Simpson County News from Mendenhall, Mississippi • 1

i 15 so I fJeia! Organ of Simpson County Formerly the WestviUe News Established in 1872 Oldest Established Business in County MmwB 86 Mendenhall Mississippi, Thursday. Octohor 1Q57 No. 16 Sam Williamson Dies Wffl Mendenhall Become A Ghost "Operation Pine Burr'9 Under- JIJST (An Editorial) Next Tuesday the citizens of Mendenhall will vote BEATING: AROUND ivay; Cash In Citizens9 Pockets In Gulf port Tuesday Sam M. Williamson died at his home in tJulfport Tuesday. He was reared in Mendenhall and wieir aesires on trie proposed $58,000.00 bond issue-an election that could determine if Mendpnhnll will wm By N.

B. It has been "Operation Pine Burr" in Mendenhall this week as hundreds of both white and colored Simpson County citizens walked or rode into town with bushels of green loblolly burrs. Area Forester O. D. Daniels said, "this has been the most amazing thing I have seen anywhere in the seven years I've been employed by the State Forestry Commission." fivnection: Elsewhere in this szn of the SCN.

there is a ad stating apples can be at Sullivan's Fruit Stand 'Sttra per bushel. Taint so was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. R.

Williamson of Mendenhall. He was 51 years old, and had taught school for the past 23 years: Funeral services were conducted Mendenhall Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Rev. N. F. Davis, Jr, and Rev.

C. C. Jones officiating. Interment, with full Masonic rites, was held in Mendenhall The Area Forester said, "mod Homecoming To Be Held Next Thursday Homecoming will be held at estly speaking, I would say I8.CO0 have gone Into the pockets of citizens" The burrs are being bought by the Forestry Department for $2.50 per bushef. They will be processed, and then plant a ghost town! If Mendenhall citizens could get the full comprehension of the benefits offered in this bond issue then all the qualified electors of our town would march to the polls on Tuesday, October 8, and vote in favor of issuing the bonds.

If every person in Mendenhall would put aside all envy, jealousy, and malice toward each other there could be progress never before witnessed here. mre interest were shown by the taxpayers in the FACTS about the improvements proposed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen instead of so much sidewalk gossip Mendenhall would have no problems in progressive moves. Now, Citizens of Mendenhall, these are big IFS and are the reasons why' our beloved home town, haa not progressed as it should have in the past We are doing much talk about securing an industry. DO YOU REALIZE THAT AN INSTITUTION EQUIVALENT TO AN INDUSTRY IS NOW UNDER CON cemetery with Mftidenhall Funer if, al Home in charge of arrangements; Survivors include his widow. Mendenhall High School Thursday evening October 10, when the Tigers will meet Pearl in a football clash.

Mrs. Lois Anderson Williamson- ed in the three state nurseries at Waynesboro, Mt, Olive, and Winona. In December, January, and February the pine seedlings will be given to landowners. One thous- jou may oujr uiu wi vn prfcwheL "mother correction: Lynda- Pat-Ijgn-wasthe organist at the adding of Mary Lynn Cockxell 00 ten Fortenberry, instead Ads Jean Pickering. Seems like are in the market for mess-gl up everything from the price gf apples to weddings.

birthday to Pat Ponder jt to Jimmy Smith onThurs-gy. On Friday Mrs. Mlnta B. fcles and Joe Powell, who are gffibors. can bake themselves a ate.

Saturday will bring birth- Activities will begin Thursday two children, Sam Williamson, student at Mississippi Southern afternoon when the band will pa rade. A homecoming queen will be and seedlings will be given free to College, and Miss Dianne Williamson; student at Perkinston Junior College; and two sisters, Mrs. Wilkin Mangum and Mrs. Elmer Thaxton of Mendenhall. selected from the following maids: landowner, and thereafter Shelby Jean Kennedy, Scarlett inev mW De Prcnasea lor 94.0a Lee, Lynda Mangum (selected by thousand plus transportation the football team); Era Lee Cock- wracn UI amount to ascents per Artifical Insemination rell, senior maid; Judy Smith, Ju- thousand.

nior maid; Olenda Sue Harvey, Forester Daniels said thit buy- yfa to Bernice Herrington and Program Gets Underway sophomore maid; and Rosalindas ourrs wm continue tnrougn Rhodes, freahmaan maid. Saturday ana pernaps the nrst or next week. He has turned down 19 truck loads because the burrs were faulty. Stephens Infant Dies In Jackson Hospital Funeral services will be held for One of the most progressive steps ever taken in dairying has been made by the dairymen of Simpson- County. The Simpson County Artificial Insemination Association was formed and semen for outstanding Jersey, Hol-steln and Guernsey bulls at Mississippi State College will be shipped into the county from Octo ggTjOne Meaauws aiiu aiaiy vane flipkiU, Libby Crubbs and Joyce tsith will be a year older on jknday.

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Dil-Hi will have a wedding anniver-aij next Tuesday and on the gme day Pat Smith will have a Ikthday. Next Wednesday will Mag a birthday to Mrs. B.

F. Muon. On September 23, Ir-Hdine Massey had a birthday; Ckariie Bob Furlow had one on ktarday; and "Papa" Hell was Met 16 Saturday. STRUCTION, BUT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OPEN UNLESS THIS BOND ISSUE GOES OVER? DO YOU REALIZE THAT THE SIMPSON COUNTY HOSPITAL, WHEN FULLY STAFFED, WILL EMPLOY BETWEEN THIRTY-FIVE AND FORTY PEOPLE? DO YOU REALIZE THAT ONE YEAR'S HOSPITAL PAYROLL TO EMPLOYEES WILL TOTAL MORE MONEY THAN THIS ENTIRE BOND ISSUE? The estimated monthy payroll will run from Five Thousand to Six Thousand Dollars! Citizens of Mendenhall will have rough times ahead if this bond issue is rejected. There will be a curtailment of services in some departments in order to provide repairs when breakdowns occur.

If this bond issue is rejected, what will be done about the water line to thaiiospital? Some people are attempting to answer this question, but as yet no one can This money Is appropriated by the state legislature. A deposit was made in Peoples Bank Mendenhall and payments are made by Forester Daniel's personal checks. He Is under bond. The Forester has been arising at 4 In the mornings and getting to bed between 11 and 12. He said ber 1, 1957 to July 1, 1958.

This Mark Samuel Stephens, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stephens of Magee, from Mlms Mitchell Funeral Chapel Thursday. The in-fant died in University Hospital Monday. Other than the parents, survivors Include one brother, Ricky; paternal grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Stephens of Magee and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Dennis of Magee. he hasn't had time to shave and service can be had at a nominal fee by calling the inseminator Dick Pruitt, telephone-5 Mendenhall 4731.

County Agent M. W. Edwards said, "remember the bull is half your herd and the only way that he has had very few meals at home. Well, I tried to tell Royce that could make more money ga-fiRtof pine, burrs this week than IQaMlng a newspaper but, uual, he turned a deaf ear to k) brilliant suggestion. yon can stay in the dairy business Pledged To Fraternity Out of the 1200 members of the Mississippi State College freshman class, 263 have pledged so give the solution to this problem.

is to raise your feed and replacements. This service is available if you have Only a family milk cow cial fraternities. or a herd of 80 cows. Pictures of the bulls, their pedigrees, records Troy Lee of Mendenhall, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Lee, has pledged Kappa Alpha and Frank E. Stubbs and Brian Caider of Magee have also pledged Kappa and other information can be obtained at the county agents Commissioner Smith To Speak To Officials Highway Commissioner and Mrs. John D. Smith are attending the Southeastern Association of State Highway Officials at the Dinkier Plaza Hotel In Atlanta. Commissioner Smith Is one of the speakers for this 16th annual convention.

They plan to return home Friday. Alpha. Hundreds were on hand last 'Saturday afternoon when Sam Jofinra Chevrolet Company gave mj $253. Pop Layton of Men-tenall won $100; Mrs. W.

E. Ni-dwb of Braxton won $100; and fudaman Flynt of DTjO won Have tried to borrow money bom Pop Layton but he said (Continued on Back Page- HAVE YOU RIDDEN OVER MENDENHALL'S STREETS RECENTLY? If not, you should do so before next Tuesday. Be ready to get some jolts and then make your pians to buy a buggy or an ox cart if this bond issue fails. There are. many open-minded, clear-thinking citizens in Mendenhall, and it is hoped that they will fully consider the many great possibilities for progress involved in next Tuesday's election.

Certainly, it could produce a ghost town here if the voters decide that they don't want progress. Six Simple Directions For a Ghost Town Harold Brooks and James Ton-' ey of Mendenhall, both freshmen; at Millsaps College, have been To Fill Pulpit Sunday Rev. Robert Baker, of Jackson, will fill the pulpit of the Poplar Springs Baptist church Sunday, October 6 at the regular services. pledged to PI Kappa Alpha frat ernity. Harold is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. O. B. Brooks and James is the son of Mrs. Daisy Toney.

TO LEAD TIGERS BACK INTO ACTION Chicken Fry At Jupiter Church Saturday Night A chicken fry will be held at Results are certain for those working to create a if fWo nro fTlnwpH pft.W hv jp. Baptist Church Saturday 'it 7 I Sr" 1 guuoi tunii wivdv night October 5 at 7 o'clock cident or design. Hundreds of former thriving wiu 'uned toward the ities which are now silent ghost towns prove there is completion of the cemetery fen-more truth than poetry to the statement, "It could hap- ce. Scholarship Recipients Seventy three Millsaps College students wUl serve as departmental assistants during the 1957-58 session. Student assistants ara appointed by department chairmen to help with the work of the department.

Service scholarships are also awarded by the library Den here" I wlu be served chicken rruJ. vo tVio motWa nrnvod hv PYnpripnfP ti oil- wlth a11 the trimmings for $1 and arantee bankruptcy, insanity, disappointment, suicides all by-products of ghost towns: BAPTIST TOPICS and dormitories. Among the scholarship recipients are Joe H. Rankin. Mendenhall, biology; and Cora Phillips, of Mendenhall, geology, Joe is the 1.

Tell everyone you meet mat you never Duy anv-, N- rvis, pastor of thing at home; the merchants are a bunch of crooks, rob- Mendenhall Baptist church, win bers and cheats. "ke 9, BpHttle all efforts for community betterment- Year i. a oaAvalv molrim tt uur cnurcn Bunoay mora Ing at the 11 o'clock hour. Sunday 5 mmIm hi. t.

rt rt na Con we daughter of Mrs. his will be "Is It ine people IXyillg UU WlCDC uiuijo ut ov-vivwj "m6 a lot of money, want to "run things' and their way of do evening topic and the late Mr. Orady Phillips Phillips. Brownies Elect Officers A I fr.fr fly 9 sr i i ing things is all wrong anyway. 3.

Never waste money by advertising, or waste time trying to attract trade to the town nobody reads the ad there is never anything to the paper, it's always State Fair To By Trady Edwards The Brownies met Tuesday, (September 24, and officers were late and why should anyone want to come to town it's elected to serve for one month. a dead place. Yv; Those elected were Georglanna Open Monday. Oct. 7 The Mississippi State Fair will open on Monday, October 7, and will continue through the week, October 12.

Friday, October 11, la designated as "school day." The entrance fee for children 6-15 4. Turn down all appeals ior contriDuuons; ana ao Alexander, president; Jean Davis, secretary, and Trudy Edwards, it in a nasty way so you wont ne ootnerea again, De-cause the money collected is eventually stolen by some The Brownies are going to I years of age will be twenty-five study Indians and at this meet cents and for those 15 years old and older, Including adults, the "higher-ups" anyway. 5 Refuse to serve on all committees, have nothing to do with civic organizations-they are run by a bunch of dim-wits who want only to get their names before the public All the city officials are in office to get a share of the graft ing each Brownie made an Indian tom-tom. Betty Ruth Walker served refreshments to 10 members and two leaders. Mendenhall Band Has fee win be fifty cents.

AH school children win be admitted on Friday for twenty Ave cents. The Negro Fair will be held be ginning October 14 and running 6. Knock the town, KnocK 11s Dusuiesses, juhjck ine keen reoeatinfir the town is eoine Election Of Officers The Mendenhall High School to the dogs, things are better in other pkces, to invest through the 16th. Many Improvements have been made on the fair grounds since the 1956 fair. Band met September 17 and elec in such a dead place wouia oe me neigm.

01 iuuuwuicB and keep on knocking like a drunken woodpecker. Car Tags Went On' ted the following officers: president, James pent May; vice president, Dan Mcintosh; secretary-treasurer. Annie Mae Massey, and reporter, Rosalind Rhodes. 1 I Sate Here Tuesday There you nave sia auupiv uu cvuuuo xui piwuv ine a ghost town. It's hard for one person, working alone to get results; but if you keep at it long enough, 11.

anma Mnvtmrtn. and flnnst Town. Car tags went on sale at the; 'C" vnak Fortow, quart-, the squad steady woreouw wmymm vuuuh MKIUI UUKV eventually yuuu Tuesday morning. October 1. The What About The Future? weather conditions wouia peram and reports that they are anxious Mendenban Tigers 7am' had the team tte EDI Z.n orest Hffl Frldm uteht The future of Mendenhall lies in the hands of you uc-v-T- i.

1 j. a- Attend Convention Mrs. Mlnta B. Hates and Percy Hm of Mendenhall attended the Cancer Convention at the Heidelberg Hotel In Jackson September 25-28. Mrs.

Hales received a ten year new plates are yellow with Wack numerals. Citizens are urged to purchase tags during the month of October and avoid paying a penalty of SS haW hi Tteatos -night. October 10. the voters. ThinK oeiore you vui f- TOnway L1.

ot1j AnWt ovpr arret that we can easilv FridiT cf-hta tbe Tigers wui now sive nioveiiicui letting their dni per cent after October 3L ttSS tax peart Pirates, co-ieaaers have a gfiost town. rSlSh avf the iitt.e Dix-; UT BY ALL MEANS DONT FORGET TO hervtee pin and Ur. Bin reeeipu and 1CS7 tag i-etts trt Crt jtsx gsrvSsi.