The Conservative from Carrollton, Mississippi • 1

THE CONSERVATIVE Dedicated To The Best Interest Of Carroll County Since 1865 Lighting contest plans finalized CARRQLLTON, CARROLL COUNTY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1969 NUMBER 39 jmittee, has announced that Mon- day evening. December 22. is the date for this year's activiti- es. Open house will be observed at several homes this year as in the past, and these homes, as well as the hours they are to be open, will be announced at a later date. Judges for the contest will be irom out of town.

The categories which they will be judging are: inside decorations, inside tree, outdoor tree, door house front decoration, yard decoration, business houses, and churches. Plans for the contest as well as for the open houses will be finalized this week and will be announced in next week's issue of the Conservative. Members of the garden club's planning committee serving with Mrs. Pitner are Mrs. B.

F. Miss Francis Eggles-ton. and Miss Joy Bryan. Over 3 million pines to go in watershed area I'. S- Forest Service crews bt tin planting this week of more than three million pine trees in the Yazoo-Little Tallahatchie flood preventionarea in Montgomery and Carroll coun-I Top.y Ryan, project fowler, trie continuing tree plant-operation began in 1948 in CVroii County and in 1951 in Montgomery County.

i date, more than 70 million trees have been planted tne Yazoo-Little Tallahatchie ik the two counties. Mr Ryan said 53.324.000 lob-ily pines have been planted I 2" 'Hi KkilL CONTEST WINNER Sam Pitner, Publisher of the Conservative, presents a cheek for $50.00 to Bruce Beckwith of North Carrollton bs top winner in the Conservative's annual football contest. Mr. Beckwith had consistent good entries throughout the contest and Won by la narrow margin over several other entrants. Bruce Beckwith is winner of football contest Bruce Beckwith of North Car Holmes singing groups feature area students The concert choir and Coachmen.

Holmes Junior singing representation are currently making appearances in the area. Foster Hollingsworth is director of the concert and CLaI Choirs and the Coachmen At Holmes he is also instruct voice. Holmes choir members, including several trom the County are: Alto Connie Black. Boutwell, Brenda Burrouh. Susie Corley.

Jo Houk. L.ndy Marshall, Janet Moore, Paimertree. Halhe Willis; Bass Wallace Boteler. Kin-' ny Bwette. Jeff Brown.

Brown. Alan Col'ins. David t-t-lins. Mike Dorsett. John Ev.i.-s.

Paul Haguo, Charl-s Jack-'. Kenneth King, Railford MeNver. Howard Moore. Stephen I Fhii Pearson. Cas-y Smith.

I Summerhill, Lee Greer. Dawkins: i Soprano Judy Brooke Ere-; i nda Butler. Barbara Ci.c:.x Patsy Cuomo. Janet inete Fanvr. Martita F'- J.

Petri Germany. IV. Pop r. Monica Power. Cheryl Ho.u il.

Sara Zeigier; Tenor Bruce i Ibert Files. Terry Jenkm. ii-; ry Kimbrough. Gcby Ter-y. Miss Linda Sanders of Mc-Adams is pianist for tne guy.

Hey, kids, it's time to get in letters to Santa It's just three weeks ureil Santa "Ho. ho. ho" will heard throughout the land. And all bc-vs and srirl who haven't got off letters vet had better be getting busy. As in year's past, letters Santa may be sent in care ot the Conservative, and after we print 'em for cur special Christmas edition, they'll be forward-, ed posthaste to the North Pole.

Whether you write it yourself, or get mon and dad to help, do it right away, 'cause time is short. Mail your letter to: Santa Claus. The Conservative, Carrollton. Miss. 3S917.

Mississippi Slate Coi'eee Women at Columbus as established in 1SS4 as the Industrial Institute and College it was the first state-supported college exclusively for women in the States, and the first its land in the world. 1 bLUME 105 County agents notes Richard A. Cooper of us have our cotton allot lents and projected yields for tether year. We need to figure (it as soon as possible just that we will do the way of nnn I it. i Irming in i'u.

i Know inai tere are many who know right that they can't do anything ith their cotton themselves. To lem I would say that they have lie of four things they could do: irst, lease or sell it to someone who will take it and work (OH nis place, juu lcui icasc someone, you may have to satisfied witn less per pound you have been getting. cond, let someone come on ur place and work all or a rt of the allotment there. It ould De up to you two 10 wont Jut the terms. Maybe you would Hve him an me couon ana a rt of the payment.

I don't i II1K you win mm people wnu II work it only for the cotton. lird, if you have an allotment 10 acres or less and can ndle it in one of the ways a-ve, you can make a certifica- to the ASCS office at the oper time that no cotton will planted and you could draw lower payment on 35 percent your allotment. Finally, if Jdu can't do any of these, sim- release your acreage back the county committee so that ey could give it to someone for 1970 and it would be ledited to you for that year. There are those with high pro- tcted yields who have been asing them out who may wish i make a special effort to plant liid work their own cotton in i70. A person with say a 900-lound projected yield would aw $153.20 per acre on 65 per- pnt if he planted and worked fiat much.

If he could lease it kit for 4c per pound (it looks as it wil surely not be any high-) that would be $54.00 per (ere. There is $100.00 per acre fifference on 65 percent of your lotment. With fair luck you jiould break even at least on laking enough cotton at the low ice you may expect to pay the Jxpense of making it. What I saying is figure this thing ut from every angle and then jo the route you can that suits you the best. We will be glad at ny time to help you decide hat to do.

Surely those of you who feel fat you can successfully han- more cotton acres than you ive and don't care to try to rase any should make applica- on to the county office for tome that may be released. Pig and hog prices are still )od. Not only that, but the out-ok is good for 1970. There are rt as many hogs to be sold this jason as last year, and the de- land is greater. The corn belt tatcs, where three-fourths of he nation's hogs are raised, had rcent fewer hogs September than they did a year earlier.

he corn-hog ratio promises to good at least through the irst hall of 1970. While you aise a little cotton or look after i few cows or work at a plant fame place, why don't you also pise and sell a few hogs? May-fe you would want to take them 11 the way, or maybe you poula sell them as feeders. Any- Py, you can do that and still po what you are now doing. I have some doves to eat, a tquirrel or two, and plenty of peer meat, but my stomach is mt uneasy for lack of some resh pork. I've loked alone the Nad a lot of places these early uaiy mornings, but it is real nard to catch 8S- Tlie greens and turnips are -'dy and the sweet potatoes andy when thev are baked.

''it neither are very eood unless pre is some good hog meat "un mem. Farm suppliers got an addi-llonal $38 million from Mississippi farniprs a fi-m ii- tin mini rtUUU. I I1K1VQAU UV1I1 million in 1967 to $632 mil- 1368. 'ing the Civil War, Missises governor's mansion was ed by federal troops and 43 a hospital. Teenagers of America name three from here The Outstanding Americans Foundation announced today that the following students from J.

Z. George High School have been-selected as Outstanding Teenagers of America for 1970: George Beckwith, Mary Ellen Morgan, and Kathy Tingle. The students, nominated for this honor by a faculty committee at J. Z. George, will compete for state and national awards in the Outstanding Teenagers of America program.

George Beckwith, the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Beckwith, is a senior at J.

Z. George. He was a delegate to Boy's State in 1989. He was a member of the Junior Beta Club and has been a member of the Senior Beta Club for two years. George served as president of his 9th and 10th grade classes.

His fel low students elected George as president of the senior class and the Beta Club, but it was neces sary for him to resign these offices because of his election as president of the Student Council several weeks ago. George has been a valuable member of the Senator football team for three years and the track team for two years. Last year he received the all confer ence award. Mary Ellen Morgan, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Jack Morgan, is a junior at J. Z. George. She is secretary of her class and vice-president of the Student Council. She is a mem ber of the Beta Club and the Future Homemakers of Ameri ca.

She is on the basketball and track teams. Kathy Tingle, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Tingle, is a junior at J. Z.

George and is also a member of the Beta Club and the Future Homemakers of America. Her extra cur-ricular activities include basketball and track. Last year she received the Best Track Award and the year before, the Most Improved Forward in Basketball. She is also a cheerleader for the 1969 football team. One of the primary goals of the Outstanding Teenagers of America program is to bring to the attention of the American public the positive achievements and attributes of today's young people.

Binford tourney is next week The Binford High School invitational basketball tournament will be held at Duck Hill next Wednesday through Saturday. Seven area schools will participate: Kilmichael, Vaiden, North Carrollton, French Camp, Woodland, Grenada, and Binford. Preliminaries will be held Wednesday and Thursday, semifinals Friday, and the finals Saturday night. Defending champs for the tourney are the North Carrollton Girls and Binford boys. progress, and hopefully will be completed early in 1970, with actual production of the company's first film to start about May 15.

John McNamara of Winona is a member of the corporation's board of directors and is assisting with the sale of the stock. Other Winonans. Ed Forsythe, Dr. L. V.

Harrison, and Dr. W. A. Middlcton, will serve on the company's advisory board. fMr.

Peterson said no definite decision has been made on the first film. "We currently own 10 books and a completed script for an eleventh," he said, "and are negotiating at present with Universal, for another screenplay." The properties already purchased were written by Bill Ballinger, who is secrctary-trca-surer-dircctor for die new company. An internationally known author, Ballinger has won numerous awards for his nearly 30 books, and has written more than 125 TV films and five motion pictures. Final rites for accident victim in Carrollton Funeral- services for John Randolph Mims. 14.

were held last Saturday at the Carrollton Methodist Church with burial in the Valley Hill Cemetery. The services at 3 D.m. were conduct ed by the Rev. Milton Guiterrz of Metairie, Louisiana, assisted by Rev. B.

C. Nunn. The vouth was Dronounced dead at the Greenwood Leflore Hospital late Friday afternoon after having run into the Dath of an oncoming automobile near Mim's Truck Stop on Highway 82. The youth was born in Mem phis and had been a resident of Metairie for the past 11 years. He was a member of St.

Matthews Methodist Church and was an 8th grade student at T. H. Harris Junior High School in Metairie. He is survived by his parents. Mr.

and Mrs. Robert A. Mims of Metairie, two brothers, Mike Mims and David Mims, both of Metairie; two sisters, Nancy Mims and Susan Mims of Metairie; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R.

A. Mims of Greenwood and Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Churchill of New Orleans, La. Pallbearers were Simpson Hemphill, Lloy Mims.

James Mims, Jimmy Mims, C. C. Kuy- kendall and Stanny Mattox. Carroll County Garden Club has meeting The November meeting of the Carroll County Garden Club was held at the lovely home of Mrs. Wallace Van Meter with Mrs.

N. J. Nye as co-hostess. Guest speaker for the after noon was D. Simpson, con servationist of the Carroll County Soil Conservation Unit, who talked on the conservation and highway beautification work in our county.

He showed colored slides to illustrate his talk and gave out brochures on the Ya- zoo-Little Tallahatchie Flood Prevention Project. This was a very informative and interesting program which was appreciated and enjoyed by the club mem bers. Following the program, Mrs. J. W.

Cohron, president, held a short business session at which time the club voted a special donation for library books for the Carroll Academy and accepted individual dona tions for this worthy cause. A party plate of delicious Ger man chocolate cake, cheese straws, nuts, and mints was served with Mrs. Nye pouring tea and coffee at the gold-cover-ed round table near the full glass patio wall in the den. Mrs. Jimmy Wilson assisted the hos tesses in serving.

Guests were Mrs. John Le- Flore of Avalon and Mm Bryan Misskelly of North Carrollton. Mrs. Norma Harding was a- warded the door prize. Other members in attendance were Mrs.

C. G. Sanders, Mrs. J. W.

Shackelford, Mrs. B. G. Shute, Mrs. B.

F. Eubank, Mrs. W. T. Sanders, Mrs.

M. Turner, Mrs. Mary Waller, Mrs. J. C.

Hans-brough, Mrs. W. H. Lee, and Miss Amie Stepp. The date and place of the Dec ember meeting of the club has been changed to Thursday afternoon, December 11, at 2:30 in the home of Mrs.

Norma Harding with Mrs. J. C. Hans-brough and Mrs. W.

C. DuBard as co-hostesses. Methodists to observe harvest festival time The Carrollton United Metho dist Church will observe Harvest Festival at their 11 a.m. ser vice this Sunday, December 7. The Cliristmas Cantata will be presented at 7 p.m.

An addi tional stary regarding this musical program will be found else- here in the Conservative. The evening offering will go to the School for Retarded Children in Grenada. The public is cor dially ipvited to attend Preliminary plans for the an- nual Christmas Lighting Contest and Open Houses have been an- nounced by the Cherokee Rose Garden Club, sponsor of the event. Mrs. Sam N.

Pitner, chairman of the planning com Combined choirs of two towns to present cantata The combined choirs of the Carrollton and North Carrollton Methodist Churches will present a cantata, Music of Christmas," by Ira B. Wilson, on Sunday afternoon, December 7. at five o'clock at the Carrollton Methodist Church. The cantata will be directed by Mrs. J.

R. Stevens. Mrs. B. F.

Johnston will be the organist. Soloists for the evening will be Mrs. J. L. Scruggs, Mrs.

Sam N. Pitner, Miss Mary Ellen Morgan, Miss Anne Irene Wilson, and George Allen Lee. Other choir members are Miss Joy Bryan, Mrs. H. L.

Holman. Miss Patricia Holman. Miss Christy Reagan, Miss Sue Scruggs, Miss Sara Dell Miss Susan Morgan, Miss Louise Marshall, Mrs. C. D.

Davis. Percy Bryan, James Wilson. Arnie Watson, and Charles Terry Johnston. Offering taken at Sunday afternoon's service will be given to the Grenada County Lovely Lane Center, a joint project sponsored by the North Mississippi Methodist Agency for the Retarded and interested civic groups, churches, and individu als in the community. The Center is designed to help the physically handicapped and mentally retarded children between the ages of 6 and 16.

It is presently in full operation with eight boys enrolled in the program. Sales taxes for October, city funds listed City sales tax collections for the month of October, and distribution of $500,000 in municipal funds, were listed this week by the State Tax Commission. Sales tax totals for area cities were Winona. Duck Hill. Kilmichael.

and Vaiden, $1,159.76. Payments to local cities from the revolving municipal fund for the year were: Winona, Duck Hill. Kilmichael, and Vaiden, $246.49. The fund was established by a 1958 law and gives to the state's municipalities million biennially. The money is released in two payments.

$1 million one year and million the second year. This was the year for Slz million to be distributed. Game admission will be 50 cents for students, 75 cents for adults. movies man of Bill Bellinger's talent and ability in the corporation," Mr. Peterson said.

"Also, we are doubly fortunate in having Boris Segal, one of the top movie and TV directors, lined up as director for our company." Except for key technical and acting personnel from the West Coast, JaXon Productions plans to utilize Mississippians. "We plan on hiring all extras locally, as well as using local labor," Mr. Peterson said. "We're a Mississippi company and we're going to do everything possible to contribute lo the betterment of the state." He said the company will aim at making high-quality films, at reasonable eo.its compared to the excessive production capital now required in Hollywood. "By utilizing top notch scripts, creative photography, and first-rate talent all a Mississippi setting we believe we will have all the ingredients for a highly successful operation," Mr.

Peterson declared. WINONAN. Pise 5) I i rollton is the jackpot winner of the Conservative's annual foot ball contest. Mr. Beckwith received a check for $50.00 as this year's winner.

Mr. Beckwith eased ahead of some very tough competition in winning the contest, but he was a clear winner over runners-up Jim Briscoe of Winona, Ronald Miller of Vaiden and Marvin Lishrnan of Carrollton. Mr. Beckwith's wife, Virginia, also scored high. "I didn't expect to win the contest," said Mr.

Beckwith. "It's fun to enter, and that's my reason for doing so, but I sure didn't expect to be the Mr. Beckwith is employed by McQuay, Inc. of Grenada. He and his wife, Virginia, have two children, Wayne, 6, and Ricky, 17 months.

"The check will come in handy here at Christmas," said the lucky winner. This year's contest was sponsored by Coca-Cola of Greenwood, Daves Cable Company of Winona, Carroll County Co-op of North Carrollton, Royal Crown Bottling Co. of Greenwood, Van Meter Lumber Company of North Carrollton, Delta Electric Power Association, Mississippi Farm Bureau of Grenada, Lee Funeral Home, Gibson's Discount Center of Greenwood, Leflore Bank and Trust Company of Greenwood, Peoples Bank and Trust Company, Mim's Truck Stop, Butane Gas Company of Greenwood, Harry Sanders Grocery and Market, Pig-gly Wiggly of Greenwood, Stuc-Key's of Vaiden, Crawford Enco of Winona, A. C. Dotson, Agent.

Ferguson Service Center of Vaiden and the Holmes County Bank. acres ir. Carroi: toun-and 17.868.000 of the trees row been put on 16.883 acres Montgomery County. -Jn 'he current planting sea-' which started Wednesday week, we wni piant an additional 1.2 million loblolly jents Montgomery County and 1.8 million in Carroll Coun-: ty," ht eed. Of 3 million trees to be put oat this year, about will be plante dunder the Agricultural Conservation Program.

The ranting work is done or.iuin the cooperative efforts landowners and vari-agricultural agencies, including the Sot! Conservation nviee. Agricultural Stabiliza-t and Conservation Service, Former- Home Administration, fi'umv Extension Service, and Mississippi Forsetry Commis- "Tiiese pines are of considerable value to the land and to tne landowner," Mr. Ryan said. "They not only help to stabilize tile soil in eroded areas and improve the watershed by retaining ground water for a longer time, but in the future these pine plantations will contribute significantly to the economy of the two counties." Mr. Ryan and his staff assistants.

Joe Caron at Winona, and Aubrey Smith at Carrollton. are available to aid landowners who would like to plant either pine or hardwoods. Also, lite ASCS offices in both counti-ts can assist landowners in tree planting programs. Open air concert by Vaiden High glee club The Vaiden High School glee club will present an open air concert of Christmas music next Wednesday night, December 10. The program, to be presented on the front steps of the Vaiden High School, will feature a 60-voice group under the direction of Mrs.

Martha Bowie. Guest singers will be Mrs. Dennis Welch, Miss Judy May- field, and Drew Leonard. There will be two performances, one at 6 p.m. and the other at 7 p.m.

The front of the school will feature Christmas decorations and lights and the public is in vited to drive onto the school grounds and listen to the concert from their cars. No admission will be charged. Bryans are hosts to Lesfemmes Miss Joy Bryan was hostess to Les Femmes Bridge Club at her home on Saturday evening. She was assisted in greeting the club members by her mother, Mrs. Bryan and her brother, Mr.

Percy Bryan. A guest of the club was Mrs. K. G. Johnson.

The living room of the Bryan home was ornamented with a beautiful potted Poinsettia plant in full bloom. Miss Bryan served a dessert of Cheesecake and coffee to her guests, seated at the quartet tables, before the bridge game began. At the close of the games, Mrs. M. P.

Saunders held high score. NOTICE OF CANCELLATION The Adult Farmers Meeting scheduled for tonight, Thursday, December 4, has been cancelled. Travis Seawright said the program has been re-scheduled for December 11. Winonan The "Made in Mississippi" label will soon be applied to a wide variety of motion picture and television productions, according to Gil Peterson, a Winona native. Plans call for his newly-incorporated company, JaXon Productions, to begin shooting next May on the first film to be made in the Magnolia Stale.

Mr. Peterson, who went to Hollywood several years ago and racked up an impressive list of credits in motion picture, television, and night club work, says the potential for Mississippi-made films is "unlimited." are numerous advantages to film production here," ho notes. "Aside from the fantastic scenery and settings, the technical and economic considerations are many." He said Hollywood has "priced itself right out of the movie business," and that producers are making the majority of their films either in foreign countries or states other than California. "Mississippi is one state that has had no appreciable agggouggt plans for Mississippi of film making," Mr. Peterson said, "but we believe, with its many advantages, it can become a major locale for such work." JaXon Productions, an all-Mississippi corporation, will make not only feature-length motion pictures and television films, but also is looking to producing programs for the rapidly-expanding educational TV field, documentary films, in-depth sports, and special-interest films.

The company also has plans for entering the recording field and booking of professional entertainment acts. "We're going to cover a wide scope of the entertainment industry and will diversify as rapidly as possible," Mr. Peterson notes. He has spent much of the past six months flying between California and Mississippi (a licensed flight instructor, he owns an aviation business in California, and flies his own plane on his many trips), getting JaXon Productions organized. A public stock is saw ir NEW VENTURE Gil IVtcrson.

president of JaXon Productions, a newly-formed corporation which plans to produce pictures and television programs in Mississippi, discusses plans for the operation viih Juha McNamara, a member of the board uf directors..