The Clarke County Tribune from Quitman, Mississippi • 1

He Glw COVERS CLARKE 1 COUNTY LIKE THE DEW OFFICIAL ORGAN Of CLARKE COUNTY VOLUME 48 NUMBER 31 QUITMAN, CLARKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 1 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1957 SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR WALKER TO HEAD CLARKE CO. RED CROSS CAMPAIGN JUDGE CAMERON ENDORSED FOR SUPREME COURT MISS McGREW IS ASSISTANT MISS. 4-H CLUB LEADER FREE DAY AT THE FARMERS EXCHANGE HERE LOCAL BOY IS NAMED SOLDIER OF THE MONTH BOY SCOUT WEEK TO BE OBSERVED FEBRUARY 6-12 Clarke County WMU Ex. Council Holds Quarterly Meeting Boy Scaui Week, marking the 47tn anniversary of the Boy Sc-outs ol America, will be observed from Wednesday, February 6 through Tuesday, February 12. It is the krjjivt youth observance in the nutr.n since it will be celebrated every city and wn and most Villases and throughout tr.e nation oy 4.5C0.C00 boys and artt.t Twelve outstanding Explorers, The Executive Council of the Clarke County WMU Association met for a quarterly meeting in the home of Mrs.

W. E. Walters in Quitman Wednesday, Jan. 30. In addition to Mrs.

Walters, those present were Mrs. J. K. Short, Mrs. L.

Johnson, young people leader; Mrs. C. P. Campbell, mission study chairman; Mrs. H.

E. Chelette, stewardship chairman; Mrs. J. G. Fuller, community mission chairman; Mrs.

W. J. Smith, literature chairman; Mrs. A. D.

McQuaig, secretary. Keports were given and plans were made for work during the year. Mrs. Short announced that the State WMU Convention will be held in Jackson March 19-21, and that the annual WiMU associa- tion meeting will be in April, date and place to be announced later. 1 One day in February will be free day at the Farmers Exchange in Quitman.

The exact date will be announced on the Farmers Exchange window March 1. Every time a customer makes a purchase during this month, he or she is given a cash register receipt on which is stamped the date of the purchase. If you hold a cash register receipt dated the day posted on March 1, you can take it to the Farmers Exchange and get its face value in trade regardless of the amount. All that is necessary is for you to present your casn register receipts obtained the day announced. After the date of free day is announced, customers will have the five days in March in which to come in and redeem your slips dated on free day.

If you make a purchase at the Farmers Exchange every day irl February and save your cash register receipts, you will be sure to get one day's purchase in trade absolutely free. President Eisenhower has been urged to nominate Federal Judge Ben Cameron of Meridian, to the Supreme Court' to succeed Associate Justice Stanley Reed. Reed is retiring from the high court February 25th. Judge Cameron is now serving on the U. S.

Fifth Circuit Court of appeals bench in New Orleans. He was recommended for the Supreme Court post by the Mississippi Republican Executive Committee headed by Chairman Wirt Yerger, Jr. of Jackson. The Mississippi Republican group telegraphed Eisenhower: "We recommend the Hon. Benjamin Franklin Cameron, member of the U.

S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, to fill the vacancy on the United States Supreme Court. We believe Judge Cameron eminently qualified in every respect to render great public service to our entire country with honor and distinction." The telegram was signed by Mrs. J. Balfour Miller of Natchez, national committeewoman; E.

O. Spencer of Jackson, national committeewoman; Wirt Yerger, of Jackson, chairman; Dewey Collins of Jackson, secretary; B. Thomas of Wiggins, treasurer; and Fred Larue of Jackson, finance committee chairman. President Eisenhower appointed Cameron, then a Meridian attor- MISS NANCY McGREW State College Miss Nancy Mc-Grew of Seminary, has been named assistant state 4-H Club leader with headquarters at Mississippi State College, according to Dr. Clay Lyle, dean and director, Division of Agriculture, and M.

S. Show, associate Extension director. She was reared on a Covington County farm and during 10 years as a 4-H Club member was state and national poultry winner, and a state leadership winner. Miss McGrew; is a graduate of Mississippi Southern College at Hattiesburg. She served as assistant home demonstration agent at Laurel for two years, and has been home demonstration agent at Quitman since December, 1955.

She assumed her duties as assistant state 4-H leader February 1, and will work primarily with girls' 4-H programs. DEDICATION SERVICE AT IIARMONY CHURCH A dedication service, dedicating the Sunday School Rooms, will be held at Harmony Baptist Church at the regular worship hour Sunday, Feb. 10. Dr. Hardee Kennedy of the Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, will bring the-message.

Rev. Archie is pastor and invites the public to attend this service Mrs. M. M.i'Shirley of Stafford Springs, Miss, visited friends in Quitman Thursday. older ooy members of the organization, will be chosen to go to the Washington, D.

to make the annual "Report to the Nation." They will call at the White House. Federal officiais, including leaders from the House and Senate, will join with representatives of national organizations at a breakfast in Washington, D.C., at which the twelve Explorers will report on Scouting's accomplishments for 1956 and tell of the activities planned for this year, including the Fourth National Jamboree to be held next July to 18 at historic Valley Forge. Pennsylvania. Other outstanding Explorers, together with Cub Scouts, Boy-Scouts, and adult leaders, will participate in ceremonies at state capitals and at city hall and town observances. Boy Scout W7eek this year sees the production of the fifteen millionth copy of the ''Handbook for Especially bound, it will be presented to President Eisenhower who is Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America.

A limited number of handbooks in this printing will have a distinctive and decorative four-page inset commemorating this landmark in the publishing of a book which has enjoyed sales second only to the Holy Bible in the years since 1910 when it was first published. It is this volume that introduced millions of boys to their first knowledge of nature lore, first aid, proper honors for the United States Flag, and a wide range of "know how" supplementing school courses. Every governor is to be presented a copy of the limited edition, and in some communities it is planned to present copies in recognition of unselfish and dedicated service to the boys of A-merica. Among them will be lead ers in government, education, the clergy, sciences, business, indus try, civic, and other community organizations. Boy Scout Week finds the or ganization completing the first' year of its new Four-Year Pro gram known as "Onward for God and My Country," through which it seeks to train more bovs in patriotism and character so that they will become intelligent citizens with an appreciation of the free way of life and a dedication to high spiritual ideals.

The theme emphasis for Boy-Scout Week "Duty to Country" will present opportunities to Scouts and their leaders to highlight the democratic processes of government and their values, and the spirit of service as a natural expression of good citizenship. New Home Dem. Agent Welcomed By Club The Quitman Home Demonstration Club held its regular meeting in the home of Mrs. J. L.

Martin Friday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. S. Q.

McLemore. Mrs. Martin gave the devotional. There were ten members present. Mrs.

Roy Dearmond and Mrs. Leon Norris were welcomed as new members. Miss Berniece Smith, Clarke County's new Home Demonstration Agent, was welcomed by the club. The business session was presided over by president. A most interesting demonstration on "How to Prepare Last Minute Meals" was given by Mrs.

Fred Miller. The Study Topic, "A House is for People" was led by Margie McLemore, assisted by Marie Jordan, Eloise Griffin, Edna McNeil, Helen Smith and Peggy Watson. With Mrs. Martin giving the health topic, the meeting adjourned and the guests were served refreshments by the 'hostess. C.

O. Walker C. O. Walker, manager of the Stonewall Division of Erwin Mills has been named by the Board of Directors of the Clarke County chapter to serve as fund chairman for the annual Red Cross drive which will begin March 1. Mr.

Walker served in a similar capacity last year. "The needs of the Red Cross for this coming year can. be expected to be greater than ever before." Mr. Walker said. "America's population is not only growing constantly but population shifts are bringing more and more people into areas where disaster in the form of tornado, flood or other natural causes is likely to strike.

Right here in our own area the population is steadily growing, new homes are going up all a-round us and if disaster should strike this area the chances are that very many people would be seriously affected. In the last year or so we have seen what considerable damage even a small flood could cause in this area. Not far from here we have seen the effects of tornado. We have, no guarantee that similar disasters might not strike us with full force some day, and if and when such a misfortune should hit us the first place you and I will look for assistance will be the Red Cross. Because we know through the experience I of many years that the Red Cross is 'always on the job when it counts! That, by the way, is the slogan for the Red Cross this year: 'On the Job When It and it sums up better than anything I could say, just what the Red Cross means to everyone of us." "Clarke County has always answered the call in the past, and I am confident that the people of this area will do their best to strengthen the arm of the Red Cross again this year," Mr.

Walker said. Kenneth Prince To Study For Ministry Kenneth Prince, Stonewall High School senior, plans to study for the ministry upon his graduation this year. Kenneth has been very active in his church work and recently conducted prayer meeting services in the Stonewall Methodist church. He took as his text "The Invitation Jesus Kenneth plans to go to Mill-saps College for four years and then to the seminary for higher theological studies. He is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. C. D. Prince of Stonewall and a nephew of Mr. and Mrs.

Albert Ivy of Quitman. Jacob Marvin Perdue Jacob Marvin Perdue, 70, of Quitman, died Sunday afternoon after an extended illness. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Quitman Methodist church, the Rev. Billy Martin 'Officiating, assisted by the Rev.

V. G. Clifford. Interment followed in the Quitman Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Mrs.

Hattie Perdue of Quitman; one daughter, Mrs. H. U. Woodall, Quitman; one son, Fred M. Perdue of Jacksonville, two brothers, Will H.

of Decatur, Robert W. of Jacksonville, four grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. 1 Pallbearers were Arnold Love, Lewis McClinton, William E. Bealle, Gene Smith, John Hun ter, and Jack English. Walters Funeral Home was in charge.

Sp3 Joseph R. Meadows Sp3 Joseph R. Meadows, son of the Rev. and Mrs. W.

L. Meadows of Quitman, has been honored by being named outstanding soldier of the month of January'. 1957, of the 501st Army Security Agency Group. Lt. Col.

William O. Wyatt, commander of the Group, has notified the Rev. and Mrs. Meadows in the following letter: HEADQUARTERS 1 501st Army Security Agency Group A 301 25th January, 1957 Rev. and Mrs.

W. L. Meadows Quitman, Mississippi Dear Rev. and Mrs. Meadows.

It gives me great pleasure to inform you that your son, Sp3 Joseph R. Meadows, A 24 912 952, a member of this 'organization, in competition with all other members of the 501st Army Security Agency Group, was selected by a Board of Officers con vened for the purpose of choosing the outstanding soldier of the month of January, 1957. As a reward to your son, I am authorizing him to spend seven days at a rest center in Japan. know that you will be proud to learn that your son has shown outstanding ability as a soldier. His devotion to duty, conduct and attitude, are credits to the service and his country.

Please find enclosed a picture of your son made the day he received the distinction as cited. Sincerely yours, William O. Wyatt Lt. Col. Armor Commanding Refutes Charge Of Secretary of Defense "There are no draft dodgers in the Quitman National Guard Unit." The above statement was made by Lt.

Paul E. Hardy, Commanding Officer of Company 198th Tank Mississippi National Guard located in Quitman, in reply to the Secretary of Defense recent accusations. Lt. Hardy-states further that at the time of the Korean emergency, the Army National Guard immediately urged that they be mobilized in their entirety. They were informed that the emergency was only a Police action, and that the regular services could handle it.

As is well known, it was not long, however before 37 percent of the Army National Guard eight complete Infantry Divisions and hundreds of other combat and combat-support type units were mobilized for active Federal Service. Many of the units and men saw combat in Korea and others were assigned to important duties through the world. The 31st Infantry (Dixie) Division of which this (Co. 198th Tank Bn.) is a part was. one of the Infantry divisions called into active Federal Service.

Many men from the State of Mississippi who were called with the National Guard was combat service or some other type important duty in many parts of the world. This to me does not look like Draft Dodgers. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Croft and daughter, Patricia, of Raleigh, Miss." were guests of Mr.

and Mrs. C. P. Huff Sunday. Exam For Position Of Public Welfare Visitor The Merit System Council of the State Department of Public Welfare is announcing open competitive examination for the position of Visitor in Clarke County.

To qualify to take this examination it is necessary for applicant to have at least two years of college work and also two years of qualifying experience such as teaching, or school administration, or other social welfare work. The salary for this position is $250-290. Application forms may be obtained at the County Welfare Office or by writing to the Merit System Council, Box 647, Jackson, Mississippi. The closing date for filing application to take this examination is February 16, 1957. CONTRIBUTE TO HEART FUND February is an important month for the citizens of Clarke County.

For the first time, in the history of our county, we, as its citizens have an opportunity to join the battle against America's number one enemy, heart disease. In 1955, the latest year for which vital statistics are available, diseases of the heart and circulation were responsible for 810,200 deaths, or 53 per cent of all deaths at all ages. In' the same year, the next five leading causes of death were: cancer, accidents, pneumonia, diabetes, cirrhosis of the liver, 17,710. In the U. S.

approximately 10,000,000 (1 out of every 1C) suffers from some form of heart or circulatory disease, including 500,000 children of school age. Heart diseases are not necessarily associated with advanced age. Of those who died of cardiovascular disease in '55, about 232,000. were under the age of 65. What the the main causes of heart disease? Briefly, they are: Atherosclerosis or commonly called "hardening of the High blood pressure; and Rheumatic Fever, which so often takes its toll from our children.

Although science has yet to discover the underlying causes of the listed types of heart diseases, progress is being made. Initial and recuurrent attacks of rheumatic fever can be prevented in most cases with the aid of "strep" killing drugs. Now and improved drugs have been developed to lower blood pressures. Significant gains have been made in diagnosis, care and treatment of patients suffering from heart disease. Dramatic progress has been made through surgery to correct defects of the heart and its great vessels.

Mississippians feel a justifiable pride in the fact that research into the causes and cures of heart disease is going on' in this state, supported by their heart fund dollars. But our pride must be shadowed by a sobering look at the heart and blood vessel disease toll which last year claimed 8,763 Mississippi lives. Research in, our state is "big business" and is expensive business. A grant of $6,000 was made to the new University Medical Center for cardiac catheteri-(Cpntinued on page four) SING AT WAYNESBORO A singing will be held at Waynesboro High School auditorium Saturday night, Feb. 9.

An outstanding quartet from Penasacola, and the Holi-field Trio from Laurel will be present. HOG KILLING TIME Above are shown J. H. McKenzie, Max MoKenzie, Mrs. J.

H. McKenzie, Donnie and Ronnie McKenzie of Quitman, Route 4, with the 900 pound hog they killed recently. Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie made 152 lbs.

of sausage and eight 50 lb. can of lard from this hog. conducted by the Senior Class achievements. prize of $25.00. Sherrie Young Mattie Ella McQuaig won the third these other students, also received or over.

Young, Ruby Jean McNeal, Becky if I I 1 I I 'I 1 I IWilif II i'TTilliii i 4 VY ney, to the appeals court in 1955 to succeed Judge Edwin Holmes of Yazoo City, who retired. In Washington, Sen. James O. Eastland also urged Judge Cameron's appointment, calling him cessful lawyers in the United States and one of America's ablest judges." "Few men in the country are as highly qualified as he is to serve on the Supereme Court," said the senator. hope the President will ac cord Judge Cameron the conside ration his qualifications so richly deserve.

It would be an outstand ing appointment to the Supreme Court." sources irom wasnington reported that a Southerner or Mid- westerner is being considered for the appointment to the Supreme Court, as recent appointments to the high bench have' come from other sections of the country. The last Mississippian to serve on the U. S. Supreme Court was L.Q.C. Lamar, who died in 1893 FORMER STATE OFFICIAL DIES Jackson Walker Wood of Jackson, 82, former secretary of state and newspaper editor, died in a local hospital Sunday night after an illness of several weeks.

He was appointed to the sec retary of state post in 1926 and served for 22 years, longer than any other man in the state history. From 1890-09, Wood was editor of the Tate County Democrat and edited the Winona Times 'until 1940. He also edited a paper in Oxford. He served as president of the National Assn. of Secretaries of State in 1945.

Last December, Wood retired as director of the state microfilm department after six years in the department. Survivors include his widow, the former Susie Meacham of Senatobia; two daughters, Mrs. Hal Spraggins, wife of the Tate County Democrat editor, and Mrs. Richard D. Lefoldt of Jackson, and two sisters.

Mrs. Fuller Wesley Bible Class Hostess Mrs. M. L. Fuller was hostess to the "class at her home on Tuesday evening, Feb.

5th, 6:30 to 8:00. Mrs. Elsie Davisv Mrs. Vera Hos-kins and Miss Sadie Adams were assistant hostesses. There were 15 members present.

After the delicious covered-dish supper and social hour, Mrs. Davis presided over the business meeting. A number of suggestions were presented and voted on, one of which was to change the meeting date from the first Tuesday evening to the first Thursday evening of each month. ATTENDS SAFETY COUNCIL MEETING These four stu dents of Quitman High School recently attended a Safety Council meeting at the University of Mississippi. They were accompanied by Mr.

J. Watson, High School Principal. Left to right: John Kirk-land, Herman Chelette, Margaret Parker, Glenda Williams and Mr. i in nun in iiih i i 1 J-'-' I 11-1 I ill I Watson. IN THE MAGAZINE DRIVE ETkWs Mw.Wl.yvt.t..' v' I ft of Quitman High School.

The above students earned certificates of merit and other prizes for their Bubber Watkins won the first won the second prize of $10.00. prize of $5.00. They, along with certificates for selling thirty dollars First row left to right: Sherrie Mason, and Cherry Kenesson. Second row: Nancy Burt, Mattie Ella McQuaig, Patsy Stewart, Helen Tucker, and Glady May. Third Row: Jerry Johnston, Bubber Watkins, and Arthur Cockrell..