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The chronicle., 1963-12-05
Clergy Leaders
Meet To Talk
World Issues
BY ROBERT M. r
United Press international

united PreSS LnterndClOndl
The General Assembly Of the
National Council of Churches
gathers in Philadelphia this
weekend to try to find ways for
the church to play a greater
role in the decision-making on
critical national and world is
sues.
The assembly, governing body
of the biggest religious organi-
cation in the United States, is
clerical and lay leaders for the
week-long session, starting Sun
day night dec. u.
The council is a fellowship of
81 major Protestant and East
ern Orthodox churches in Amer
lea, representing 40 million
churchgoers.
The aSsembly's discussions,
aimed at the man and woman
in the pew, will focus on local
church unity and the ministry
Of the layman. 1t is expected to
take a public stand on civil
rights, among other issues.
The late President Kennedy
was to have addressed the as
Sembly in Philadelphia'S Con-
Stitution Hall Tuesday night. On
that night, the Rev. De. Eugene
Carson Blake, chief executive
officer of the United Presbyter-
ian Church in the U.S.A., will
conduct a special worship serv-
ice in Kennedy's memory. The
Philadelphia Orchestra will
play.
The Roman Catholic Church
is sending five observers to the
assembly sessions.
Americas churches have
been additionally exempt from
taxation in accordance with the
principle Of separation of
church and state. One church
in Des Moines, Iowa, has decid-
ed it wants to pay something
for the services for which 9th
ers are taxed.
Central Presbyterian Church
voted recently to donate up to
81, 900 a year to the city of Des
Moines, an amount about equal
to the congregations share Of
the cost of streets, public safe
ty and sanitation.
It also voted to sell its two
parsonages and pay its clergy
men housing allowances in
stead. The pastor, the Rev. Ar
thur Cruickshank, will buy the
church-owned manse, which is
exempt from realty taxes.
From now on" he says, 81
can be a full : Pledged citizen
living in a house on which | am
paying taxes"
The chronicle., 1963-12-05
By LYLE c. WILSON
limited Press international

The bad political news for Sen.
Barry Goldwater is that there
seems now to be a solid chance
that the moderate or Eisenhow-
er Republicans will retain con-
troll of the party and of its 1864
nominating convention.
The bullets that struck PreSi-
dent Kennedy also hit the Gold
water-for president movement.
Goldwater-for president strategy
had been to concede the big
eastern industrial states to JFK
IN 1864. These concessions were
to be offset by Republican gains
I'm the South Some Republicans
argued that party gains in the
South reflected fiscal conserva-
tiSm; a desire for reduced fed
eral spending, a balanced bud
get and, thereafter, tax reduc-
ton.
Other Republicans conceded
that Republican developments in
southern states reflected Demo
cratic dislike Of the Kennedy ad-
ministration more precisely,
southernerS were voting Repub-
lican in protest against the Ken
nedy brothers all out efforts in
behalf of civil rights.
Resist Southern Play
Republican office holders
elected in the big industrial
states resisted any party play
for southern votes. The realistic
political reason for their resis-
lance was that Republican
Identification in the South with
SegregationiSt Democrats would
invite racial minorities to pen
alize Republicans in the North.
These northern Republican Of
ficeholders probably could ex-
pect to fare better on election
day with a Republican presi-
dental candidate who went all
out for civil rights and lost
than with a candidate who had
played for white southern votes
and was elected.
The weakness of the northern
Republican officeholders has
been that they could not offer
any assurance that JFK could
be licked next year in the big,
industrial states. How President
johnson will stand with the Ne
groeS and other racial minori-
ties next autumn cannot be
known now. But at this moment
he does not command the po-
litical support Of such states as
New York, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania as John F. Ken
nedy was presumed to COM
mand it.
Adopt 1864 Strategy
Therefore, the Republican
moderateS are invited by cir
cumstanceS to adopt in 1864 the
strategy that won party control
for them at every Republi-
can national convention after
1928. That strategy is to take a
middle or left Of center path
down the political roadway.
Habit is a force of consequence
collectively as well as individ-
ually.
The Republican habit of sur
rendering to the stern voice of
the moderates at nominating
time is well established. What
the stern voice said of the late
Robert A. Taft was that he
could not be elected because he
could not carry big industrial
states, notably New York. That
frightened the fat conservative
cats of the Republican party
who apparently would rather
win than be right.
Among the forces giving the
Goldwater bandwagon astonish-
ing momentum this year was
Holmes County herald., 1963-08-15

= Miss Mary Lou Ousley Of
Goodman was a Pickens visit
or on Friday.
= Mrs. j. S. Dickerson re.
turned home from the hospi
tai in Lexington on WedncS
fday and is much improved.
Capt. S. E. Shanteyfel1
has arrived from Columbus,
Ga. where he has been sta
toned for some time. His wife
and children have been visit
ing in the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Wor-
they for several weeks. They
will go from here to Puerto
Rico.
- Mrs. Lena Lin is visiting
in Hattiesburg with Mrs. Mar
garaet Hill and family. Miss
Sue Hill, who has been a
Pickens visitor for several
weeks, returned home with
her.
= Mrs. Josie Sledge car
ried her granddaughter, Jo-
sephine, Dorothy and Marga-
ret Young, home to Perry
vile, La, on Friday. The
young ladies have been visit
tng their grandmother for
several weeks.
Holmes County herald., 1963-08-15

Oil q oiiOlC VdSdIlOll Illp W
the Coast Friday.
- Miss Flo Ingram accom-
panied her brother, Bill In
gram, and family of Green
wood, to FIT. Lauderdale, Fla.
for a visit with friends.
= Mr.. and Mrs. B. G.. Bras
we'll and family of Grenada
and Mr.. and Mrs. John Alex
ander of Water Valley visited
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Cakes
over the weekend.
Mrs. Roy Sims and ba-
by of Alexandria, Va. is en-
toying an extended visit with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
r. Brown.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Weir Kyle
went to Springfield, Mo. on
Thursday for Weir, II who
had been attending a baseball
camp. They spent the night
in the home of Don Inman
in Poplar Bluff, Mo.
= Mrs. Louise Durha mat
tended the Bridge Tourna-
ment held in the Heidelburg
ment held in the Heidelberg
Hotel in Jackson last week.
= John Arnold, Jerry Brock
and Willie Terry attended
the All-Star football game in
Jackson Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A.
Terry were Jackson visitors
last Friday.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Hal Brock
and sons, Jerry and Punk,
joined a family group in the
home of Mrs. P. T. Martin
of Howard Sunday, including
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Brock, Sr.
of Lake Charles, La, Mrs.
E.. Brock and Mary
Sherry and Bubba of
Cleveland, MI. and Mrs. Tom
my Hutto of West Point and
Mr.. Mills Martin and daugh.
ter, Kathy.
Holmes County herald., 1963-08-15

age, or (2) be in charge of
the supervision and conduct
lof the farming operations or
an entire farm if they are
not of legal voting age.
Programs administered by
the ASC county and commu-
nifty committee include acre.
age a%llotments, marketing
Quotas, commodity loans, the
feed grain program, the Sug-
ar Act program, the National
Wool program, the Agricult-
|ural Conservation Program,
the Conservation Reserve
program, farm storage facili-
ty loans, and others as as
signed by the Secretary of
Agriculture.
Throughout Holmes County,
local elections will be held at
polling places September g.,
Holmes County herald., 1963-08-15
Pickens Nesus
BY Mrs. Il. X. Daniel

Mrs. Naomi Pepper of
IDeaconsville was honored with
a birthday party given by her
children on Sunday at her
home. Mr.. and Mrs. Lem Pop
per and Mr.. and Mrs. Pat
Pepper were among those no.
|noring their mother. Mrs
Pepper is wished many more
happy birthdays.
Mr.. Stith Harrison of
Memphis visited Mrs. Stith
Harrison, Sr. this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. lobe Muir
phree and Miss Minnie Pear
|ce were Jackson visitors on
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Jenkins were Monday night
visitors with their children,
in Jackson.
Dr.. and Mrs. Richard
Buckley and Britton Anne left
Sunday for Clinton : Sherman
Air Base, Oklahoma, where
DIR. Buckley will be Base Sur
geOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Nc
Clellan and Buddy of Jackson
spent Tuesday in the home OF
Mr.. an Mrs Arthur Jenkins.
Mrs. M. E. Hayde OF
Everglen, Ala, and Mrs. r.
B. Keaton of Miami, Fla. were
visitors with their brother
and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
John D. Smith this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Tho
mas of Yazoo City were visit.
ors in the home of Mr.. ano
| Mrs. P. L. Montgomery on
Sunday. :.
Mrs. Connie Boiling Is
visiting her brother in law
Mr.. j. B. Sims, who is very
i'll in a hospital in BaytoWh
Texas.
Holmes County herald., 1963-08-15
ASC Community
election : Sept. &

Farmers who are participate
ing in one or more of the ma
tional farm programs admi-
nistered locally by Agricultu-
raj Sterilization and Conser-
Walton farmer committee
men were reminded today
that community elections will
soon be taking place.
SSch participation is re-
CURED in order to be eligible
to cast a ballot for the men
a farmer wants to represent
him on the committee. Eligi-
bic voters must also Ql have
an interest in a farm as own
er, tenant, or sharecropper
if they are of legal voting
Holmes County herald., 1963-08-15

f1ulIO VI WcoI l OAllC, sAoAe~N
Durant relatives over the
weekend. Little Hal Brock re-
turned home with them for a
few days. MIR. and Mrs. Hut
to will move to Vicksburg in
the near future. He is a mem
Der of the Cooper High School
faculty.
- Mrs. w. R. Henry and
her sisters, Mrs. E. l.. Blan-
ton, Mrs. Frank Peeler, Mrs.
Smith Giles and Miss Orris
Fender of Kosciusko, have all
Just returend from Kansas
City, Mo. where they visited
their brother, Percy L.. Pen
der and his wife. (Miss Pen
der is a Missionary from
Singapore and Malaya).
= Mr.. and Mrs. Berry Civ
ems and children of Brookhav-
en- and Mr.. and Mrs. Bill King
of Jackson were weekend visi-
tors of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. r. Henry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hines and family of Marion,
la. visited Carrie Crowde1
md BOYS last Monday night
and Tuesday.
- G.. w. Drane, Jr. Of Jack
son visited his mother for a
few days last week.
= Weekend guests of Mr..
and Mrs. j. B. Carroll were
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Carroll
of Memphis. =.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Brock returned last Thursday
from a vacation in Arkansas
and Lake Charles, La.
= Mrs. E.. L.. Brock, Sr.
returned home to Lake Char
les, La. after a visit with
relatives in Durant, Tchula
and Lexington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler Boil
den of Hollandale were Dur
ant visitors last Tuesday.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Ha-
icy, Jr. of Memphis spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Leon E~ngelmann.
- David Allen of Huntsville,
Ala. is visiting his grandma
Their, Mrs. Gordon Allen this
week.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lee
Moss and family of Green
wood, visited Mrs. Gordon
Moss Sunday.
= Mrs. Bertha Webb went
Holmes County herald., 1963-08-15

Mr.. and Mrs. William
Owen AMI Steve spent Sunday
and Monday in Memphis.
Rev. and Mrs. G.. H. Led
better left Monday for the
Gulf Coast where they will
spend part of their vacation.
Rev. Earl Presley of Gin
ton visited his mother, Mrs.
y. B. Presley, recently.
Mrs. Lenora Stokes Of
Greenwood visited in the
home of her sister and fami-
ly, Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace
Worthey on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. White
head and daughters, Nan and
Bonnie, visited her sister and
family in Midway on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Nc
Kay and Billy are enjoying
a vacation in the Smokey
Mountains.
- Mr.. Roy Kaplan Of Ole
Miss spent Tuesday in Pick
ems.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford
Lever spent Monday night in
Eicksburg.
= Mrs. Joe Cobb of Shiloh
visited her aunt. Mrs. John
Dickerson, Monday.
- Visitors in the home OF
Mrs. Jewel Fessenden during
the week were Mr.. and Mrs.
L. I. Jones of Grenada and
Canton, Mrs. Ethel Bowman
of Greenwood and Miss Chris.
tine Hollis Of Indianola.
- Mr.. and Mrs. P. L. Mont.
gomery and Shirley Cage
were EbeneZer visitors Tues
day.
: Mrs. Harris Humphrey
of EbeneZer was a visitor here
Tuesday.
Holmes County herald., 1963-08-15


The elections will choose
three community committee
men and two alternates. The
chairman and vice chairman
of the elected ASC committee
will also serve as delegate
and alternate delegate to the
county convention to be held
soon thereafter, where the
ASC county committee will
be chosen.
Holmes County herald., 1963-08-15
In And Around Durant
DurHnf
BY ROwena Hill

Mr.. and Mrs. Tommy on a short vacation trip to
Hutto of West Point, visited the Coast Friday.
The frontiersman., 1963-06-20
[IE717LRS i! Ipi 1S 1oR 1Gj

Dear Editor:
 Your editorial of June 8 sounding the clarion call of liberty included an admirably fortnight stand on one con- cept of the local organized borough; 1t was also provoca- tive enough to draw out this reply in defehse of a second point of view. When the time comes that we fear to disagree, then we should indeed worry about our liberties.
 First of all, even in earlier days of this country conceived in liberty. l believe I'm correct in saying that almost no people immediately affected had an opportunity to decide and vote on original county boundaries. Members of the Alaska State Legislature could have estab- lished borough boundaries themselves. They could have delegated the responsibility for proposing them to the Local Boundary Commission; the commissions extensive bor- ough hearings throughout the state in 1859 suggested that this method would be adopted. The idea of voluntary incorporation came later-after the legisla- ture was faced with a situation comparable in miniature to a major problem in our country today: Is self-determination of a small group more important than the welfare of the larger whole?
 Self-determination can be carried to a ridiculous extreme, as the noble phrase itself inn plies upon examination. Pro- posals made during the history of the Wasilla borough study group ran the gamut. Too often the phrase is used as tinsel GOV ering for motives that are not so noble. In the Fairbanks area a man actually sent in a bor- ough petition including only acreage owned by him. Some times self-interest is a more apt phrase.
 Until the Local Boundary Commission makes it's decision to the borough peti- tions under consideration, it is to review here the
The frontiersman., 1963-06-20
GUILD TO STUDY FAIR PROJECT

Theatre Guild members who are intereStd in participating in an event at the 1863 Alaska State Fair. Inc, such as 6 booth, brief play, or fur house, are asked to attend tn July g meeting of the Guild al 8 pm. at the Palmer h h school.
 Sponsorship of the project will depend on interest shown at the meeting, a spokesman said, who pointed out that such an event would be an interest ing way to earn money with a minimum of effort.
 The Theatre Guild play, Affairs of State" has b e e n postponed until the fall season, director Joyce Kerttula h a s announced.
The frontiersman., 1963-06-20

1 many reasons set forth by the
 local group interested in com.
 bining the petitions of the 7tt
 and 9th election districts. dc
 want to assure you that the process of drafting these req. sons was entirely a 7th district product with absolutely nc help or prompting by non-resi- dents. You say that the number of Big Boroughites in the 7th is nebulous, and if you mean unknown, it is. All I can say is that know personally of more of them than I have ever seen at a borough meeting in this area. Until just a few months ago I thought I was vir- tually alone in my big borough convictions here in the 7th. The 1 spotlight on boroughs has changed that. Each newly iden- tified BIB led to several others. Soon they learned that they were not alone in Palmer, Sut- ton, Wasilla, Knik-way. Big Lake, Houston, Willow and Tal- keetna. All they lacked was leadership-and time.
 Now getting back to liberty, the liberty to sign a petition 600 signatures in one week. No body poked a gun in anyboy's ribs to sign, but we all know that there are psychological pressures equally effective Knowing this, I signed it my self and encouraged other BBs to do the same on the basis of one voluntary borough stand ard-that we were willing to assume the responsibilities of borough government. Natural ly, a number of us wrote to the commission indicating that we would have preferred a peti- tion encompassing the larger area within borough boundar- ies.
 And why shouldn't this ques- ton be decided by vote? There is almost no choice offered by the Matanuska-Susitna bor- ough. We'd get virtually the same results merely by waiting for the mandatory borough act to take effect. The same for the Captain Cook Borough The Big Boroughites are interested in liberty also-in the freedom
The frontiersman., 1963-06-20
USDA ANNOUNCES COUNTY PRICE
 SUPPORT RATES FOR l963-CR0P 0AT:

1 County price support rates fol
 1863 are $75 per ton, the same as those in 1862,
 Oats, to be eligible for sup port, must be Grade No. 3 or better, or No. 4 on the factor ot test weight only. County SUD- port rates have been establish ed on the basis of Grade No. } oats.
 Premiums and discounts which are applied for grade and quality to determine individual producer support rates are changed from the 1862 pro- gram. The discount for Grade No. 4 oats on the factor of test weight only has been increased from one cent to three cents per bushel to more accurately re- fleet market price and dis counts for this grade of oats. Premiums are one cent per bushel for Grade No. 2 or bet ter, one cent for heavy test weight and two cents for extra heavy test weight. The discount for garlicky oats is three cents per bushel.
 Price support will be carried out as in previous years, through farm warehouse-stor- ed loans and purchase agree ments. Support will be avail able from harvest time through Jan. 3l, 1864.
 Copies of county rates are being sent to County Agricul- tural Stabilization and Conser- vation Service (ASCS) Offices. Copies are available in the State ASCS Office. 954 Cowles Street, Room 145, Fairbanks,
The frontiersman., 1963-06-20

of choice by an informed cleo torate. There would be time, with preliminary work already accomplished, to assemble facts and figures to give people an intelligent basis for decision. We shall not have an oppor- tunity to choose rationally un- less this opportunity of choos- ing is given us. Some Big Bor- oughites have compromised now with the idea of consoli- dation later. But experience in the South 48 in trying to com bine inefficient and unecon- omic county units indicates that this is long and bitter struggle. Aren't we leaving our children enough problems without this?
 You're absolutely right, MT. Editor, in your argument that the wishes of District 2 could be drowned by the greater number of voters in the 9th. Even if the 7th voted unani- mously for the Big Borough, we could be stymied in our wishes by less than two-thirds of the 9th district voters who wanted nothing to do with us. And when you get right down to it from the individual con- sumer-taxpayer-voter's imme- diate standpoint, why should they? They're interested in taxes just the same as we are.
 Whoever started the myth that Anchorage people gener- ally are eager to add our rich lands and assessment rolls was deluded. For the lands, they can just move in or invest as they have in the past. We gain nothing by comparison of our assessment rolls and popu- lation. The only pertinent tax comparison is between the school districts supported by II mills in Anchorage and IA here. And our school district is rela- lively compact when compared with the vast unorganized re- mainder of the 7th. Talk about Anchorage school district in debtedness will, I believe, be shown up as bogeyman also when we compare facilities, present desired standards, as- sesment roll figures and annual increase rates of same. We have problems now, but if pre- dictions of growth are correct our future problems and needs for government services and school facilities will be much greater. Will the people who shouldered the problems of mushrooming growth and in- aebtedness for 10 years after the war be more apt to want to join with us when we're faced with similar problems? We are one natural and interrelated area. Why shouldn't we share our problems and opportunities from the outset? I believe that we should have an opportunity to make this choice.
 Our liberties aren't threat ened. There are provisions for court review within specified time limitations. The borough act itself provides for other courses of action following in- corporation. For those who want more local local govern ment, our statutes provide for four varieties of city incorpor- ations plus service areas.
 Sincerely yours,
 Y,,O1r MiDL
The frontiersman., 1963-06-20

only one effort ever made the real difference-that effort caused you and me to be self sufficient, individually respon- sible, and an attribute to the so- ciety. It took courage, fore sight, hope, confidence, ambi- ton, charity towards others, and means. We may have lack ed a portion of the require ments; after all, we are hu- man; but, we did place our des- | tinies in our own hands. Per- haps we wish at times for the security of our childhoods, but do we finger on the subject long? If we do, then we are but children, and known security is all we will ever desire. Thus, we shall abandon ourselves to others for all ends to accom- plish this. Giving ourselves to others must be complete to make us happy and secure; lest we frighten ourselves with mo- ments of self-reliance. With this complete surrender, for certain must go the privilege of determining our destinies, and not to determine is to avoid responsibility. Thus, the child is secure, the adult is frustrat- ed, and the society will become as children; obedient and do- cile, fed and clothed in return for it's independence.
 Empires, nations, estates have gone this way and were lost forever.
 Let me repeat. What causes a person to sacrifice independ- ence for subjection?
 Robert Vroman