
plains, parents who flaunt the
law should not be shocked if
their youngsters act the same
way.
Among some of the ways par
ents can help keep the threat
of delinquency from growing
youngsters, YMCA youth ex-
perts give the following:
/. Know where your children
are at all times.
2. Meet their companions.
3. Know what they are do
ing.
4. Make sure they keep reg
ular and reasonable hours.
5. Know about their finances
how much money they
have and how it is spent.
6. Make it clear that school
and police authorities Rave
your full support.
7. Use firm but fair disci-
pline at all times.
8. Get them religious in
struction.
The booklet also states that
young children reflect not only
the morality but the entire
character of their parents.
Therefore, a home in which
have a healthy and outspoken
respect for the law, says the
Y, is rarely a home in which
juvenile offenders live.
And no matter what side of
town a boy or girl comes from,
the job of preventing delin-
quency from striking is still the
basic responsibility of every
parent. In other words, it isn't
necessarily poverty or wealth
which causes delinquency, re-
port YMCA authorities, but
parental neglect, family con-
flicts and lack of affection and
understanding in guidin g
youngsters to maturity.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1963-02-14
YMCA Booklet Cites How to
Avoid Juvenile Delinquency

Parents who joke about traf-
fic violations, brag about get
ting away with as much as they
can in business and laugh about
how they are able to juggle
their income tax figures, may
be starting their children on
the road to delinquency.
This warning was sounded in
a new YMCA booklet dealing
with juvenile delinquency and
it's effect on the average fam
lily.
Donald H. Fortune, Executive
Secretary of the East Cleveland
YMCA, in commenting about
the booklet, said the purpose is
"to give parents practical
pointers and advice about juve-
nile delinquency which can be
helpful to them in raising their
children"
The YMCA booklet states
that "juvenile delinquency =