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Newspaper
Petal Paper
Location
Petal, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1957
Page
6
Claudy the Piney Woods correspondent recalls Easter in East Texas during Deer P v7 1957. He describes watching Pa churn while Ma asks for brush for the washpot as Congressman John Guffaw visits for Easter, sharing porch talk and domestic humor.
A lurid verse scene depicts a mob killing Black people and celebrating at a cross on a magnolia tree. The narrator, a Southern white man, recalls a squalid romance amid revulsion and racist revelry, with references to revival meetings and heavy drinking.
A long speech by Congressman Guffaw, veteran of 30 years in the district, attacks the Supreme Court, the United Nations, and foreign influence. He vows to stand up for American and Bible values, claiming traitorous plots and urging unity under traditional Southland ideals.
The Lyman Mississippi fish hatchery designates April as the peak spawning period for black bass in Southern Mississippi and lists stocking operations across 250 farm ponds in Louisiana and Mississippi. The article also notes extensive hatchery water supplies and ongoing stockings by the Fish and Wildlife Service. It closes with a historical note that King Haakon of Norway was Prince Carl of Denmark when offered the Norwegian throne in 1905 and has ruled for over fifty years.
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