The Delta Democrat-Times from Greenville, Mississippi • Page 10

10 Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1070 Delta Democrat-Times Greenville, Mississippi Obituaries Woodrow W. Barnes ROLLING FORK--Funeral services for Woodrow W. Barnes, 53, were to be at 11 a.m. today at Glenwood Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial was to be in the Mound Cemetery. Glenwood Funeral Home had charge. Mr. Barnes accidentally drowned in Steele Bayou sometime Saturday afternoon. His body was recovered early Sunday.

He was born and reared iti Monette, Ark. He moved to the Rolling Fork area in 1957 and he was employed by the Mississippi State Forestry Commission. He was a Master Mason in the Deer Creek lodge, a member of the Eastern Star, and a member of the Methodist Church. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Dorotha Todd Barnes; two sons, Charles Barnes of Woodbridge, and Dennis Barnes of Clarksdale; two sisters, Mrs.

Nancy Woodcock of Ranier, and Mrs. Miller of Leachville, two Houston Barnes of Leachville and Gem Barnes of Coqville, and five grandchildren. Robert Wilson Sr. DREW--Funeral services for Robert Chesley Wilson Sr. will be 10 a.m.

Wednesday al the First Baptist Church here. Burial will be in the Drew Cemetery. Williams and Lord Funeral Home of Ruleville is in charge. Mr. Wilson died Monday at work at the Federal Compress.

A coroner's jury ruled that he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Bertha Canon Wilson; two sons, Sgt. Robert C. Wilson Jr.

of Birmingham, and Bryant Wilson of West Memphis, four brothers, 0.0. Wilson of Drew, Albert K. Wilson of Greenville, William H. Wilson of and Eddie K. Wilson of St.

Louis; and three grandchildren. H. M. Jordan SHAW--Funeral services for H. M.

Jordan, 71, were to have been held at 1 p.m. today at the Shaw United Methodist Church, with burial in Lexington at4 p.m. Mr. Jordan died of an apparent heart attack in his grocery Monday morning. Mr.

Jordan was born in Lexington and had lived in Shaw for 25 years. He was serving his second term as a member of the Shaw Board of Aldermen. He was a member of the official board of the Methodist Church, a Mason and a member of the Lions Club. He had retired in the summer of 1969 after 51 years of service with the Illinois Central Railroad as an agent operator. He also had farming interests in Lexington.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Aleen Elmore Jordan; three daughters, Mrs. James Murray of Fern Park, Miss Lela Dell Jordan of Chatanooga, and Miss Carol Jordan, a student at Delta State College; one sister, Mrs. Louise King of Jackson; four brothers, Frank Jordan of Jackson, David Jordan of Covington, Louis Jordan of Brandon and W. W.

Jordan of Lexington. Soloman Hunter Funeral services for Soloman Hunter are incomplete with Edwards and Evans Fun- deral Home of Greenville. Mr. Hunter died Friday at his home in Chicago. He was the son of Mrs.

Emma Sawyer of Greenville. Arthur Woodley BENOIT--Arthur Woodley, 70, who had been missing since Jan. 1, was found a mile and a half from his home by a hunter, Arthur Kemble, Monday afternoon, according to Bolivar County Deputy Sheriff B. F. Sibley.

Sibley said he had wandered off once before but had been found alive. A coroner's jury ruled death by natural causes, Sibley said. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Edwards and Evans Funeral Home in Greenville. Britain faces own 'Pinkville case nnt find year-old soldiers were allowed to guar I Han rioH tn nvu I riOl Una I K.v ROBEKT C. TOTH The Los Angeles Times LONDON--Britain was jolted over the weekend with allegations of a British "Pink- ville" in the Malayan jungle 21 years ago while this country was defending its former colony against a communist-led guerrilla insurrection.

i suspected terrorists, all Chinese, were murdered in cold blood, according to sworn statements by four ex- soldiers who were there. The soldiers al the time had said the victims were attempting to escape. High army officers and politicians said Monday they were "appalled" at the story, "if It tt true." Two members of Parliament tried without success to put emergency questions to the Minister of Defense. The ministry is said to be examining the allegations. Disclosure of the "massacre," in a Sunday tabloid.

The People, was a direct result of the alleged American massacre of South Vietnamese civilians and the disgust of one 1 British ex-soldier at the "hypocrisy" here over the American incident. "I have carried this with me sinco December 1948," said the former guardsman, William Cooles, now 40. "Then Pinkville came to light and brought it all back, and I thought of all the cant and hypocrisy, the stuffed shirts who criticized the Americans but said it could not happen with British troops-and I decided to blow it Cootes credited George Brown, deputy Labor labor party leader and former foreign minister, with being "the only Britisher with guts enough to tell them (Americans) to get on with it and stop weeping--and that finally made up my mind for me." Brown, a chronic bad boy in the Labor party, drew down wrath last year when he said the American Pinkville incident was "terrible." He added, "But 1 suspect there areanawful lot of spectres in our cupboards, too. "Could you put your hand on your heart," Brown asked in a radio interview (hen, "and say thai in all the time that Britain has been playing a similar role, if one looked one could The People newspaper challenged Brown to produce evidence for this "slur" on Britain. When Cooles read the challenge, he came forward with his story.

The paper's reporters then found three other men from the samepatrol, of the Elite Scots Guards, to verify this account. As they tell it, on Dec. 12,1948, their patrol, led by' a sergeant, surrounded a Chinese village whose residents were' suspected of aiding the guerrillas. After holding the 23 men and apparently some older boys overnight, the patrol was told it was to kill them all. Women and small children were driven some distance away in a truck, and two 18- ildiers were allowed to guard them rather than take part in the murders.

When it was over, the soldiers agreed on a cover story in the belief they all faced a 14- year prison term if the truth got out. Rumors did emerge, and the then-Attorney General of the colony, Sir Stafford Foster- Sutton, conducted a brief investigation: He said Monday he became "absolutely satisfied that a bona fide mistake had been made" when the Chinese "were trying to escape." No criminal charges were brought. The incident was reported to military officials in Malaya but apparently never to the War Office here. Four Delta districts open with two nearly all-black Battles demonstrater A turbaned policeman in Gnrgaon City, in the Stale of llaryana. India battled a screaming demonstrater Monday during widcs PTMf en that and two other cities following the government's award of the sputtd city of Chandigarh to Punjab State.

llaryana is a rival claimant. (UPI) JACKSON (UPI)--Four school districts in the predominantly black Mississippi Delta complied Monday with the Supreme Court's "total" desegregation mandate and two of them promptly became almost all-Negro, A number of other districts in the northern half of the state were either registering or reopening today for the spring semester including West Point, Holly Springs, Oxford and Marshall County. Negroes tookover all five public schools in Indianola where none of the nearly 1,000 whites previously enrolled snowed up for classes. The system has about 2,800 Negro pupils. There wereno whites attending classes in Tunica County although two were expected.

Mrs. Cecil M. Foster said she kept her sons homeMonday to buy them clothes. Thomas Foster, 7, has been the only while child since last fall at Dundee elementary school and was being joined by his brother, William Harrel Foster, 8, this semester. White and black attendance held up relatively well in the Leland and Western Line districts despite black majorities of more than 70 per cent.

Leland Superintendent Virgil L. Bigham Jr. said strong local support for public education apparently made the difference. Several more school districts were either awaiting a court ruling or under orders to implement new desegregation plans in the next four or five weeks. Classes start Friday in Jackson city schools, the slate's largest district with more lhan 35,000 pupils.

Registration proceeded without major incident at Clarksdale, where only about a dozen while students signed up for grades 7-8 at a formerly all-black school. Superintendent Gycell Tynes predicted a smaller drop in enrollment at the high school level. Tynes said it was "louch and go" whether any public school system with a heavy black majority could long survive under total integration. In Marshall County, Superintendent Stanley Mullinkin said about half of the 1,175 white children were staying in the public schools along wilh about 3.300 blacks. But he Rosedale, county seek port facility By LAURA CEKALU DD-T Staff Writer ROSEDALE--Bolivar County Board of Supervisors agreed Monday to submit a request to the Mississippi Board of Levee Commissioners to authorize port facilities south of Rosedale.

A joint resolution will be submitted by the board and the Rosedale board of aldermen. The action came after a request from Dick Nance, president the Cleveland Industrial Development Foundation of the Chamber of Commerce. Nance said a port facility- including a dredged channel and a turnaround point in a slack water area--would help attract industry to the area. The board also approved a resolution to make improvements at East Side High School in Cleveland. Two short term notes for the improvements estimated at $90,000, were submitted to the board by Sen.

Bill Board votes district aid INDIANOLA--The Sunflower County Board of Supervisors voted Monday to maintain its level of support for the South Delta Economic Development District at $3,071. The vote followed presentation of a letter from district officials requesting the board to raise its participation to $3,900. The board also agreed to pay $1,000 for membership in Delta Council and it paid bills before recessing for the opening of the February term of 4th District Circuit Court. Alexander. The school will have new parking facilities, equipment for the athletic field, a fence around the field, a new dressing room and ground improvements.

The improvements were among demands made to the District 4 school board by students at the all-black school. In other business, the board: Granted the request of county Game Warden Floyd Sanders to purchase a siren and blue grill lights for Game and Fish Commission trucks, --Approved a request by county Superintendent of Education Lewis Myers to award $100 to the winner of an essay contest sponsored by the county, --Authorized Civil Defense Asst. Director John Ellis to purchase a statiomvagon for civil defense work, and --Approved a request from Mrs. Walter Lewis, circuit court clerk, to purchase a copy machine for office use. The board will make final decisions Monday on bids received for an X-ray machine for Shelby Community Hospital.

15 injured by Ohio blast A HEIGHTS, Ohio I A violent explosion possibly caused by a bomb destroyed the municipal building of this exclusive Cleveland suburb Monday night. Fifteen persons were injured, including five policemen, a judge and the clerk of courts. A federal investigator said it appeared the blast was caused by a bomb. The police chief said it could have been a gas leak. The 11-year-old Colonial-style structure which houses the police station, jail and municipal court was leveled.

Several nearby Waterfront Further go-ahead given for race track and ring (Reprinted from yesterday's late edition) The Washington County Board of Supervisors today gave a go-ahead lo further development of plans for the race track and horse ring components of a new recreational complex at the old Greenville airport. Paul Roberson, of the architectural firm of Virden and Roberson, presented cost estimates for the work and a map showing where the two facilities would be located. Roberson's estimates included $71,350 for Academy gives honor role SHAW--John Shearer, headmaster of Bayou Academy, has announced the names of students in grades 9 through 12 who made the honor roll for the last six weeks. They are: 9th: Johnny Gong, Nott Wheeler, Clint Wood, and Leila Bogy. 10th: Regina Aguzzi, Sally Lutrick, Gene Vause, Jamie Browning, Paula Mitchell, Sammye Ann Montesi, Cathey Patterson, Connie Patterson, Mike Reginelli, Marjorie Riley, Randy Watford and Walt Wood.

llth: Rosemary Dakin, Lynn Bennett. Bettie May Gong, Patty Lutrick, and Paula Parkinson. 12th: Bob Shearer, Gloria Howard, Gail Patterson, Nancy Riley, Dennis Short, Marianne Thompson, E'Lou Turpin and Lynn Watson. Students with a semester average of were named to (he Headmaster's List. They include Johnny Gong, Nolt Wheeler, Clint Wood, Sally Lutrick, Sammye Ann Montesi, Calhey Patterson, Connie Patterson, Gene Vauso, NcdCarloni, Lisa Cuicchi, Rosemary Dakin, Clmrles Rocconl, Bob Shearer and Lynn Watson.

the race track and 4,000 stands; $15,000 for the concession, office and toilet areas; $57,100 for a covered, shed-type horse and rodeo ring; $3,000 for runway repair and approach road, $29,000 for contractor's profit and overhead; and $10,500 for the engineer and design fee. The $185,950 total is just within the bond money the board has available for the project. After some discussion about the adviseabilily of eventually letting the project out on a combined bid or separate bids for some of its parts, the supervisors told Roberson to proceed with detailed plans for the track and ring. County Agent John Fulcher accompanied Roberson in the meeting with the board. In a relatively brief morning session primarily devoted lo approving payment of bills, the board also: Voted lo advertise for oil and gas lease bids on five sections of sixteenth section school lands.

County Education Superintendent Jeff Bogue asked for the action. Several major oil companies have been taking leases and drilling along a line from Holmes County to Washington County for the past six months. Authorized the board's attorney, George Slade, lo take whatever steps necessary to obtain all necessary rights-of-way for the state-aid road project on South Main Extended from the city limits to Stale Highway 454. Slade said one landowner was balking at reaching an agreement on the righl-of-way over his land for the road project and might have to be taken lo court on an emincnl domain proceeding. Voted advertise its acceptance of a new stale-aid road from Melcalfe to Stoneville as having been completed lo specifications.

Postponed until ils next meeting a decision on renaming the Old Airport Road. Decided lo purchase one tractor and three mowors for road maintenance work. Northbound river a i as reported early this morning by Waterways Marine of Greenville were the Jesse Brent, Margaret Erent, Jag, America, St. Louis Zephyr, James Farris and the Hank. Southbound were the Jones, Raymond Thorp, Steel Ranger, Esso West Virginia, OleMiss, Esso Tennessee, Crimson Glory and the Cat White.

Stamp schedule in county listed Mrs. Gertrudn Hall, food slamp supervisor for Ihe Washington County a Department, gave the following food slamp issuance schedule for February: Glen Allan, to 11:30 a.m., Feb. 2 and 16; Avon, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Feb. 2 and 16; Arcola, 9:30 a.m.

to 2 p.m., Feb. 3 and 17; Hollandale, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Feb. 5, 6, 19, and 20; and Leland, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Feb.

12, 13, 24, and 25. Mrs. Hall said Greenville recipients will be served from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. each working day of the month except Feb.

26 and 27. Feb. 23 is a holiday. Persons needing to sign up for stamps or to re-sign should come to the Greenville office between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., any working day, she said.

houses were shaken. "The police force is 90 per cent crippled," said Police Chief Carl Longstreet. Loiigstreet said the explosion "could have been a gas explosion or it could have been a bomb," the cause impossible to determine without an investigation of the rubble. But Milton Kafoglis, a Treasury Depart- menl investigator, said, "we presume that an explosion of this magnitude would involve a bombing." Police Lt. John Mullaney said a boy who entered Ihe building carrying a package jusl moments before the blast was feared trapped.

The youth, described as about 13 or 14 years old, reportedly left a wooden box on the first floor of the building. Mullaney refused to speculate if that box might have been a bomb. Senate to look at joint panel JACKSON (UPI)--The Senate was to begin debate today on a proposal to create a joint legislative committee designed to handle a i i a i a a i of Ihe legislature. Sen. William B.

Alexander of Cleveland, chairman of Judiciary scheduled on "special order" three House-passed bills to establish the management committee and two related departments of legislative services and post-audit. Both chambers worked briefly Monday afternoon lo begin the fifth week of the 1970 regular session. Henry Paris Paris to head Indianola drive INDIANOLA (Special) --The Sunflower County Heart Fund drive has set a goal of $5,095 and a deadline of Feb. 28. Heart Fund Committee Chairman Henry Paris of Indianola said letters will be mailed asking funds.

Personal contacts will also be used, he said. Paris said the drive should have particular relevance to Sunflower Countians, since 192 persons died of heart and blood vessel diseases in the county in 1969 He said 198 died of Ihe same causes in 1968. Indianola co chairmen Mrs. Milton Barnett and Mrs. P.

G. Batson will handle the Indianola part of the drive, which is expected to net 25 per cent of the total. Dr. Virginia Tolbert of Ruleville, president of the Sunflower County chapter of the Mississippi 1 Heart Association, and Mrs. Curtis Floyd of Drew will handle the North Sunflower County drive.

They will be assisted by Mrs. Robert W. Powell of Sunflower. C. M.

Davis is Moorhead chairman. Mrs. J. B. Randall Jr.

is memorial gifts chairman. William A. Hunter is Inverness drive chairman. Dr. Walter Rose is county medical director.

"Sunflower County has never failed lo meet its quota and we don'l expect it to do so this year," Paris said. said it was "a mistake to changeover al this time of year. It's ruthless on the students." Officials in Holly Springs said about 200 of the 525 while students were expected for the spring term compared with 1,750 Negroes. An enrollment drop of about 15 per cent was anticipated at West Point. The West Point plan calls for an unusual "double shift" arrangement with one integrated group of students going to class in the morning and another going in the afternoon.

A federalcourt hearing was held Monday at Aberdeen on a number of cases. Judge Orma Smith told Benlon County to prepare a new integration plan for the Ashland and Salem schools to be implemented Feb. 16. Smith also orderedfacully desegregation by Feb. 16 at two attendance centers in Clay County.

NASA facility fate in doubt WASHINGTON (UPI) The fate of (he National Aeronautics and Space Administration's $400 million Mississippi lest facilily was up in Ihe air loday. Budgetcutbacks hy President Nixon indicated the nation's rocket proving ground might be mothballed after the final Salurn 5 moon rockef tests this year. The budget requires suspension of Saturn 5 and Apollo spacecraft production. MTFwill be reduced to a "caretaker mode" when the final Saturn 5 ground tests are completed. NASAsaid it is trying hard lo find other uses for MTF among other federal agencies.

Us elaborate computer equipment might be put to work in a variety of fields ranging from air pollution to interagency studies of the weather involving air-land-sea relations. NASA Administrator Thomas 0. Paine has stated thai Ihe agency has no plans for com- pletely closing any of ils centers other a Its electronics research center at Cambridge, Mass. Foreman picked for grand jury INDIANOLA--Thomas G. Home Jr.

of Inverness will serve as foreman of the Sunflower County Grand Jury impanelled here Monday by 4th District Circuit Courl Judge B. B. Wilkes. Other grand jurors are Betly Sue Malctte, Christcen Petty, Marvin E. Dodd, Billy R.

McGee, Eddie Moffett, Herman Ray, Arnold Pyron, Bobby L.Paxton, Marshall Mclntyre, Bobby Burrell, Charlie E. Daniels, U. T. Wallace, Bob Robinson, Mary Lee Downer, Ruby Lee Palmer, Mrs. E.

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