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y--. -y Vv COLUMBIANA LISTEN CTPO To WCJU for all the News Locals State, Natonal and Worldwide. WCJU affiliated with ABC Network, Associated Press and this 3 1 a-1 A Member of the Ansociyted Press SIXTY-FOURTH YEAR NO. 15 COLUMBIA, MISSISSIPPI, THURSDAY, -JUNE 17," 1965 10c PEI COPY Views of the News In Columbia and Over the Globe By The Staff 't3: r-f lr Tim'- it ft blulliPSity Of icials To mm Mumei killing Hydrick, according to Deputy Sheriff John Bullock, who also said Graham was then confined in jail and charged with murder to await action of the grand jury. Serving on the coroner's jury were John H.

Bullock, Homer Sibley, Ben Pittman, i Henry Tolar, Ed Williamson, and Tox-ie Loftin. GRAND JURY REPORT During its two days of work, Marion County Receives State Crovn SCS SERVICE AWARDS Marion County Soil Conservation District Commissioners were. honored fpr their years of service at a fish fry Friday night at R. L. Barnes' camp.

Left to right are Roy King, area conservationist from Brookhaven, speaker; "Allen Simmons; received trophy for his late father for his 20 years of continuous service and having helped organize the district 21 years ago; County" Agent D. O. Scott; J. L. Watts, 15-year pin; Moran Conerly, also helped form dis-trict, 20 -year trophy; Mrs: Sedgie Stringer, received 20-year pin for late husband; J.

Walter Forbes, 5-year pin; Mrs. H. Buel unaway, 20-year pin for late husband; and Everett Stringer, chairman of the Marion County Soil Conservation District, .5 -year pin. Commissioners Columbia's elected municipal officials joined some 1200 other elected officers, both new. and outgoing, frqmf over the, state at the annual ccrrlvihtiojf the MMA in Biloxi, June i7 through 19.

Registration for the" 29th Mis sissippi Municipal Association convention began this (Thursday) morning in Biloxi. From the opening evening's famed Seafood Jamboree at the Buena Vista, this year's Hawaiian Luau atmosphere, com- Brief. Important THE LOCAL BOARD office will be open with a substitute clerk on duty on June 22 and June 24 next week and on June 28 and July 1 the following week while the regular clerk is on annual leave. A DANCE will be sponsored June 26 from nine to on-e o'clock by the Ladies Altar Society at Holy Trinity Parish Hall. Music 'will be by the Billy Fane Trio.

Adult couples only. SQUIRREL SEASON south of Highway ,82 will open October 15 and close January 15. In the northern part of it opens October; 1 and closes De-t cember 31, Delegates Briefed On NEA Convention Two of the local delegates to the coming annual convention of the National Education As sociation were luncheon guests at a briefing session in Jackson last week sponsored: by the Mississippi Eduuation Attending from Columbia were Mrs. Dorothy Hasson and Mrs. Minnie Brister.

Another delegate, Virginia Chain, was unable to attend. The delegates from over the state were briefed on the program, voting procedures side trips, and other aspects of the coming convention which will be held in New York. ored Hon For mm Dim mm The Marion; County Grand jury Tuesday acquitted a man charged with murder in con -nection with the Monday night Shotgun slaying of a man who worked and lived with him. The jury also made its final report on the two-day session of the June Term of Marion County Circuit Court which began Monday. Acquitted of murder charges was Bolton Graham, 32, who called Sheriff John Homer Wil-loughby Monday night and said he had killed a man, James Carl Hydrick, about 45, and that his body was in a back" side bedroom of the Graham residence, next door to Fortenberry's Grocery in Hub.

Mr. Graham told the sheriff he was going to take his wife and four children to his father's in Lamar county and would come back and give himself up at the Marion county jail. He didn't wait for the sheriff to get there before leaving, but he did arrive at the jail about 9:30 Monday night. According to the reports, Graham suspected something and told his wife and' Hydrick who lived and hauled pulpwood with him that he would be gone for some time, got in his truck and left. He left his truck, swam Lower Little River to return to his home with a .410 gauge shotgun, and looked in r-a bedroom window which had.the shade down but not low enough to completely cover the opening.

Graham was reported as saying he saw Hydrick embracing his wife and shot him through the -window when the embrace was then enter ed the house and broke the gun stock by, hitting Hydrick's head. The; report stated Hy drick was shot in the chest. The coroner's jury formed by Sheriff Willoughby and Justice of the Peace Melvin McLain ruled that the subject was mur dered by an unknown subject or subjects. Later, Graham turned himself in at the jail and stated no one else was involved and confessed to shooting and DonSin To Sneali Gass Reunion Sunday Distript Attnrnpv Ma urine Dantin of Columbia will be the principal speaker at the annual reunion of -the Bass family1 which will be held at the Beth any Baptist Church near Pren- Tt js uJ Family 17. 0.

Robertson Funeral Services Held Tuesday Funeral services for William Oliver (Ollie) Robertson, 75, retired local police chief, were held at 3:30 P.M. Tuesday from the First Methodist Church with the pastor, the Rev. N. A. Dick Marion' County Soil Conser- Roy D.

King, area conserva-vation District Commissioners tionist from Brookhaven, gave were honored with a 'catfish brief history of the beginning CMraQ the grand jury reported considering testimony of 37 witnesses touching upon the 19 matters received for investigation. 1 1 returned 11 true. bills of indictment, all of which were for fe-: lonies. There were no bills for misdemeanors but the felonies included one bill for homicide. The grand jury received a written report from Chancery Clerk Cody Buckley concerning (Continued Oa Page 2) fy I A former Miss Marion County was Saturday night crowned Miss Sportsman of Mississippi at the annual pageant sponsored bv the McLaurin Gun arid Reel Club in the USM auditor ium.

Miss Janice Polk, daughter of Mrs. J. V. Polk and the late Mr. Polk of Bunker Hill, was crowned by the retiring title holder, Joan Kinnebrew.

With the crown Miss Polk received a $300 scholarship to the University of Southern Mississippi, where she is a student majoring in elementary education. Becky Owens Of Hattiesburg was first alternate arid Cheryl Albritton of Verorta was Second. alternate." Five finalists were selected on scores in competition in evening gown, sportswear and talent. Karen Middleton of Columbia was one of the five finalists. Each of the five was asked a question to be answered on stage.

Dr. Bill Williams, master of ceremonies, asked Miss Polk who she would like to be "if you could be any per son in the world." She responded, "I would rather be The tall and talented brun ette sang a medley of songs from "The King and and 'Showboat" during her talent number while accompanying herself on the piano. She wore a Gay Nineties bathing suit her roommate had made for the occasion. A graduate of Bunker Hill High School, Miss Polk attend- (Continued on Page 2) Life Saving And Swimming Courses To Register Soon The schedule for Red Cross swimming and life saving lessons at city park pool has been announced. Registration for the swim- ming lessons will begin at 10 a.m.

on June 13, Friday morn ing. The lessons will begin on the following Monday at 10 a.m. Those registering for courses above the course should brin? beginning badge or certificate from the previous course when they come to register. Junior Life Saving courses will begin at 9 a.m., June 21, and will be taught by Carol Durham and Smith. Coach Denson Deavers, in charge of the pool and swim ming program, will teach the Senior Life Saving course which will begin at the same time.

In order to be eligible for Junior Life Saving, the student should have completed the Swimmer Ccuns and be between the aes cf 12 and 15. Those planning to take the Senior Life Savins course should have successfully ccm-Dleted the Junior Life course nnd be at. least 1G veers i Beau Old Friends Someone has said that old friends are the best kind and we are inclined to agree. We attended the Mississippi Press convention last week and met many newspaper people we hadn't known before, but best of all we enjoyed being with many who have been active in Newspaper circles for longer than we care to admit. We were glad to see John Lewis, editor of the state's oldest paper, advanced to the presidency of MPA.

His father also served as president many years ago. One thing we remember his father for, is that he nominated us for vice president back in 1934. We were then 32 years old. We had a birthday this week. Now you can figure how old we are, if interested.

L.W. Comment Ca Va Matt Vernon, former Columbian, now editor and Publisher- of the Eunice, La. News, writes a column under the "Comment Ca which is Cajun for something or other. In a recent column he had this to say: "With a truly enjoyable golf week-end behind us, we picked up the Columbian-Progress, weekly published in Columbia, and read where our oldtime friend and one-time boss, Lester Williams, the publisher, is taking up golf. He describes it as the 'old man's game'.

"It is coincidental that. Les- ter is talking about golf the same week played in" the Louisiana Press Association's annual toarnam en t. We thought we'd WTite something about what it is like to be a golfer (week-end class), not only for Lester but for others who might enjoy a new hob- "We've been playing golf (Continued on Page 2) Bob-o-Links By BOB LEONARD Poor Showing? Climax of the Mississippi Press Association convention is the presentation of awards in the annual Better Newspaper Contest and representatives of The Columbian-Progress were on hand to receive theirs. The which had entered the "Best Advertising Idea" category for weekly papers, placed third in the state. On the face of.

it, this was a poor showing. After all, -who remembers which horse -ran third in the Kentucky Derby or which driver claimed third place in the Indianapolis 500 a e. We sure don't. But, reflecting on this rather hollow Victory the so-called "morning there was a bright spot of two. we had entered in competition with more than 100 weekly newspapers in Mississippi and, had indeed placed in the money.

There were a heck of a lot of papers that didn't win anything. Secondly, and probably more important, is the fact that an effort was made to win. on the -part of the paper through the cooperation of Dick Yarborough, whose Columbia Cleaners advertising series comprised our entry. Dick's part, of course, was just as important as ours -he bought the ads and made our try possible. Poor showing? Perhaps.

But much better than none at all. And if we had it to do again, we would the same material, presented in the same form, to the same jud ges. As the fellow said, nothing happens until somebody A r. we plete with strolling musicians and guests attired with neck-circling leistd the climaxing thrill of a visit Saturday to the Mississippi Space Flight Test Center at Bay St. Louis, entertainment will be highlighting theme, t.

Friday morning, President C. M. Dorrough, mayor of Rule-ville, will open the general business session, with Mayor Allen C. Thompson of Jackson, introducing Governor Paul Johnson as keynote speaker. Serving with President Dor- rough are S.

F. Thigpen, mayor of Bay Springs, who will succeed tb the presidency John Holland, mayor of second vice-president who.will elevated to first vice-presidency; W. Caraway of Leland, executive vice president and Mrs. Sara F. Gallaspy of Jackson, executive secretary.

During Friday's luncheon the Pipe Band and Scottish Highland Dancers of the University of Southern Mississippi will entertain. In the afternoon general ses sion, ratncK Heaiy, executive iirector of the National League of Cities, Washington, D.C. will deliver the major talk. The Friday night banquet, followed by the MMA dance, features a talk by G. Worthing-' ton Hippie on "How to Sell Your A Mississippi favorite, Billy Fane's orchestra from Port Gibson will provide dancing music.

Saturday will be a day. de voted to diverse entertainment, with the featured offering a conducted tour of the NAD A Space Center. Luncheon will be served all MMA guests at the NASA cafeteria and the inspection will include a view of the first of three static test stands scheduled for completion this Fall. It towers oyer 200. feet and will be.

used to test-fire the second stage of Saturn moon rocket. Guests will make the trip on air-conditioned buses. Workshop sessions on Friday afternoon, with addresses by Attorney General Joe Patterson, Assistant Attorney General Ruble Griffin and State Auditor Hamp King will round out an informative and entertain ing program which should be of interest to every city official in the state. name since 1939, said that he has always enjoyed the coop-; eration of citizens of Columbia and Marion County and that he is indeed -grateful to his many friends for their, good will over the years. Return.

To Visit VAfter having been in busi ness in Columbia for so long, I find it very difficult leave Columbia. But I will be a fre quent visitor to this city from time to time and plan to renew contacts with my old Mr. Dorgan said. He emphasized that he per sonally will expend every ef fort to locate another industry for Colum i a and Marion County on the present Dorgan Packing Corporation site which contains' 379 feet bordering South High School Avenue and goes in a westerly direction to the Pearl River. Employed SCO During its many years of op eration here, the Dorgan Pack ing Corporation employed around 200 people during the canning season which ran from April to the first of December.

Included in the vegetable products canned here under the "Miss-Lou" brand name were green beans, crowder and bhek-eye peas, spinach, mus- Plant Close Canning Service and growth of the district. He touched on the calibre of the men who have served and are serving as commissioners. rTheseJiye men serve without pay and for the sole purpose of improving agriculture in the county, he said. 5 County Agent, D.1 O. Scott, commented on the spelendid cooperation all phases of agricultural work have enjoyed mi lder the leadership and cooper ation of the district commiss -ioriers.

Commissioners and i present, were Mr. and Mo ran Conerly, Mr. and Mrs. J. L.

Watts, and Mrs. Everett Mr. and Mrs. Allen Simmons, J. Walter Forbes and grandson, Mrs.

H. B. Dun-away, and Mrs. Sedgie Agricultural workers and wives included Mr. and G.

B. Simpson, Roy King, Robert Branton, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Leggett, all SCS: County Agent and Mrs.

D. O. Scott; Mr. and Mrs. John McGowan, Farmers Home Administration; (Continued oh Page 2) elsfsc Trend orreo uy Rotary -Speaker An alarming and dangerous trend toward atheism, prodded alonsr with the sticks "of communism and socialism, was related this week at the Columbia Rotary Club by Dr.

Seth Barron, local physician. Dr. Barron quickly pointed out that he knew of no atheists in our community, but viewed with dispair the growing tend-ancies of the" nation as a whole to drift toward left wing teachings and away from the word of God the Bible. He said that the atheistic trend is "spreading fast over our country" and that we cannot indeed even turn to some nulpits for guidance as growing number of ministers are absorbing some of these views. To combat the trend, Dr.

Barron suggested that we, as individuals, worship God as we can as our only salvation and lu luiii aw ay iiuui urcoo m. teachings which either ignore or dispute the Bible. Guests at this week's Rotary meeting were Ford Griffith of Ole Miss, guest of his father, Sedgie Griffith, and Pierce Ste- vens of Petal, guest of Pluck Mi it I J4Hii After 29 Years Here supper' at R. L. Barnes' camp for r-" years- of service, some since the district was organiz- ed twenty-one years "ago.

1 The meeting: was scheduled for earlief date but was postponed due" to the sudden death of one of the district organizers, Allen Simmons, a week, prior to- that date. Al len Simmons, who worked with his father and is continuing Oaklawn Dairy, accepted the engraved trophy intended for the late Mr. Simmons in honor 'of his having served since the beginning, of the dis trict. i -Moran Conerly also received an engraved trophy for 20 years of continuous service as a commissioner and as one of the leaders in forming the dis trict 21. years ago.

Mrs. H. Dunaway and Mrs. Sedgie Stringer, wives of deceased commissioners, received zu -year pins. Five-year pins were awarded Everett Stringer and J.

Wal ter Forbes. A fifteen-year pin was awarded J. L. Watts. Everett Stringer, chairman of the Marion County SCS Dis- grict, worked with G.

B. Simpson, work unit conserva -tionist, to plan the meeting and and served as master of cere -monies. J. Watts gave, the invocation for the catfish supper which was' prepared by Victor Yawn, Gordon Strickland, G. B.

Simpson and Robert Branton. After the meal Mr. Stringer introduced each person present. Columbia Lions Name Officers For Coming Year Results of the recent election of officers for the coming year in the Columbia Lions Club have been, announced. They will take office next month.

Bill Beard was elevated from first vice president to presi dent. Other vice-presidents ele vated were L. O. Paulette to first and O. K.

Magee to sec ond vice-president Lester Haddox was elected third vice-resident, and Joe Boucher was re-elected as se- cretary. and treasurer The two Tail Twisters will be Joe Tiser and Garland Upton. Tom Rainey will be Song Lead er. Baxter White will be Lion Tamer, with Cody Buckley ser ving as associate Lion Tamer Directors elected for two-year terms were Carl Lof tin and Bil- JANICE POLK Giles To Spaofi to Lions Club Oii Thursday William LUGUes, Vice-President for Agriculture at "Mississippi State University! will be the speaker at 'the 'Thursday noon 'meeting (today) of. Columbia i on Dr.

Giles is a native of Arkansas, where he received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from state's university. He re ceived his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Botany at the University of Missouri. He has served as manager of nurseries for the Soil Conservation Service, Manhattan, Kansas, and with the National Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland.

He served four years in the Army during World War He was appomted supennten- aen? OI 1 ranc" Station, Stoneville, in Dr. Giles is married and has isippi Section of the American Society of Agronomy. He was (Continued on Page 2) Monday Accident On Gates Road Causes Damage No one was injured but con siderable damage was caused to the vehicles involved in ah accident on the Gates Road about 6:30 p. m. Monday, according to a report from the Marion County Sheriff's e-partment.

Chief Deputy Sheriff John Bullock reported the accident occurred near the heme cf Kel ly Hasson, the driver cf one cf the vehicles, when Mr. Hasson came onto the Gates Road from a side road. The other vehicle was a Pe- trolane Gas Co. truck from Pur vis which was badly damaged son, off assisted by -Dn Howard Aultman, pastor of the First Baptist Church; Interment was in Woodlawn cemetery with Masonic- rites at the grave by Carley Lodge of which Mr. Robertson "was "'a member.

Colonial Funeral Home was in Mr. Robertson died Monday about 8 10 AM at Marion County General Hospital after ah illness of two weeks. He was a native of this county land spent his lifetime here. He was born at Goss Marchj 5, 1890 son of J. arid Sarah Bourn Robertson and was rear ed in his home community.

In earlier years he was employed by American. Oil Company of Fox worth and for many years was on the city police force being elected before his retirement to three terms as chief. Mr. Robertson had made many friends in his lifetime and was a popular citizen of the community, being noted for his friendly disposition and sense of humor. He was a member of the First Methodist' Church, and of the Men's Bible Class.

Mr. Robertson was a veteran of army service in World War i. Active pallbearers were Louis Barnes, Harry Barnes, Sedgie Griffith, Dr. Vernon Terrell, Maxie Robertson, Stanfield (Continued On Page. 2) Youth Offered Help In Locating Jobs For Summer Local youths are being aided in securing employment by the Mississippi Em-, ployment Security office on Second street.

Coach Joe Jordan is working in the office during the summer months and is the one for youthful job applicants to see. An estimated two million young men and women between tlie ages of 16 and 21 began seeking summer work when schools were out over the nation around the first of June. The program is designed to bring prospective employers and youthful employees together for the benefit of both. Persons needing youthful employees part-time or; full-time and those wanting jobs are urged to contact Coach Jordan at the local emcloy- umun, uuuoia vi uk three is a Metho-Bass family, is a former pre-jdist; ast president of inland sidentof the Bass family reun-iRotary Club and of the MissiSr One of the cityrs oldest man-! ufacturing "plants closed its doors officially this week -when its Dresident announced his re- i tirement 'to a smaller, business on the Gulf. Coast, Mr.

A. P. Dorgan, 71, president of the Dorgan Packing Corporation here, said that due to physical ailments he was offering his Columbia plant for sale and returning to Biloxi to continue operation of the Dorgan Packing Corporation there, a canned sea food business. Mr. Dorgan, president of the Columbia firm that bore his Pope Family Sets Reunion At Percy Quinn Park Sunday The descendants of the, pio neer settlers, John and Jacob Pope, of Marion and Hinds Counties, will hold their annual reunion at Percy: Quinn Park, McComb, Mississippi on Sunday, June 20, 1965.

The meeting will begin at eleven o'clock and continue throughout the afternoon. A picnic lunch will be spread in the recreation building dining room. Relatives from many states will be present for the meeting. All relatives and itheir. friends ion orgamzauon anu a lunuct mayor of Columbia.

He is pre-i sently serving as district attorv ney of the 15th circuit court dis trict of south central Mississippi. His main address at 1:15 p. m. Sunday will be preceded by a dinner on the grounds at noon and a morning program lead by Dr. Frank B.

Smith of William Carey College in Hattiesburg. The Bass family has a wide connection all across south Mississippi. Fa i 1 records identify a colonial soldier, Esau Bass, and his brother, Jonathan Bass among the early settlers of this country. Samuel Bass came to America from England in 1630. Records show that members of the Bass family settled in Wayne county in 1734 and Esau Bass, Jr.

settled in Marion county in 1820. Ike Bass of Pinola is currently serving as president of the Bass family organization. W. E. Driver of McnticeUo is -i wnen it ran into a eaten and'ef age.

the rear end collided with the! Anyone planning to a Hasson automobile. Both vehi- Life Saving-course should cles had to be towed frcm the tact the instructor tefcrs Jir.o ci52..