06 Jun 1957
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Newspaper
Petal Paper
Location
Petal, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1957
Page
1
A March talk at Dillard University New Orleans is cited in VITAL SPEECHES May 15 issue. The author questions the magazine’s impartiality after printing an Easter Message by Pope Pius XII before the speech, challenging the claimed impartial stance.
A speaker dismisses sneering critics who question when he will address white audiences. He expresses no concern for their insults and instead shows sympathy for "dumb bastards" while instructing hypocrites to cancel subscriptions by mail.
The speaker asserts they do not care about a person’s skin color and would judge by the heart rather than pigmentation. They emphasize beliefs about human relations and the depth of character beyond race, noting a desire to find a paying flock if possible.
A reader from Hermosa Beach California thanks the Reporter for its article The Iconoclast of Petal Mississipp ian a wholesome approach to race issues. The letter recalls life in the South and college days before moving to California where the writer works in publications at Northrop Aircraft. The writer praises the article and expresses pride in southern identity.
Mr Dooley jokes about Scott McLeod being named ambassador to Ireland as a political maneuver. The dialogue with Mr Keuuermy and Mr Hennessy riffs on Eisenhower, the Secretary of State Foster, and Congress, with courtly Irish wit and sly references to foreign policy and U.S. politics. The piece jokingly frames deliberate placements to please factions.
Beekeeper John Zepka died recently in Adams. At the funeral procession the tent swarmed with bees clinging to flowers but not harming mourners. The scene echoed the old Telling the Bees ritual found in Whittier and Field poetry.
A Hattiesburg reader recalls three youths Debbie Smith Janet Myers and Karen East ages similar to theirs jumping rope on South 24th Avenue. Neighbors say passersby slowed and even stopped to watch the scene described as “Dutch” twirls and “pepper” speedups. The note ends with mixed feelings about the stunt.
A Greensboro reader recalls an ad from Ralph Johns Clothing Store touting “The Store That God Built Through Love Faith Hope And Charity.” The columnist contrasts this with the phrase In God We Trust All Others Pay Cash and hopes local businessmen consider such a humane motto.
Advertisement offering cotton eyelet embroidery fabrics for summer wear. Note mentions Klukers and Big Brother as addressing party and dues to be paid for access. Limited to Klukers in good standing with a focus on comfort and cool use on rides of mercy.
A nostalgic, satirical poem fragment in which a speaker lists identities they are grateful not to share, contrasting regional, racial, and religious lines with pointed irony. The piece lampoons bigotry while reflecting attitudes of Western North Carolina origins and broader American prejudice.
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