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Enterprise-Journal from McComb, Mississippi • Page 5

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1 I Par Flvi Wednesday, March 10, 1954 McComH Enf eifrise-Journal McComb, Mississippi this state, Rep. Rus-ming pools from amusement tax- the high tribunal tear down people to talk with their respec-J jurors in, tl iouse." 'tive legislators. If the people talk sell Fox, Cl Osyka News the "playh aiborne, would autho- There is little belief here that loudly enough, it is probable that rize th3 State Game and Fish xi i 1 a- i QUal eaUCailOn program WUl wwiJidnus tu.ii.-ii. r.nrt the be es Rep. Harvey Roes, doahoma, wants all ccmmcrchil of passengers to be equipjed tach-o-graphs, so that speed records made be- made and lurried over to the public service corn- jo-tratn'AL' financed, by legalized whiskey, is hard to get people stirrpd ia cnicr inJLo an a.

Eqilally, it is just about as certain up. But, if the supreme court-hap- greement for jurisdictional purposes as to the the dividing line the "black market" tax will tha pened to hand down a decision you would see some action here that we would predict inue on the books, as the leg con1 I mission to check speed violations islaj can't see giving up $1, ure 200 000 annually in taxes from thi source, when they need revc- nutfe so badly. CAPSULE-- oenaors Stokes between salt and fresh waters A dispute over this brought the, firing of a game warden last year, you will recall Fox would al-o authorize fr. tuoson to issue $11,000 negotiable notes or a new factory Reps. Dunlap and Harrington have in a bill exempting municipal, bathing "and swmi- Rep.

Connie Loyd, Winston, wants railroads to days notice before pulling off passenger trains Rep. Darwin Maples Go r3 county, wants the State Forestry Commission au-inrizcd to control pine beetle infestation. 5 i A bill in the House that would Senders. Kosciusko and 11. D.

Kosciusko GRAYSON'S SCOREBOARD aw beer advertisine and in ef-! Statham are indivi -ut do away with the malt beve- dually presenting bills seeking to feci sales in this state is also con- add links to nignways in their rag sid red unlikely to be adopted, respective areas -uepresenta Dodgers Will Find Alston Only Appears Easy-Going tives Aaron Harrington and T. W. though it is on the calendar. Beer brifcgs in better than $4,000,000 Dunlap, Chickasaw county, would ually to the general treasury. have proof of payment of ad va- BY HARRY GRAYSON mi Lis NEA Sports Editor By Mrs.

E. O. Eergold Ruth Class On Thursday evening, March 4, at 7:30 p. m. the Ruth Sunday School Class of Osyka Baptist Church held its regular monthly meeting in the lovely home of Mrs.

W. TV Stewart. The devotional was given by Mrs. Sam Ott who used for her topic The Story of Ruth. Mrs.

W. C. Ott led in prayer. The minutes of the previous meeting were read by Miss Jo Ann Raborn and. all business matters were discussed and disposed of.

Games were enjoyed in the re-cntior of the home which were beautifully decorated with azalea blooms, narcissus and fruit blossoms. The hostess served a delicious chicken salad plate with cookies and iced' drinks to the following: Mrs. W. C. Ott, Mrs.

Sam Ott, Mrs. Marcus Prine, Miss Patsy Wall, Mrs. Eugenia S. Palmer, Mrs. Ralph Hicimonds, Mrs.

Odie McEl-veen, Mrs. Velma Brown, Mrs. Howell Downs, Mrs. Shelly Holland. Mrs.

George Palmer, Mrs. W. T. Stewart, Miss Jo Ann Raborn, Mrs. Clyde Rogers and the visitors, Mrs.

T. D. Oakley, Jr. and Mrs. H.

C. Rushing. Thfe fund would be sadly missed jlorem taxes presented to the sher-frofn. the ultra-tight $135,000,000 iff and tax' collector before auto- get now facing tne legislature, moDue licenses can ue ouiainea exclusive oi tne auai eaucaxion ieacn year oeu. auuwn ivjit-, yERO plays a tremendous manaement of modern ball clubs.

To many ath-i largy between minors and majors is infinitesimal and p2ayed under him in A and wer agrees i tlv.t Walter Alston has the touch. plah. Clarksdale, nas a dih exempt ing from taxation the property of No Solution In bight DON'T MISS SOMETHING If you have, only a channel Antenna cn your TV don't miss the best picture on Jackson's channels ana iz. Let us install ONE Antenna that will receive! the signal fircm BOTH stations. ONLY $23.

Beginning -March 27th. Pi'fir rn ii-rfr nrin i intl iTnfr ni'lif ii ruin 3 military schools Rep. Joe Hopkins, Coahoma, would have persons who wish' to register to vote, present a birth certificate Senators L. H. Jobe, Claude Cornwell, Louisville; Havis Sartor, Pachuta and Billy McGraw, Bentonia, were among those ighting to get an $82,000,000 school appropriation on the Senate floor for action last week, a move that xaiied a close margin Mrs.

Fletcher Gore, representing Oktibbeha county, has a bill allowing women pening of the tenth week of the current legislative term found the law-makers just about as lar froi a solution of the educational pro lem as. when they kfirstvcame her JgmirIl'ihaa'bn felt tha felth' the' ehabliiig acts out of the way in extraordinary term, the legislators would have incentive to finance the program. This has not been so, and therein lies great disappointment for propon ents. Appeals are being made to the McCOMB TV AND RADIO SERVICE Gillis Day Phcne 163G Nite Phone 1874-J Ais.on appears easy going," explains Tom La Sorda, a little ftander who had a big year for the new Brooklyn boss at Montreal out when a player has it coming he can really tell "him 'off. Once after a particularly bad game, Alston came into the clubhouse picked up a chair and crashed it to the floor.

All that, was left of the chair in his big hands were the two back sticks. "The' impact Everybody in the clubhouse knew how the skipper felt. He didn't have to say a word." JOY CAMPANELLA, who broke into organized baseball under Alston, tells, how he overruled Charley Dressen without the departed manager realizing it. Billy Loes developed a half speed curve, but Dressen forbade him to use it. rlled catcher half vay to the mound SET could get Particular hitter out with, WTO and of Dressen's order regarding it.

-anSJji E0 ahefd andLthrow i4- BilIy." advised "and he will never know the difference BSMarciano? Ut blk6 5lidly 0n the old potato by i Bespectacled Arthur Dede. 59. caught hitHr.r SMOKE DREAM Dreamy-eyed Pat Gardner relaxes at Miami Beach, with the aid of a smoking gadget invented for people who smoke in bed. Pat finds the gimmick just as useful lounging in the sua i TTf fTVTVVTf TfTVftf TTT7TT Missionary Society The Womans Missionary Society of the Baptist Church met at the church each afternoon of last weekl at three o'clock for the Annie In the bedroom. Armstrong Week of Prayer for Home Missions.

On Friday an all day meeting was held with lunch PVT. TRULY B. SPRIGGS IN FRANCE MANEUVERS LA ROCHELLE, France Army served at the noon hour The Lila Mefford Circle had fvt-Truly Spriggs, whose wife, spring for the Dodgers until this year. uedu fed more baseball gadgets than anybody else. He thought up the batting tee, drilled holes through balls and put them on a rod the better to illustrate to pitchers that four spinning seams are more confusing than two.

His charge of the Friday program and took part last month in ODEX 16, all of the programs were interesting and most informative. which forces the runner to come intn th Vi an offshore exercise conducted near Bordeaux, France. Under simulated tactical condi- position. Arthur Dede is not the least reason Whv tho rrmn ic most advanced, thorough and interfstintr rn th tnma rcvilt State Farmers (Continued from Page On Robin Laverne Easley jtions, assuming that no port faci Mr. and Mrs.

Robert O. Easley lities remained on the coast, troops are proudly announcing the arrival utilized BARCs, 197,000 pound am-of their first child, a dainty baby phibious cargo barges, to move daughter, born March 1 at the Mc- supplies from ships anchored far Comb Infirmary. offshore to positions. on the beach- The- little lady, who has been es. given the name of Robin Laverne, Private Spriggs, 'Son of Mr.

and weighed 6 14 ouncs at Mrs. Abe Spriggs, Meadville, birth. entered the Army in September Grandparents are Mrs. Cassie 1952. He is a Winch operator in the Easley and Mr.

and Mrs. Benton 98lh Transportation Port Company. Strickland. The mother is the for- i mer Miss Myrtle Strickland. H.

L. CARTER. NOW Tower Height Increased To Give Best Possible Reception ed as well as the methods and ec-enomies of procurement and processing. Altogether there are between 500 and 1,000 species of bamboo, some of which grow 60 or more feet high at maturity. Once established the stems grow rapidly, attaining their full height in 6 or 8 weeks.

Domestic nurseries now are producing 37 species commercially on a 'I vi OF BOWLING GREEN, KY. ET3 James Raborn of WRITES OF LEON SMITH crop is estimated by the Department at from $1,300,000 to a year. The Department's researchers have found at least 70 different uses for bamboo with emphasis oil paper-making. "A bamboo that could be used for pulp' would serve as a partial replacement for Kraft -pulp tfrpm southern pine and could be a 'valuable- supplement to present pine stands trie the Department's "investigators state in a preliminary report on their studies'. "Next to paper5 manufacturing, bariiboo may also have an import WLBT has increased the height of its antenna tower to 1,055 feet above sea level, and is.

now operating on maximum power. WLBT will be the only television station in Mississippi operating on maximum power allowed by the Federal Communications Commission. Make "certain that your set hcv the necessary 'equipment, properly mstotledV-Then switch-to WLBT Channel 3 for outstanding television entertainment. small scale. Working with the Department of Agriculture on the bamboo project, is the Herty Foundation, a private, non-profit agency of Savannah, and the Clemson State Engineering Experiment 'Station'.

-at Clemson State Engineering Experiment Station at, Clemson, S. C. The Herty Foundation is making Shuqualak, is a member, has i A recent issue of the bulletin' of urged the Department to give pro- Calvary Baptist Church of Bowling rity to basic research in legumes Green, of which, Rev. H. L.

and The Committee made formerly of Central Baptist three recommendations to the gov- Church in McConb, contains the following mention of another Mc-Combite: 1 It is a particular joy to have' Rev. Leon Smith of "Louisville ernment. What it wants is (1) expansion of research on the harvesting, drying and farm storage of legumes and grass seeds; (2) expand breeding, testing manage- basic studies of fiber-length and 1 -i ant place in light-but-strong con- I rtf Seminary, and McComb, in FINEST IN NBC NETWORK AND LOCAL PROGRAMMING ment, and seed production research rny home and in my pulpit. He is struction. Ladders, scaffolding, hQQ Large.scale puip tests, will be temporary trestlework, and many I ade Qn species that appear pro-other of construction coulcv mjsin be niore portable and more easily studies at Clemson are on haandled if made from bamboo, properties, including ten-the report observed.

sion, flexure and compression. The Although emphasizing that there Station also is investigating meth-are' many problems with respect ods of curing and preserving bam-to production and processing of boo to prevent splitting, bamboo that will have to be solved, to provide dependable supplies of the son of former members and high quality forage seeds, and (3) cherished friends. conduct studies on vegitable seed) Rev. Smith is the son of Mr. production, including environment- an(j MrS.

Leon Smith of McComb. al factors, times of planting, nutri- ents, waters and other cultural -i practices and their inter-relations LClSlclIOrS VjCI for several crops in various areas. In the field of marketing, the) improved (Continued from Page One) WLBT wings you many of America's favorite -pro-grams fqm the NBC television network among which ar Ccmel News Caravan, Mr. and Mrs. North, Robert' Montgomery, Dragnet, Ford Theatre, Winchell and MahoMsy, Colgate Comedy Hour, Kate Smith Show, Voice -of Firestone, Dennis Day, Howdy-Doody, Milton Berle end Bob Hope, Fred Allen, I Married Joan, Grouch Marx, Garroway at Large, life of Riley, Original Amateur Hour, Your Show of Shows, Your Hit Parade4 Cavalcade of Sports and many, many other top shows that you and your famil Committee also asked marketing methods.

i In addition to these popular NBC programs, WLBT produces a variety cf top-Caliber local programs .11 newscasts, religious programs, music, spcrtcasts, women's programs, quiz shows, farm programs, educational and public forum programs. WLBT's large and experienced staff of technicians, program di- rectors, announcers and entertainers assure you of outstanding local programs. Forjhe finest and clearest In television reception, we, invite you to keep your dial Xhdnnel 3 now operating at its full authorised' power. Remember, too, Lamar Life brings you the finest in radio entertainment over WJDX-AM 620 on your dial and WJDX-FM 102.9 on your dial. 'but it is in his senate that the And while these developments stiff est opposition developed and were occuring, three spokesmen of suu continues In another action affecting Mississippi, Department of Agriculture has designated Holmes, Humphreys and Washington counties as a drought diaster area, and made them eligible for emergency production loans by the Federal Civil Defense Administration.

The Department reported that the step was necessary because the drought In the House, Speaker Walter the cotton industry were in Washington urging the House Agriculture Appropriations Sub-Committee to support the President's requests for an increase in funds for agricultural research and educa- Sillers has said that he would vote tax hikes if he knew what the U. S. Supreme Court will do. Rumors Rife Meantime, rumors are rife on the government experts listed such other potential uses for it as concrete reinforcement, food, (bamboo shoots), 'nails br pegs, phonograph needles, fuel, fiber for roofing and building felts, and a corrugated medium for containers, A good market also exists for bamboo furniture ornaments whose manufacturers are presently using imported material. Wide-scale utilization of bamboo in industry, the investigators found, will depend on the cultivation and production of the proper species in large enough volume to insure adequate supplies, Properties of the various types of mater will enjoy.

created a need for agricultural There's so much to see on credit -in the three counties that tion. One of the trio was Dr. C. R. Capitol Hill here as to action of cannot be readily met by the local Sayre of Scott, Miss.

He joined the the Supreme Court. It all boils banks, cooperative lending agen- others in telling the committee that down to the fact that no one ac-cies and other responsible sources. improved production methods and tually knows anything, and most While on the subject of agricul- new and expanded markets for feel reluctant to act and then A. ture, the Seed Research Advisory cotton and other agricultural pro Committee of the Department of ducts are essential to working out Cuba is spending a leave with his of which Harrison long-range solutions -of the farm -parents. Guests in the Raborn ials that can be produced from Agriculture, bamboo also need to be investigate vahsof -E i F.

Nunn of If NASH: PRESENTS THE home Sunday were their daughter Catherine, and Mrs. Raborn's sister, Mrs. Alford, and children of Herman, La. Mrs. Mamie Hunt and Mrs.

Mary Anderson of McComb were dinner guests of Mrs. Hunt's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D.

Ott, Sunday. Mrs. Estell Trahan left Wed Tn 1 1 Lamar Life Insurance Company Jackson, Mississippi iseJ nesday for New Orleans where she FAMILY SEDAN IN AMERICA TODAY! -WiTJ mm joined her son and daughter-in-law and children, Mr. and Mrs. Beal Trahan, for a trip to Colum-bus, Ga.

Mrs. Beal Trahan had been called home because of the I tragic automobile accident" near Columbus whe her mother, Mrs. Mitchell, was instantly killed. Mrs. Potts and Ray were able, to be moved to an Atlanta hospital but Mrs.

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McCOMB JUNCTION HIGHWAY 51 AND 24 Friends of Walter Varnado, Sr. DAY PHONE: 1636, NITE PHONE 1874-J GILLIS BUILDING, N. FRONT STREET will regret -to learn that he is con- fined to bis bid because OX ttlaess, TTTTTTTTT7T.

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