Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi • Page 3

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Hundreds of Jacksonians were on hand to participate in the bank's Open House, celebrating their recently completed expansion program. Sam S. Farrington, 1543 North State, won the television set given as a door prize. SCHOOL that they did not give an opinion as to whether he had been beaten. They said that Mrs.

Holmes, as she had previously testified, saw the beaten child and filled out his release papers. Mrs. Eunice Horton, currently an employee at Ellisville State School as social services superintendent, bore out Mrs. Holmes' testimony of beatings and the death of a patient who became ill last Christmas Day and never was seen by a doctor. She also corroborated other statements by Mrs.

Holmes that a child had suffered a broken jaw and the Cooper child had been beaten. She said she but did had not see the actual beatings knowledge they happened. She said she never believed that the children fell and hurt themselves. Asked if she was still employed, Mrs. Horton said yes and that she had no plans to quit.

any of you gentlemen know however." she volunteered, "where I can get a job that is not political. I'd certainly like to hear of it. I am tired of this political work." Considerable evidence was brought forward to show that the Rev. Walter Cartier, employed fulltime at the school as chaplain and occupational therapy teacher, spent most of his time in school at Jones Junior College. Sen.

Murray Hailey, of Preston, voluntarily took the stand to submit the class schedules of Rev. Cartier at the school, which he had secured Thursday and which he said positively showed the chaplain had little time for the Ellisville patients. Miss Sara Entriken, stenographer in the finance department at the school, testified that she knew of the same incidents which Mrs. Holmes had brought to attention as to deaths and brutality. Both she and Mrs.

Horton spoke highly of Mrs. Holmes as one of the finest of workers, an excellent executive and dedicated to her work at the school. Both said thought she would have these a good director. Another witness, Mrs. Sadie McCarty, registered nurse, appeared the only reluctant witness, giving answers to statements as to diagnosis of patients, which she first said was done by nurses and then denied.

She said that one doctor is i insufficient to care for 1100 patients, and that the doctor did not have time to examine all. Mrs. McCarty verified Mrs. Holmes' statement that Mrs. Valentine Lewis, a nurse, had been discharged from the institution more than once, but she did not know if political pressure from Lt.

Gov. Carroll Gartin was applied to put her back on the job. She could not recall the deaths of several children in the Negro ward, testified to by other witnesses. Arthur Lee West, dairyman for 19 years at the institution, verified Mrs. Holmes' statement that milk Open till 6 P.M.

today Tp HOMESTEAD SAVINGS 12 10 co 3. 8 4 1 5 121 N. LAMAR Continued From Page 1 is short for patients now, but blamed it on the time of year and the weather plus inadequate barns. He said that "those brought this shortage up certainly picked the right time of year to do it." The committee went into executive session after hearing witnesses, but not before announcing further witnesses will be questioned. Gov.

Coleman asked and was promised permission to sit on future hearings but will be refused the right to cross-examine any witnesses. He also gave solemn promise that no punitive measures will be taken against any witness. Otis Pearson Of Forest Hill Dies In Hospital Otis F. Pearson, 57, a resident of Forest Hill, Miss. for the past eight years, died Thursday night at University Hospital following a prolonged illness.

Pearson, born and reared in Louisville, operated the Pearson garbage service. He was a member of the Baptist church in Louisville. Survivors include his wife, seven brothers, Walter, Albert and Odell Pearson, all of Louisville; Wesley land fornia; Oakley Pearson, both of CaliEarly Pearson, and Aaron Pearson, Puerto Rico; six sisters, Mrs. Lillian Gordon, Mrs. Ruth Gordon, Mrs.

Fannie Burton, Mrs. Bertha Griffin, and Mrs. Eddie Lee Ferrell, all of Louisville. Work Order Issued For Lake Here A work order has been issued for construction of a 400-acre lake on 16th section land near the northeast Jackson city limits, President Ross Dodds of the Hinds County Board of Supervisors announced Thursday afternoon. Dodds stated the work is expected to get underway immediately on the project, which is being handled by the 16th Section Development Corporation.

will supply water to operate Mississippi Power and Light Company's new $25 million steam generating plant with revenue going into the county school system, The supervisors and others interested in the project have pointed also to the recreational value of the lake. Plans include the leasing of some two miles of lakefront property. A court fight over the project was concluded this week when the State Supreme Court ruled that it is lawful. Friday, 2 p. in the Baldwin Funeral chapel, with Rev.

Felix Collins officiating. Interment will be in Lakewood Memorial Park cemetery. Acting pallbearers will be Oliver Vance, H. C. Brown, L.

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