Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi • Page 12

SECTION ONE PAGE 12 THE CLARION-LEDGER, JACKSON, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 1953 J. M. Fly, 47, Dies Jackson Boy Describes Suction I Of Vicksburg Storm I jj q. 'J" TEN ESCAPED HERE When this bulldlnr began caving in, the owner, BIU Logan, herded his tea employes to the basement where they hid under concrete steps. The store was closed and no customers were inside when the big blow struck.

(Associated Press Photo.) I I List. i5s 'v A. ONE OF THE VICTIMS Volunteer rescue workers are' shown lifting an injured man from the debris of Palermo Men's Store at Vicksbarg shortly after Saturday night. Note the flashlight in the raincoated man to the right all electrical power was off. The body of Jack Palermo, son of the owner, was foundinsidc Sunday afternoon.

(Photo by Arthur R. Dlggs). In Local Hospilal J. M. Fly.

47. of 1117 Pecan boulevard, died Sunday at 6:17 p. m. at St. Dominic's hospital following an Illness of several weeks.

Born in jaexson, ne wa3 a former resident of Yazoo City and had lived in Jackson for the last 13 years, where he had been engaged In the general contracting business. His survivors Include bis wife, the former Frances North of Yazoo City; one daughter. Miss Lucie Handley Fly; one brother. Roe Fly of Jackson; four sisters, Mrs. Duke Williams and Mrs.

J. B. Williams, both of Yazoo City, Mrs. John Satterfield and Mrs. J.

D. Mullen, both of Jackson. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p. m. at the Wright and Ferguson chapel with the Rev.

Paul Engle officiating. Burial will be in the Glenwood cemetery in Yazoo City, with the Rev. E. R. Jones assisting at the graveside services.

Active pallbearers will be Till man F. Martin. Walter W. Johnson. J.

E. Hatley, J. W. Reaves, J. H.

Boyles. Frank Williams. M. H. Brooks and Forest H.

North. Honorary pallbearers will be CoL T. B. Birdsong, W. J.

Runyon. J. C. Williams. Curtis Pickering, O.

A. Richardson. Bryant Ridge- way. Dr. R.

B. McLean. Dr. o. P.

Myers, and Dr. Raymond Gren-fel. 4 Mrs. E. E.

Dies Here Saturday Mrs. E. E. Hand, 53. of 3717 Downing street, died early Sunday morning at St.

Dominic hospital following a lengthly illness. Mrs. Hand was a native of Edln-burg community in Leake county, but bad. lived In Jackson for the past 28 years. She was a member 'of the Bap tist church.

Survivors Include: husband, Ed ward E. "Red" Hand, mother, Mrs. Alma Mooney of Edlnburg, five sisters. Miss Virginia Mooney, Mrs. Vlda Davis, of Jackson, Mrs.

Iva Swope. Mrs. J. A. Hicks.

Mrs. Monroe McLaughlin, all of Edlnburg, one brother. Earl Mooney of Edln burg. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1:00 p.m. from the Wright Ferguson chapel with Dr.

Cordon Sansing officiating. Inter ment will follow in the Mars am cemetery in Leake county. Pallbearers will be T. I. Via, Peet Dennis, John Mason, H.

W. Harpe. Ed Myers and Ollle Lee. Honorary pallbearers named are Dr. T.

E. Wilson, Dr. B. P. Folk.

Dr. W. M. Dllworth, J. Filmore Jones and H.

W. Julkenbeck. 6 Gov. While Grateful For Stale's Help Mississippi's Governor Hugh L. White issued the following statement concerning the disaster which struck Vicksburg Saturday: "I want to express my sincere appreciation for the magnificent manner in which the citizens oi Vicksburg and the surrounding areas have responded to the needs of their stricken neighbors follow ing the devastating tornado which struck the city last night.

"In line with the agreement which the State of Mississippi has with the American Red Cross in times of disaster, I am asking that relief response be made through the Red Cross at Vicksburg. "The relief efforts of the Red Cross, the city and county officials and volunteer workers, the military including the National Guard, Army, Navy, and Marine Reserve forces, the Corps of Engineers, the River Commission. Civil Defense organizations. Highway Safety Patrol, the Veterans' organizations, the Civil Air Patrol and others have the situation well in band." Drouth-Stricken Farms Get Debt Moratorium MADRAS, India. Dec.

6 WV-The government of Madras State de creed today a one-year moratori um on debts incurred by farmers in the seven lean years just past. The decree said this would spare farmers the distractions and expense involved In court action by their creditors and help achieve maximum food production in this drought-stricken southeastern Indian state. Communist members of Ui State Legislative Assembly have been pressing for such a moratorium for some time. year the Superintendent was in the field he spoke 370 times. Rev.

Tarpley's resignation has been accepted effective January 1, however the Ridgecrest congrega tion has agreed for him to continue as Association leader until April 1, provided a new leader is not secured sooner. A committee consisting of Dr. W. Douglas Hudglns, Dr. Lewis E.

Rhodes tiid Grady Smith has been selected to secure a successor to Rev. Tarpley. The congregation to which Rev. Tarpley is going as pastor is located in North Jackson at 428 W. Northslde Drive.

Ridgecrest Baptist Chapel began April 1. 1953 as a mission of First Baptist Church of Jackson, under the Hinds County Baptist mission program. In eight months, 213 people have united with the congregation. The Sunday School has enrolled 316 and the Training Union 140. A full graded W.

M. U. has been organized for the women and Young People and a Brotherhood for the men. On Aug. 1 construction began on the first unit of the permanent building that is exoected to be ready for use about Feb.

1. A baby bungalow, comprising four nursery departments and designed to take care of 80 babies, has just been completed and will be in use for the first time next Sunday. The congregation has adopted a budget of 826.000.00 for next year. AN IDEAL GIFT 1M $3-50 I Tt rBrry to 827 BranJoR Ava. Dial 3-0155 Vicksburg Attorney Tells Of Escaping At Height By ELSIE MAY CHAMBERS You dont think about yourself when something like this happens." declared Arlin Jones, 606 Llndsey drive.

Jackson. Jones, an 18-year old youth awaiting his call to go In the Navy, was possibly the only Jacksonian to see the Vicksburg tornado from a ringside seat. Jones had gone to Tallulah, earlier in the day to visit Miss Carline Bruce. In the afternoon he and Miss Bruce and her younger sister and brother came to Vicksburg to do some The children went to the Strand Theater, and Miss Biuce and Jones walked around town a little, then went Into a grocery store on Clay street Jones said the first thins that made him notice that something was wrong was a peculiar hum ming noise then things began to fall. It got dark.

Jones said he grabbed his companion and pulled her away from the front of the store and tried to bold her further back. But Miss Bruce broke away from him when she saw an old lady try ing to get in the door of the store. She would try, and the wind would suck ber back away from the door. Finally, though. Miss Bruce and several other people managed to pull her in.

Jones said be bodily pulled Miss Bruce away from the front of the building, and they both escaped the falling glass and flying debris. By that time all was In darkness. People were groping around, and he and Miss Bruce got outside. Two women were going up and down the street in front of the wrecked store. They were screaming.

"Lord. I can't stand it." Jones said one of the women kept saying over and over. The other was cal ling "Oh, my baby, my baby. Jones said they were trying to find a telephone! when they ran in to a man who said be was the district attorney. They never found out his name, but he them and went to bis office in a nearby building.

"It was a mess," Jones said. "It was just all torn up, but he wasn't too much worried about anything except his Sunday School lesson. guess he was supposed to teach a class Sunday morning." "We never did get a telephone. but we finally got back around to the theatre where we left the chil dren. They were all right, too.

Pamella she nine years old was lust as calm as she could be. She had made her little brother four vears old and two more young er kids sit down with her, arid they stayed still while everybody else was running every way tney couia. They were sitting still when we found them, and I guess that the reason they did not get hurt. "When we au got together we went back to the car. and lt was all smashed up from things falling on it.

but we could drive it. you could hardly move through all the con fusion and all or the stun in me street. "One time I got taangled up in a bunch of light wire and telephone wire. It was just lucky none of them were live wires, but you don't think too much about yourself when something like that happens. "It was the most horrible thing I ever saw I just.

cant describe how horrible it really was. We were just about a half a block from the very heart of the storm, and lt was about two hours before we could get out." Jones said he could never get a line through to tell his folks in Jackson that he was all right. Sunday morning they went to Tallulah, and Sunday afternoon he came back to Jackson with them. Mrs. Louisa Boehle Dies At Residence Mrs.

Louisa Appelt Boehle. 80. of Pearson community died Friday afternoon at the family residence after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Boehle was born and reared In Fort Dodge, Iowa, and had re sided in the Pearson community for more than 50 years.

She was a member of St. Peter's Catholic church. Survivors include her husband. Joseph Boehle of Pearson; two sons, A. L.

Boehle, Pearl City and E. C. Boehle of Pearson road: one daughter, Mrs. E. C.

Loomis, Pearson; one sister, Mrs. Adam Miller of Thermopolis. Wyoming. Two erandchildren also survive. A Rosary will be said at Baldwin Funeral home Sunday evening at 7.

The remains will lie in state at the funeral home until the service hour. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Peter's Catholic church, with Father Tier-ney officiating. Interment will follow in Cedarlawn cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Bill Rex Llndsey, Ernest Valentour, August Valentour, Aubrey Childre, Floyd Penn and Phillip Pellegrlno. Dr. D. a ORKIN Optometrist, 204 W. CAPITOL inr west Of Mtaaat -ADEQUATE WIRING-MEANS SAFER LIVING NEWELL ELECTRIC CO.

vast service wtmrjia PBONB f-MCl KIGHTl S41M ROOFING SIDING fastened Aaywhero Is Mississippi Mawtfcly Tarma BECKER ROOFING CO. su ever been struck by a tornado and we all have always thought that lt never would be because of its site on a high bluff overlooking the Mississippi river. But. for some reason. I had the feeling "a tornado is coming." I dived between two cars, mine and the one parked in front.

By the luckiest stroke. I crawled beneath the car in front of mine. Only God knows what made me do lt. The brick wall of the building there thundered down on the street. most of it falling on my car.

My car was demolished. Eut the car I was under was hit by just a few random bricks. That hunch was one of those things you can't explain, but it was the luckiest one I ever had. Tarpley Accepting Ridgecrest Pulpit New Baptist Church Constituted Dec. 20 Rev.

Tarpley The Rev. Fred Tarpley, for 15 months superintendent of missions for the Hinds County Baptist Association, Sunday accepted a unanimous call from the congregation Ridgecrest Chapel to become Us pastor when It has been constituted as Ridgecrest Baptist Church on Dec. 20. Rev. Tarpley has been supply pastor of the new congregation for the past several months.

Under Rev. farpley's leadership the 27.000 Baptists In Hinds county In their 38 congregations have launched a full program of Associated Missions. The Highland and Broadmoor churches have been constituted and Ridgecrest mission will be constituted on Dec. 20. A colored kindergarten enrolling 78 children is In operation on North Farish st.

Last summer five tent revivals were held. During the first the front door. He was burled under two floors of lumber, bricks and plaster. Several men had spent two hours crawling through the damage in an effort to locate the man. As darkness fell, they had not located the man or his body.

I (k-staaWaBaW jiauMrfaaaMktfaaJI Tli Hips Fift Wktrc T6ty PURSER HEWITT OIAWN1N. MISSISSIPPI! The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that costs. Lord Chesterfield. AIN'T IT SO How are some public servants tie some cannibals? they frequently get fed up with people. JEWS AND BAPTISTS Washington's largest church at present is the National Cathedral of the Episcopal denomination.

Catholics are In process of erecting large and beautiful chnne costing S3.000.COO in the national capital. And now the Baptist are to erect a S3.000.000 building for the First Baptist Church of that city. An interesting- sidelight is that the Baptists will use the Jewish Community center as a place of worship wmle the new building is under construction. Another interesting sidelight is that the large Jewish congregation down on 8th and 11 streets used the building of Calvary Baptist church during construction of the new Jewisli temple. In appreciation, the rabbi gave his new baby son the surnames "Roger Williams." CATNIPS Anyone who thinks she can't take a Joke ought to look at her husband.

Jt must have been a wonderful party, they were all sick the next day. The only reason their house is still standing is that the termites are holding hands. must have taken her to be his awful wedded wife heard the government was disposing of its rubber plants, so she wrote her congressman for one. e's built like Monroe Fort Monroe her an inch and she thinks she's the ruler. left her Job because of illness; the boss got sick of her.

Hudson News-letter ANOTHER NAME St. Nick has many names in many places. but we read some-where the other day about a brand new one. Some children, found In the living room of their home by a visitor who saw a number of new playthings being used, were asked if they had enjoyed an early visit from Santa Claus. -No.

from Granny Claus," they responded. Mississippi Southern in particular and our state ia general suffers a distinct loss as RILEY MUNDAY. the Baptist Student Union secretary on the Hatties-burg campus, leaves for Arkansas to become statewide BSU secretary in the Wonder state. -Clever, wittv. conscientious and friendly.

MUNDAY is a natural at wc-king with young people. And this column will miss his occasional, sprightly contributions. To a Jckesmith. not even death Itself escapes. as witness this tale about the minister who was pinch-hitting for a friend, who was ill.

and. completely unacquainted with the deceased, found that "if had one of those names that could be either male or female, and the reverend, about to begin the service, real-i-d he didn't know whether he js praying for a man or a woman. But a bright idea came to him suddenly and. while the choir sang a hymn, he leaned over to one obvious member of the departed's familv and whispered. "Brother or sister?" The mourner whispered back, Cousin." HAPPY BIRTHDAY Many hapoy returns cf the day en fondav to: RICHARD ROTHENBERG TOM L.

ROBBINS E. H. 'Shorty- NATION A. J. ORKIN.

JR. JL STRAIN A LAMP I NTO OUR FEET "And there were In th same country shepherds abiding In the fild. keeplnr watch aver their flock by eight." Lake CHRISTMAS SHEPHERDS Christmas shepherds watched their sheep And scanned the skies, nor did they keep The news a secret, but were keen To tell Luke of the manager-scene. Recite the word the angels sang. The greatest hymn that ever rang Throughout all time; describe the light Of His bright star that shone that night.

And what they saw that happened there Of which inn guests were not aware." Julien C. Hyer. FACES FROM THE PAST TEN YEARS AGO Pat Smith ef Mendenhall was serving as editor of the Hinds Junior College student newspaper after Journalistic training as a student at Mendenhall High school. Chief Hinds County Jailer E. H.

Currie was injured when seven prisoners of the Jail attempted to escape and wounded the Jailer in the attempt. Four of the men were under death sentence. Deputy Sheriff Land rum summoned help to rescue Currie from the hands of the desperate men. Mrs. Catharine Jones Miller and daughters Catharine and Angela were pictured ia The Clarion-Ledger getting off Christmas packages to Lieutenant W.

H. Miller of the Navy, their husband and father, and to Lt. CoL C. D. Jones, their brother and uncle.

TWENTY YEARS AGO the Southern Association of Colleges re-Instated Miss. State college nd State Teachers college at Hattiesburg to membership. In the high school section. Shelby and Ocean Springs were dropped from membership while Hollan-dale and Chatawa were added Vinson, state champion poller, went to work for the 4 i 4 7 ARLIN Fred Mitchell Cattasc4 from rr 1) terlan church at Starkville. a Ma son and a life member of Sigma Chi fraternity, a member of the National Education Association, and held membership in a number of honorary associations and farm clubs, 4-H among these.

Survivors besides his wife, the former Fannie Lou Short of Meri dian, are a son, Fred of Dennis ton, a brother, J. Howard Mitchell, of Hattiesburg: a sister, Mrs. Ruth Anderson, of Hat tiesburg, and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incom plete. The body will remain at Hulett's Funeral Home until time for the services.

STATE COLLEGE A memorial service for President Emeritus Fred T. Mitchell of State College will be held at 10:30 Monday morn ing in Lee Hall auditorium. President Ben Hilbuu announced today, Dr. Mitchell died Saturday even ing in a Hattiesburg hospital. B.

P. Brooks, dean of the school of Education will preside at the Lee Hall service, and will give She invocation. After a moment of silent prayer. Professor E. D.

McKissack will sing The Lord's Prayer. Also at 10:30 Monday morning, a group of 70 agricultural leaders meeting with Dr. Clay Lyle in the YMCA, will pause in their deliberations for a moment of silent prayer in the memory of Dr. Mitchell. Flowers and messages of sympathy are being 6ent to Mrs.

Mitchell and the family by the college administration and faculty, the student association, the experiment station, the extension service, the alumni association and other grouns. Staff and student representatives are planning to attend the services In Hattiesburg. Tornado and National Guardsmen; harried doctors and nurses working in dining rooms and packed hospitals. Gen. John R.

Hardin, president of the Mississippi River Commission, told the story of Saturday, FUNERAL SERVICE INFORMATION MRS. E. E. HAND Services 1 p. m.

Monday Wright and Ferguson Chapel Vrighi Ferguson FUNERAL HOME Fhona 2-3636 35P High at North Wert FLORAL COMPANY, INC ZLaia4 lac a hart S2M.M Tea. Tat lad. no eztk 164 CAST CAPITOL ST. iru? a or $75.00 a I I JONES night in Vicksburg when he said? "The city is in a complete state of disorganization. Conditions ara-chaotic." Vicksburg over the Mississippi River from the It bounced three times, striking three times downtown and once In a residen tial area.

73 Ia Theater TTif Snencer 1Tim(f as the twisting wind bounced flwav. Seventv.thrp nrrcnnt inside, -34 of them children who were happily watching a movie about the peaceful South Seas. The Strand Theater nearby was dam- agea dui aia not couapse. A two-story building housing a clothing store fell in. The second floor went down to the first and Doin plummeted into the basement.

A young clerk. Jack Palermo, son of the owner of Palermo's Men's store was trapped and his body was recovered Sunday afternoon. Two other are believed to be still in the debris." Three children are belieyed still inside the Saenger debrtsA woman is believed trapped in the debris of a sporting goods store. Eighteen of the dead have been Identified. Three bodies remain unidentified.

A heavy toll of residents near the warehouse district is feared. The wind flattened a day nursery killing two babies. All the stores in 12-block downtown area were demolisheri or 'badly damaged. taectnc power lines were blown, away. Natural gas supplies failed.

Communication lines downtown were hopelessly snarled. The principal conversation among Vicksburg residents today was the miracle that kept the toll from going still higher. Re weaving TEAKS-eraNs bolks Fran ferric Uctl ma MU Order CAPITAL WEAVERS Ml first Federal III B1r. Capital at Stat Dial -MU a Roofing Siding General Repair Statewide Service NO DOWN PAYMENTjJ meauii 1 rmj JACKSON HOME IMPROVEMENT CO. 2 Weodrew WHea Mml M.

Benton Hendrix, Jr. D.D.S, Announces the opening of his office for the Practice of Orol Surgery. 2912 N. State St. Phone 6-1121 a Bouncing (Continued From Pt 1.) street were dump vehicles from Laurel.

Hattiesburg. Natchez. Jacksonjust name a city and more than likely one of the vehicles, trucks or ambulances would be from iL We stopped in front of the Palermo Clothing store and talked with S. H. Childress.

of Sartartia. He had been on the go since early morning and was going strong with his dump truck for the whole day. "I live Just 30 miles north of here." said the grime-covered helper, "and I drove down here the first thing this morning. I wanted to come Saturday night, but the radios were telling everyone to stay away from Vicksburg." Childress stated that he had driv en to his home around the time of the tornado in Vicksburg. He had been in Rolling Fork all day and was Jut returning home.

"We were In the house and the lightning struck 10 to 12 times one right after the other," said the helper. "And. Just as soon as it started, it stopped. I was worried and walked out on the front porch. There wasn't a leaf moving on the tree.

Everything was so quiet and still. It was hard to believe that everything could be so still after as much lightning and wind of a few seconds ago. That's when I called my family and went to my father's house. I have been in one before." We wandered through the litter- filled streets fc the "back yard" of the YMCA. There a tractor was pulling down walls and other leaning structures of the theatre.

We walked over to the "boss" of the crew and asked him if all of the people were out. "We don't know." he said. "But there is some belief that there may be two children and a woman in the balcony." We looked into the maze of rub ble which was once a very pretty movie house. Now it nothing but rubble of the worst type. The roof, which bad slipped to reveal the projection room, still covered the whole balcony.

The crew working on the removal Senate Finance committee in Washington as a part of the pa- tronaze of Senator Pat Harrison T. "Pooley" Hubert was reelected head football coach at State Teachers college for rallying his team to a creditable showing after a losing start. The Teachers played a scoreless tie with Millsaps to climax their season. Boyd in the STC backfield was the fourth highest individual scorer in the state this seson. THIRTY FIVE Years Ago J.

B. Harris, prominent Jackson attorney, has been given the office of State Bond attorney in accordance with instructions of the legislature after long dr'ay occasioned by dispute over the duties and responsibilities of the newly-created place. Wayne Al-liston has moved back to his plantation seven miles from Florence after service in Everreau, Texas. He is expected to become pastor of two or three churches in Rankin county soon, including Briar Hill church where hit late uncle. Rev.

Wayne Sutton, former ly was the under-shepherd. Deputy Sheriff Will Sandal arrest ed a white man on Capitol street and confiscated ten cases of assorted liquors and the automobile in which the contrabnd was being transported. It was one of the few cases thus far of impound ing an automobile on liquor count. Nathan Levy attorney and Army reserve captain, owes his life' today to one of those unexpect ed "hunches" that came in the seconds that a tornado struck Vicksburg Saturday evening. Here is his story.

By NATHAN LEVY JR. (As told to International News Service) V7CKSBURO. Dec. 6 (INS) I was getting out of my car on Washington street in downtown Vicksburg when the tornado struck. The wind picked up very rapidly and suddenly grew into a roar.

The noise was lice two trains approaching close at band, coming from the Southwest. I don't believe Vicksburg has Jackson Man Loses Mother And Sister In Vicksburg Storm Two of the Vicksburg tornado victims were the mother and sister of a Jackson man. C. W. Tingle, and the grandmother and aunt of Miss Missouri Tingle, Clarion Ledger employee.

The Tingles were notified of the tragedy at 4 a.m. Sunday, and the family left later in the morning for the stricken city. The dead women are Mrs. W. F.

Tingle and her daughter, Mrs. W. L. Ingle, who were found clasped in each other's arms in the hall of their collapsed home at 400 Adams street in Vicksburg. Mr.

Ingle was trapped in the kitchen and pinned down by the water heater. A son of Mrs. W. F. Tingle.

Willie Tingle is stationed with the Air Force in Formosa. of the theatre hooked the long cable to one of the hanging supports of the roof which covered the balcony. "We'll know in a few minutes whether they are up there," said one of the workers. However, the support broke loose from the roof and slipped down to the main floor, dropping the roof entirely on the balcony. Darkness was descending at that moment and work was knocked off until lighting equipment could be brought into play on the theatre.

As we walked away from the scene, we hoped and prayed that for once the balcony of a theatre would be empty. One of the Vicksburg matrons was driving ip the main street of Vicksburg Saturday afternoon late. She noted that the wind was get ting stronger and that much of the Christmas decoration was blowing down. She, being frightened. Jumped out of the car and ran into a building.

When the tornado was over, she went back into the streets. There was her two-month old car buried beneath a mountain of rubble. All up and down the street, we heard people remarking that they had heard a voice in one of the damaged buildings. At one loca tion they had heard the voice of a man. but hadn heard a word for an hour.

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