Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi • Page 7

Tnegday. December IS, 1959 (fig ClfltfOlt'CcDgCt FIRE Pike Sheriff Gives First DESTROYS LEE SCHOOL OLD Clue In $15,000 Burglary tiij vssiir fen McCOMB A Saturday nteht phone to Baton Rwge police, they got another call from the Baton Classes In New Location To Be Resumed After. Christmas $10.000 1 to $15,000 safecracking at a Baton Rouge department store Sunday was reported to the Baton Rouge Police by Pike County Sheriff Bill Andrews. Andrews' information came aft Supt. C.

N. Brandon, of the Coluinbus school system, said that the school carried $250,000 insur Bt ALEEN CLARKE COLUMBUS Nearly a thousand school children in Columbus are getting an extra week's Christmas vacation this week while school authorities try to decide er Mrs. W. C. Lee, who lives on Highway 51, just north of Summit, reported to him that her husband, out giving his dogs a Sunday noon stroll, had found a Baton Rouge bank sack full of checks ance, but that it would take at least a million dollars to replace the plant.

The school, in all prob-abiliy, will not be re-built on the Rouge Montgomery Ward mana ger. He had visited the closed store in mid-afternoon Sunday an.i found the store's safe drilM, punched and looted. The law is hunting the currency that was in the bags when put in the safe and the professional safe crackers who removed it, then jettisoned the 100 miles north of Baton Rouge. Many of the checks In tho sacks were for sizable amount1' ranging from a dollar or two to $3,000. where they will continue studies for the rest of the year.

same spot. i 7T Fire destroyed ttie s. D. Lee Junior High school before dawn made out to Montgomery Ward and empty coin wrappers in a highway ditch. Monday.

The school building, con Brandon said It appeared that the children would have an unexpected week's vacation while arranse-ments were being made to place them elsewhere. Monday school authorities were demned 15 years ago and still Andrews visited the scene and much overcrowded by city's grow ing school population, was located in downtown Columbus on one city I found two more such Louisiana National Bank bags, each full of checks, coin wrappers, cash register keys and a few pennies, be considering moving the children to inTrmr- block. THE CHIROPRACTIC Left standing was the historic the new S. D. Lee Hign scnooi, located on the outskirts of town, hind nearby trees.

pers, precision dance and drill squad from Hinds Junior College, Raymond. Photo by Nations old Stephen D. Lee mansion While he was reporting this by PARADE FEATURE One of the features of the big parade honoring Lynda Lee Mead's first appearance in Jackson Monday was the Hinds Hi-Step and doubling up on schedules, or which has been used by the school running a morning and afternoon its anti-U. S. line we may cut off our economic support.

as a home economics department. The home was once the residence of Confederate General Stephen D. He added that the giant Naval shift. The possibility of using the educational building of the First Baptist Church or some of the classroom space at Mississippi State Colleee for Women Is also ANSWER TO HEAD ACHES Shaw Recognized By Lee for whom the school was named. The band hall with instru base at Quantanamo must be closed.

We do not need the base, ments and uniforms was also sav t-asuand said, but have left it in being considered. ed. The 41 year old facility was operation as a friendly gesture since it adds several hundred million dollars annually to the Cuban Honorary Fraternity the only junior high school tor Monday afternoon bulldozers were pushing down, the remaining walls of the fire-gutted school. The alarm was turned in at 1:45 a. white children in Columbus.

Chief economy. T. R. Deashiell said that ho on? M. S.

Shaw of State College, as The Senator warned against but bv that time it was too late was injured in the fire that destroyed the old four -story brick sociate director of the Agricultural Extension Service, was presented to save the building. armed intervention, in Cuba because it would be playing into the Communists' hands. Instead he advocated three other retaliatory building. Cause of the blaze has "We had 40 firemen there and hih honor here late today, the CORRECT THE CAUSE. SEE! DR.

RONALD J. RICHMOND 1501 Terry Read Dial FL 4-2178 not been determined, however, i a good water supply along with a group of men and fire equipment was thought to have originated Certificate of Recognition from the Grand Council of Epsilon fig-ma Phi, national honorary Extension fraternity. in me caietena area. The boiler steps: first, allow no Americans to visit Cuba which would cut off a $100 million a year tourist trade. of the school Is also located in this from the Cohimbus Air Force Base, but it was all just too late," Deashiell said.

area. Ihe award was presented dur ing the annual business meeting of Mississippi's Rho Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi. This meeting was held during the two and a Eastland Says Cut Out Visits To Cuba Now Available First National's New half day annual conference In Jackson of the county agetns, home demonstration agents and others of the Agricultural Exten sion Service. f.v Vv It Si r-l A mkf The Communist drive in' Latin Miss Earle Gaddis, state home America Is highly financed in the demonstration agent and chief of mm belief that a Communist entrench GREENVILLE Senator Jams O. Eastland said Sunday the communists are twisting the liberal movement of the 20th century to their own ends.

Speaking to a crowd of- 200 at ment there is "striking at the Rho Chapter, mentioned some other distinguished Mississippi Extension workers who received this jugular vein of America." He said we must re-evaluate high honor. They included Miss M. S. SHAW, our policy toward Cuba since that May Cresswell, who retired in 1955 as state home demonstration tension agents to organize rural country is vital to our defense planning. Sugar for instance, is a tending the dedication of the new National Guard Armory the Sena agent; the late Miss Elaine Mas-sey, outstanding district home tor said: We must face one defense commodity.

We've built a ALMANAC GET YOUR FREE COPY AT ANY OFFICE OF communities, give rural people extra help through Balanced Farm and Home Planning, and strength fundamental factwe live in the great sugar industry which sup demonstration agent and state girls' 441 Club leader, and the late L. A. Higgins, who pioneered revolutionary 20th century. The plies about half of our requir ments. commoji people of the world are en 4-H Club and Home Demonstra developing Mississippi dairy Because we want to help build on the march for a higher stand ard of living.

industry. the Cuban economy, the Senator tion Club work. He was for several years chairman of the state's farm safety said, we pay twice the world E. E. Deen of Hattiesburg, dis "The Communists are trying to capture this movement or use it market price for Cuban sugar or trict Extension agent, made the, presentation and told of Mr.

about $170 million a year. for their own ends," he said. program, and has served on many important committees dealing with Shaw's many contributions to Ex Senator Eastland made it clear IN JACKSON Lynda Lee Mead of Natchez, Miss America of 1960, made her first public appearance in Jackson Monday when the city celebrated the occasion with a 42-unit parade. Photo by Nations. Senator Eastland pointed out Communists have jumped on the lib tension.

Mississippi's agriculture and gen that this subsidy was predicated eral economy. For many years in his present on the existence of a Cuban gov eral bandwagon in South Mwntxr F.O.I.C JACKSON, MISSISIIFM An Extension worker since 1923, the Middle East Afrka and Latin position, Mr. Shaw has led state ernment friendly to the U. S. and that if Castro's regime continues America.

Mr. Shaw came up through the Agents Elect Officers wide programs to meet the changing needs of farm families and others. He pioneered in encourag 4RH0DES 500 EAST CAPITOL 444444 4 ranks as assistant county agent, county agent, specialist in economics, district agent, state agent, and on to his present position. ing businessmen and farm leaders of counties to meet together, study As Annual Meeting Opens problems and draft action pro grams to reach definite farm and Miss Joyce Cleveland of Cleveland home goals. secretary, Mrs.

Martha L. Phillips Mr. Shaw encouraged the Ex- of Calhoun City, first vice-presiden special purchase tf INNERSPRING CHAISE LOUNGES ii mii i 111 1 in mm 'mo will address the Tuesday evening Getting In Spirit NEW YORK (AP) The aroma of cognac was put into the mails Monday each letter sprinkled with doses of the liquor. A spokesman for the Cognac industry explained "Considering it is the holiday season, we just Miss Jewel MoGinty of Kosciusko banquet. councilor; Mrs.

Margaret The conference will adjourn at Nichols of Tupelo, councilor; Miss noon Wednesday. Lanelle Moore of Charleston, vice Agricultural Extention Service, 8 gents from every county in Mississippi began their annual conference here Monday at the King Edward Hotel. D. 0. Scott of Columbia was elected president of the Mississippi Association of County Agricultural Agents, succeeding T.

E. Berry of Greenville. Mrs. Genevieve N. Harris of Hazlehurst is presidentelect of the Mississippi Home Demonstration Agents Association.

The home agents' president, Mrs. Nola H. Morgan of Calhoun City has a nr. The Negro Extension agents are ,1 councilor, and Miss Ollie Dean Mc- wanted to get in the spirit of holding a similar meeting at Jack Whirter of Fulton, vice-councilor things." son College. Besides the president, officers con tinuing to serve their two-year terms include Mrs.

Pearl Burkett PHILCO of Hattiesburg, second vice-presi dent, and Mrs. Ollie J. Lane of Yazoo City, treasurer. TRANSISTOR RADIO year to serve on her two-year The meetings of both associations term. included recommendations for pro.

Other county agents officers for the year ahead are Ansel Estess of fessional improvement, better public relations and measures to keep pace with the rapidly changing For only TT fl Tylertown, first vice-president; W. B. Latham of Columbus, second vice-Dresident and L. N. Garrison needs of rural people and others, Featured Tuesday will be discus' of Greenwood, secretary-treasure Fit your horrf lik a pock of cigortttt.

Oprote on just two small baHericv Now you eon carry with you a fina littl radio and not mitt your fovciit progromv Ifi tiny in iiz ond price, but brinoi in ttationt cWOr- OPEN NIGHTS SKK SPECIALS IN sions of better ways to help tri County agent directors elected were Cutah Robinson of Tupelo, people of each county work to ward higher farm income and im Cecil Black of Indianola, J. proved standards of living, stated Davis of Laurel, Hallie G. Forbes OUR WINDOWS Dr. Clay Lyle of State College, of Raymond and Clay Simmons of (1 5fc DOWN 50c WEEKLY directors of the Extenson Service State College. Memberships chairmen Include Gerrald Taylor of Reports of the latest in agricultura and home economics research will New Albany.

W. J. DuBard of place in your home! IARGC STOCK OF be given by Experiment Station JjJ motr jEwaCTS-omciAHs lco clock radios workers. Drew, Franklin Hughes of Prentiss and Monroe McElveen of Liberty. The home agents also elected AND TRANSISTORS 105 E.

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