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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-03-28
To Wed

Robert Sliger, Oakland, has an
nounccd the approaching marriage
of his daughter Kay Sliger to
Dennie Shaifer, of Brookside, W.
Va, son of MIR. and Mrs. Harold
Shaffcr
The wedding will take place on
Thursday, April IS. at p. m,
at an open church wedding at the
Underwood Ev. United Brethren
church. The ceremony will be per-
formed by the Rev. Edsil Bragg A
reception will follow.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-01

aid highway program, which
has assisted the States in the
improvement Of their highway
networks since 1916.
F~ederai-aid expenditures for
highways, increasing in line
with the increase in highway.
travel, now approximate SO bill
lion per year, all OF which is
collected BY means of special
taxes on highway users, chiefly
the Aggregation Federal tax
on gasoline.
These special tax receipts are
allocated by Congress to four
categories Of Federal-aid high
way expenditures: ~ aid to
the State primary, or trunk-line,
highways. ~ aid to farm-to-
market roads, ~ aid for the
improvement Of city arterial
streets and ezpressways and "a
aid in the construction of the
41,000-mile National System of
Interstate and Defense & h
ways, the new system of coast
forecast interconnected express
ways designed to meet our de-
tense needs and to serve as the
backbone for our total high
way network. The Federal gov
eminent pays 800 of the con-
struction cost Of the Interstate
highways and 500 on other
Federal-aid highways.
State, local and Federal Off
Gals are all working together
to coordinate their highway con-
struction activities, recognizing
that the roads are economic and
social lifelines which are the
key to better living for all of us.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-01
Durant Methodist
Revival Set For
August 4th-9th

Durant First Methodist
Church will hold a revival
from Sunday, August 4th
through Friday, August 9th,
as announced by the Rev.
R. E. WATSON. pastor.
The Rev Glenn Wiygul,
pastor of st. Andrews Me-
thodist Church of Amory,
will be visiting minister.
Rev. Dennis Johnston of
Ebenezer will be song direc-
tor.
Sunday services will be
held at the regular hours,
and weekday services will
be at 10 a. m. and 7:45 p. m.
Youth discussion groups
will meet from 7 to 7:45 p.
m. daily and following night
services, recreation and re-
freshments will be provided
for youth groups.
All members are urged to
attend and the public is in
vited for this series of serv-
ices, both young and old.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-01
Kirkham PovaII, Bill Rosamond And
Murray Fincher Set For State Golf Tourney

Lexington Junior Chamber
of Commerce will enter two
contestants in the state jun
ior Jaycee Golf Tournament
to be held in Meridian, Au-
gust 5-6-7. The entrants are
Kirkham Povall and Bill
Rosamond.
Murray Fincher will enter,
sponsored by the Durant
Junior Chamber of Com
merce. The statewide tour
nament is for boys up to II
years of age, with a winner
going to National Junior Jay
Gee Tournament to be held
at the Midland-O Odessa, Tex
as Country Club in late Au-
gust.
During the Meridian tour
nament, Johnny Potts, Mis-
sissippi pro of Gulf Hills
Dude Ranch and Country
Club in Ocean Springs, will
stage golf demonstrations
proper golf form, and con
duct classes.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-01

Ter home purchased and i'm
proved to be converted into
a Youth Building. Improve
ments were also made last
year to the old parsonage.
The sanctuary first, and then
the entire church plant was
completely air conditioned
Church grounds have been
handicapped.
The church purchased in
1850, at a. cost of some ST.
500, the former Lester Barr
home to be used as a par
sonage for the minister and
his family. Considerable i'm
provements were made al
the time. Set up on an IL
year pay-out basis, the in
debtedness was liquidated in
two years.
The church is now entire
ly debt-free and has a sub
stantial bank balance.
In 1862 the Lexington
church was among the top
ranking churches in the
state in the amount per ca
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Election Officials

Continued from Page One]
who will hold the election
in each precinct are as fol-
lows:
Lexington: Mrs. Tom Shep-
herd, r. o., Mrs. Thelma
Sharp, Mrs. Joe H. Moore
Mrs. Walter Hooker, w. H
Scott, S. L. White, P. 0.
William Moses, c. M. Nc
Daniel, Mrs. w. N. Ellison.
Mrs. John Word.
Acona: Mrs. K. F. Downer,
R. O., Mrs. Eula Lee Buck,
Mrs. ]. R. Booth, Mrs. ]. L.
Braddock, Mrs. C. L. Down
er, j. R. Booth, P. O.
Durant: Mrs. c. M. Ray
R. O., w. c.. Martin, T. c
Hit, Mrs. Nettie Hester, Mrs.
Macel Suddeth, Zeb Guess
T. o.
Leon Engelmann, Mrs. Eth
ell Nicely, Mrs. N. w. Rucker,
Mrs. Paul Odom.
West: Mrs. w. B. Johnson,
R.. O., Mrs. H. j. johnson.
Mrs. w. L. Wright, Mrs. G
l.. Brock, H. L. Bowie, S. G.
Campbell, P. O..
Goodman: T. A. Ousley, r
O., j. G.. Jacob, Mrs. A. A
Derrick, ST., j. d. Neaves
George Mitchell, Asthony Nc
Mullen, P. o. ss
Emory: S. S. Truitt, R. 0
Mrs. w. E. Hill, B. S. Ellis
Miss Davie Catron, Mrs. S
S. Truitt, James S. Truitt
P. o.
Bowling Green: Mrs. W. c
Sheehy, R. O., Roy McNeer.
C. L. Wilkins, Ralph D. Nc
Lellan, Mrs. Luther P. Nc,
Lellan, l.. P. Mcclellan, Pc
Pickens: T. O. Buford, R
O., Mrs. J. D. Mckee, Mrs,
Bernice Simpson, Miss Josie
Burton, Mrs. Louise McPher-
son, R. T. Hart, P. O.
Ebenezer: Mrs. B. w. Hum
phrey, Jr., R. O., E. E.. o.
Reilly, T.. E. Murtagh, E. L.
Brown, Mrs. N. H. O'Reilly,
w. L.. Edwards, P. O.
Coxburg: H. O. Pettus, r.
O., Mrs. j. A. Hearn, Earl
Covingtos, j. T. Pierce, Jr.,
Mrs. Rosa Lee Harthcock, j.
A. Hearn, P. 0.
Richland: James w. Sum-
merlin, r. O., George D.
Wynne, Santa Tackett, j. w.
Sims, Mrs. James Summer
jim, Hal Peterson, P. O.
Thornton: E. S. Fleming
r. O., w. H. Rushbrook, Mrs.
Dixie Hearn, John Liberto
R. c. Thompson, John Hearn
Jr., P. O..
Tchula: H. C. Waterer, Jr
r. o. John E. Hays, Mrs. M,
G. Bennett, N. B. Parrish, Jr,
Miss Lorraine Norman, w. O,
Moore, P. 0. 1
Cruger: M w. Estes, R. O..
H. F. Fleming, Mrs. c. H
Spivey, J.. A. Barrett, D. G,
Griffin, J. M. Watt, p. @.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-01
Executive Committees

Continued from Page One)
w. D. Ford and Jack B.
Yates, all of Lexington.
Beat II = Clarence Robert
son, Durant; w. B. Johnson,
West; and S. F. Allen, Good
man.
Beat III - E. E. O'Reilly,
Ebenezer; Homer Chisolm
Coxburg; William c. Cook
Pickens.
Beat w - E. S. Fleming,
w. H. Rushbrook and r. l..
Thompson, all of Thornton.
Beat V = Ralph Ray and
F. M. Clark, both of Tchula;
and J. T.. Thomas, Jr., Crug-
er.
The Executive Committee
will meet following the Pri-
mary to make an official
canvass of the Holmes Coun-
ty vote to be reported to the
office of the Secretary OF
State.
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pita given to the cooperative
program.
For more than a year now
the Sunday morning wor-
ship service has been broad
cast over the local radio sta
ton, WXTN, and paid for by
the church as a service to
the sick and shut-ins. Indi-
cations are this has been a
blessing to many people in
the area.
A wide circle of friends
throughout Lexington and
the county, along with those
in his church, will miss the
ministry of the man whom
they have come to know and
love
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-01

Get the farmer out of the
mud was the battle cry Of the
highway program in the 1920's
and 1905. In the early days OF
the automobile age, a paved
road outside of the limits of a
city or Incorporated town was
rare enough to be a curiosity.
Today, almost 70 percent Of
the 3,127,225 miles of rural
roads in the United States have
some kind of surfacing. A SUBJ
stantial amount of the remain
ing non-surfaced road mileage
Is so little travelled that paving
is not justified; nevertheless,
much remains to be done before
we can claim a complete all
weather road system in the Uni
ted States.
Nowadays, however, getting
the farmer out of the mud is
one among many detectives of
the national highway program.
The automobile and the truck
have become such an integral
part Of American life that good
highway transportation is es-
sential to the success of almost
every activity. Industries s,
schools, churches and shopping
centers share the farmers vital
concern with the highway pro-
gram. Commuters get stuck in
urban traffic jams more often
than farmers get stuck in
the mud.
The essentially Of highway
transportation to the national
economy and the national de-
Tense is reflected in the Federal
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Rev. P. D. Brogg-
Continued from Page Onel

Continued from Page Onel
of Peter, the Rev. Bragg
said, we must obey God ra-
her than man.
We must find Gods will,
and obey it. We are all bro
theirs in Christ Jesus and
joint heirs with Jesus Christ.
He recognizes all of our fail
ings asd shortcomings and
He knows when we have
done our best, always TAX
ing into account our weak
sesses.
1t is the responsibility of
the church, the Sunday
School teacher, the BTU, to
teach, the pastor pointed out.
10 tail IN this teaching is to
say, I'VE don't know you,
Lord Jesus" 1t is to deny
Him like Peter.
God knows all things and
rules all things. He has never
yet abandoned that power,
and He never will, the Rev.
Bragg assured the congre-
cation in conclusion.
3l-Year Ministry
In the thirty-one years of
the Rev. Bragg's ministry,
all but twelve have been
spent in Holmes County. The
two oldest Bragg children
were both born while he was
living in Pickens and serv-
ing both the PickenS Baptist
Church and Carthage Bap-
fist Church on a half-time
basis for a period Of four
years.
After Carthage went full
time, the Rev. Bragg and
family moved to Carthage
where he was pastor on a
full time basis for six years.
He then accepted a call
to Bristow, Oklahoma, church
and remained there for six
years before coming back to
Mississippi and Lexington.
His youngest daughter was
born about six months after
the family moved to Bristow.
Great Progress
The First Baptist Church
of Lexington has enjoyed
great growth and develop
ment in the past nearly fiji
teen years of the Rev. Bragg's
leadership.
Membership gains during
the period by baptism anc
letter have been approx
mately 500 and the church
budget, currently around $685.
900, has been tripled in the
period. Contributions thi
year are expected to amount
to $50, 900.
The Sunday School has
been organized into depart
ments and a Baptist Train
ing Union organized.
Expansion and improv'
ments to the church plant
have been made at a cost in
excess of $50, 900 with class
rooms and sanitary facilitie:
added in the annex; the Stig'
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-01
Dixie Youth Team
Enters State Meet

The Dixie Youth All-Star
team of Holmes County has
won its way to the state tour
nament in Meridian. They
won semi-finals and finals
in District II and III by play
ing South Delta, including
Anguilla, Glen Allen and
Rolling Fork, in an eight in
ming game, Al.
The Youths met the Ma
tional League All Stars a
Yazoo City with a score of
6-6.
The state tournament opens
Monday, August 5 in Meri-
dian with the following play
ers:
Two players from Lexing-
ton are Reuben Netherland
from a team sponsored by
the Lions Club, coached by
Wayne Rodgers and Clay
Self, Jr., A and M Dairy
team, coached by Clay Self.
From Durant are Jim Sum-
MERRILL, Billy Muslin, Ed
Hathcock, Buzzy McNeer
Ronnie McCreary, Derri:
Powell, Sammy Aldridge
and John Ballard; from Pick
ems, David Young and Ralph
Pepper: from Tchula, Larry
Jones, Kenny Taylor, Jerr.
Braswell and Kenny An
dreWs.
Going with the team will
be James Boyette, Goodman
coach and Jim Cunningham
Tchula, manager.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-01

TRAINING FUTURE JoURNAL1sTs-Hig school journalists
from over the Mid-South are expected to attend the fourth
annual Dixie Journalism Workshops at the University OF
Mississippi this summer. Planning the workshops are urom
Left S. Gale Denley, assistant professor of journalism and
co-editor of the Calhoun County Journal at Bruce; Miss
Katherine Webb of jackson, Ole Miss journalism major;
and DR.. Samuel S. Talbert. chairman of the Ole Miss Depart
ment of journalism. The workshop for newspaper Stats is
scheduled for August $40 and will be followed by a work
shop for yearbook staffs on August 12-17. For information
write: Department Of journalism, University, Mississippi
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-01

The cash value of U. S.
Savings Bonds owned by the
American people increased
by more than a billion dol
lars in 1862, to a new high
of $45.5 billion.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-01
Jimmy Love Heads Junior Hereford Association

Officers of the Mississippi Junior Hereford Association were elected at the
organizations annual field day al MBsi snpi State University n Wednesday
(Jmy 2). They are (front row, from the h0 Jimmy Love, Tchula, PRESIDENT
Martha Williams, Forest secretarytreasrer; Troy Mature, Jr. Utica, first vice.
president. Second row is Ronnie Demio, Lyon, second vcepresdent; Larry De-
Muth, Brandon, reporter; John Laney, Lyon, director; Sammy Blossom, Forest
director; and Minis Berry, Jr, of New Hebron, director.
Extension Service Fhoto)
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HELP WANTED
MALE & FEMALE
49-tfnp

HIGHER, STEADY INCOME
for reliable man or woman
serving Watkins customers in
Lexington. Average $4,000
weekly and more to start,
full or part time. No invest
ment; no experience required
Write c.. r. Ruble, Dept. J-2,
P. O.. Box 2447, Memphis.
Tennessee.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-01
LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Anyone having any bills or
claims against the late Otha
Smith or Smiths Repair
Shop, Lexington, Mississippi,
is notified to present same
either by mail or in person
to Smiths Repair Shop i'm
mediately in order that they
may be paid.
This the 31st day of July,
1868.
Alzenia Smith
Cornelius Smith
Bridal Smith
18-3tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-01

AGENTS N TO SELL
BURIAL See
or cali Lindsay's Enterprise
Funeral Home Dutant
Mississippi. Telephone 331.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-01

WANTED: Position as secre-
tary, bookkeeper, or clerk
typist. Tipping - $1.5O per
hour. Self-employment in
come tax returns - $500 and
$1,000.
Call 337, Lexington
Mrs. Mamie Ella Armstrong,
Notary Public.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-01

This notice printed voluntarily by The Lex
ington Advertiser on behalf of the Lexington,
Mississippi Post Office staff in appreciation Of
their splendid and efficient service rendered this
newspaper.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-01
CLASSIFIED ADS

BEAUTIFULLY VOICED
Spinet-C Console piano. French
Walnut. Well handle entire
balance on small payments
to party of good credit only.
Joplin Piano Co., Joplin, Mo.
42-1tpd
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-01

DR.. Craig still controls In
sects and pests Of all kinds.
such as termites, ants. rouches
and water bugs. All house
pests. My price for treating
house foundations is &c .
square foot only.
Coll me at ls4-H. Lexing-
ton. for the sake Of your
Craig's Pest Control
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-01

FOR SALE - Piano, slight
ly used Kimball. New qua
rantee, $1,000 down, $1,000
per month. Townsend Piano
Company, 263 E. Pearl ST.,
Jackson. Miss, Phone FL A.
1894.
49-tfnp
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FOR SALE: Joe Baptiste
home on Castalian ST. in
Durant.
Phone 696, Durant.
17-tfnp
41-tfnp
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Please write this number as d part
of your return address on all future cor
r~espondence.
Evening star., 1963-02-04
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Congress Ready to Strengthen
Finances of Retirement Fund

pay premiums for the extra in
surance at the same rate that
they presently pay.
A number Of top members Of
the House Civil Service Com
mittee have sponsored similar
legislation.
30 YEAR RETIREMENT
Senator Fong, Republican OF
Hawaii. a member OF the Sem
ate Civil Service Committee,
has sponsored $500 TO permit
optional retirement Of Goverp-
ment workers on full annuities
after 80 years service regard
less Of age.
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY-A
group OF Democratic and Re-
publican Senator's have Joined
in sponsoring a bill 10 make
Lincoln's birthday, February l2.
q legal holiday. Among the
sponsors are Republican Sens
ators Javits and Heating OF
New York, Kuchel OF California.
DirkSen Of Illinois. Morton and
Cooper OF Kentucky: and Dem
ocratic Senators Douglas OF
Illinois and Hartke OF Indiana.
WOMEN EMPLOYES-The
Civil Service Commission has
Issued regulations forbidding
Government agencies 10 dis
criminate against women en-
ployes In the matter OF
promotions. assignments, APP
pointments, appeals, grievances
and all other matters relating
70 their employment.
The csc action formally
carries out President Kennedy's
recent moves 10 ban discrimi-
nation against women In Fed
eral employment because Of
their sex.
TAX NYTHHOLDING-The
House Ways and Means Com
mittee has approved HR- -2s75
70 allow various cities through
out the country 10 withhold
municipal income taxes from
the pay OF Federal workers.
II doesn't apply. however, TO
Government workers In WASH
lngton, since District officials
already have authority 10 with
hold DC. income taxes from
the salaries OF Federal em-
rloyes.
Evening star., 1963-02-04

they heard a plane about 10
PM.
At 9:25 pm. the pilot,
Robert G. Staab. Ocala, had
last radioed the Ocala Airport
tower as he approached the
field.
Mr.. Widener, one-time sher-
If Of Palm Beach County, owns
the Ocala Aviation Service,
which operates from Jim Tay-
lor Airport, the field where
Mrs. Widener's plane tried to
land. He has a l,000-acre horse
farm here. and is interested in
race dog breeding.
The Wideners were married
May 20, 1859, in Pennsylvania
and have one son, Joe, 2.
Widener has two sons by a
former marriage. Mrs. Widen
er's daughter by a previous
marriage, Genevieve CvivD Te-
wander, II, lives in Palm Beach.
Mrs. Widener is an artist.
Mr.. Widener is a grandson OF
Joseph Widener, who founded
Hialeah Park Race Track.
Evening star., 1963-02-04
Charlie
Win Fight 10
Present Shows

Senate Republican Leader
Dirksen and House Republican
Leader Halleck have won the
fight to continue their Joint
weekly news conference, popu-
larly known as the "Ev and
Charlie Show"
The first one Of the new year
may be held this week.
The program had been
threatened by criticism from
some prominant Republicans.
Last fall, the Republican Ma
tional Committee withdrew its
$40, 900 annual subsidy for staff
costs.
But Senator Dirksen, appear
ing on a television interview
program with Mr.. Halleck last
night (NBC, Meet the Press) i,
said the show" would con-
tinue with an expanded cast.
The two leaders have agreed:
/. To include in their press
conference almost automati-
cally any Republican Governor
who finds himself in Washing
ton at "show time" The ex-
pectation is that most Of the
II Republican Governors will
be guests Of the congressional
leadership.
2. To share the stage, when
appropriate, with Republican
congressional experts on topics
in the news. The supplementary
spokesman on topics like taxes
or atomic tests, for example
would be the ranking Repunli-
cans on the appropriate legis-
lative committees or persons
designated by them.
3. To broaden the nine-man
leadership group that meets
before each conference to in
clude Senator Morton of Ken
lucky and Representative Will
son Of California. chairmen of
the Republican Senatorial and
Congressional Campaign Com
mittees. Those committees, it
Is understood, will help fill the
financial breach created by the
National Committees fund
cutoff.
Evening star., 1963-02-04
Four Die in Flaming Crash
At San Francisco Airport

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4
(AP).-A Slick Airways Con-
stellation carrying classified
Navy cargo crashed yesterday
in an instrument landing at
fog -shrouded San Francisco In
ternational Airport and ex-
,,ploded in flames. killing four
Of the eight men aboard.
The flight had originated In
Washington, D. c., and had
made stops In Norfolk, Va;
Dallas, Tex, and Albuquerque,
N. Mex.
It was the first fatal crash
Of q commercial airliner on the
airport in It's 35-year history,
although others have occurred
nearby.
The huge, four-engined plane
made q normal instrument ap-
.proach and then dug its left
wing into the ground at the
edge Of the runway, skidding
into a half-moon arc that
ended 300 yards from the point
of touchdown. The plane then
burst into flame.
Cargo Destroyed
A spokesman for Slick Air
ways said the craft was carry
ing classified cargo bound for
Alameda Naval Air Station
across San Francisco Bay. The
cargo was presumed destroyed.
The four who perished in the
craft. all Californians. we're:
pilot Richard MacCallum, AZ,
Walnut Greek; Co-Pilot Will
liam Coryell, 4S, Burbank; Al
Evening star., 1963-02-04
Plane Carrying Wife
OfHorsemon Is Missing

OCALA. Fla, Feb. 4 (APO-
A plane carrying Mrs. Peter A.
B. Widener, wife Of the widely
known horseman and million
aire, was missing today.
The twin-engine aircraft,
with only Mrs. Widener and
the pilot aboard, tried to land
at the Ocala airport last night,
in heavy rain and wind. 1t
veered away toward the west.
Waiting at the airport was
Mr.. Widener.
His wife, Patricia, was flying
in from Palm Beach, Fla.
The Federal Aviation Au-
thority in Miami said the fuel
Of the Aero Commander would
have exhausted about midnight
so the plane was presumed
down.
Continued overcast skies de-
layed some search crews. -Four
Ciyil Air Patrol ground rescue
teams left Orlando at $3.50
AM. to establish search field
headquarters in Ocala. But a
planned huge air search await
ed clearing skies. At Gulf Ham,
mock, 4e miles west Of Ocala.
two forest rangers reported
Evening star., 1963-02-04
Collapse Kills q
Canary Islanders

SANTA CRUZ DE TENE-
RIFE, Canary Islands, Feb. 4
(AP). - Investigating officials
said today % persons were
killed and more than 100 in
jured in a panic that swept a
crowd in the town hall of
Granadilla during a violent rain
and windstorm Sunday.
Most Of the dead were crushed
or asphyxiated. About $50 per-
sons waiting inside the hall to
obtain identity cards stampeded
for exits when the storm COL
lapsed a cornice on the old
structure. once a monastery.
Fifteen women. five men and
three children perished.
Evening star., 1963-02-04
Swanson Wins Battle
Of Michigan Democrats

LANSING. Mich, Feb. 4
CAP) .-Michigan'S Democratic
Party licked its wounds today
in the aftermath OF a bitter
struggle for power that put
labor backed former Gov. John
B. Swanson in solid control.
Mr.. Swanson. who was de-
feated for reelection last No
vember by former auto maker
George Romney, scored a stun
ming upset at the State con-
vention in Grand Rapids Satur-
day by having his choice in
stalled in the State chairman
ship in the face Of seemingly
insurmountable opposition from
party leaders.
Among prominent Democrats
opposed to Mr.. Swainsons can
didate - his former executive
secretary. Zolton Ferency :
were Representative Staebler,
Senators Mcnamara and Hart
and virtually the entire State
Administrative Board Of top
elected officials.
Blow TO Staebler
Mr.. Ferency's victory dealt a
severe blow to the prestige Of
Mr.. Staebler. Democratic ma
tional committeeman and guild
ing force in the six successive
election victories of former Gov.
@. Mennen Williams. now As
sistant Secretary of State for
African Affairs.