Will Campbell Named Nobleman of Mississippi Religious Leader
The text extols Will Campbell former University of Mississippi Director of Religious Life who resigned to join the National Council of Churches in racial and cultural relations. A Wake Forest and Yale Divinity School graduate, Campbell is praised for honesty and sincerity, with the author claiming he is a genuine Mississippi nobleman despite some disagreement.
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Will Campbell
University of Mississippi
National Council of Churches
Mississippi
Will
Amite County
Wake Forest
Yale School of Divinity
Louisiana
Taylor
Mississippi College student swipes hearse and drives 45 miles
An AP story last week notes a Mississippi College student stole a hearse and drove about 45 miles with the siren blaring to hear the sound. The piece jokes about college reaction, Ku Klux Council references and a Mississippi-Alabama Fair sighting of Elvis Pelvis in Tupelo.
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Mississippi College
Ku Klux Councils
Mississippi
Ku Klux Council
Elvis Pelvis
Tupelo
Easton King of
Pascagoula
Money mad Will Campbell memory rekindles Oxford dinner tale
A narrator recalls a weekend dinner at Will Campbell's Oxford home. Campbell mentions a talk with his brother in Meridian about an October departure. The brother warns isolation by company could speed up plans. The writer calls Will a brave man.
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Will Campbell
Oxford
Will
Meridian
Morning coffee and tobacco habit challenged by doctor
A writer recounts twenty years of morning routines with strong coffee and Picayune cigarettes. After a stomach issue, Dr Dan Riekes recommends cutting caffeine and nicotine with the named products, but the author doubts motivation to change and admits fading interest in waking each day.
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Dan Riekes
Dan
Sixteenth Section Could Boost Mississippi School Funds
Mississippi faces a potential $5 million annual gain from Sixteenth Section lands, a source neglected for decades. The Davis Report traces lapses in county management, with examples of misused timber and idle land, urging better oversight to channel funds into public schools.
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Mississippi
Department of Education
Charles B. Elkema
Mippi Southern College
Eikema
Elkema
William P. McClure
University of Mississippi
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Luther N. Davis
Davis
Social Security Administration
Elkerna
Bayvis
Minnesota
Boards of Supervisors
Rankin County
Luther Whittington
Natchez
Rankin County Board of Supervisors
H. B. Wamsley
B. A. Walker
Walker
Use
Perse
Mobile County
Alabama
Delta
Bolivar County
Optimist Club Hears Dreyfus Talk After Radke Life Member Initiation
Radke, a charter Optimist member and board director, became a life member last Thursday. He presented the Park Fund with 250 dollars on behalf of Dixie Packing Co. Robert M. Dreyfus spoke on the United Givers Fund. The club skipped tonight’s meeting for Oct 4 due to a Petal High School game. Next meeting is set for Oct 11 at 7:20 PM at the Community Center.
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Souls Radke
Optimist Club
Optimist Teternational
Mr. Radke
Radke
Park Fund
Dixie Packing Company
Robert M. Dreyfus
United Givers Fund
United Givers
Petal
O. N. Ashcraft
James R Walters Wins Forestry Contest Honors
James R Walters of Route 2 has been named the Forrest County winner in the Sacre for est improvement contest sponsored by the Sears Roebuck Foundation and Mississippi Forestry Association with guidance from the State Agricultural Coordinating Council. Contestants practiced planting seedlings plowing fire breaks protecting from over grazing and removing inferior trees on a 5 acre plot. County winners receive a two day expense paid trip to Jackson October 11 12.
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James Robert Walters
Route 2
Forrest County
Sears Roebuck Foundation
Mississippi Forestry Association
State Agricultural Coordinating Council
Jackson
National Letter Writing Week Set for Petal October 7 13
Postmaster Brogan announced National Letter Writing Week will be observed in Petal from October 7 through October 13. Mrs Brogan cited the annual reminder since 1938 of the value of personal letters and the un censored transmission of first class mail as a basic American freedom. She urged Petal residents to join in making 1954's celebration the greatest yet.
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Petal
Brogan
Tony
Henry Hudgins Enlists in United States Marine Corps
Henry W. Hudgins of Petal has enlisted in the U S Marine Corps for two years. Recruited by Sgt Ted D Bigham in Hattiesburg, Hudgins will undergo 12 weeks of training covering drill first aid weapons hygiene and field tactics with an athletic program. He is the son of Mr and Mrs H W Hudgins of Rt 7 Hattiesburg and attended Petal High School.
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Henry W. Hudgins
Petal
United States Marine Corps
Ted D. Bigham
Hattiesburg
Hudgins
H. W. Hudgins
Rt. 7
Petal High School
Sgt. Bigham
Keith Smith Returns To University
More than 130 Ole Miss upper classmen returned to the University campus several days early last week to help with the orientation program for new students. They began their work Monday and were busy from early morning until late at night, guiding newcomers to meeting places and social events. Keith Smith of Petal was noted among Orientation Committee members for his past contributions to campus life at Ole Miss.
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Ole Miss
Keith Smith
Petal
Petal Teens Enlisted in ROTC at MSC
Bennie William Turner Joe Dor Gerlach and David Meek Thompson from Petal are among 177 freshmen at Mississippi Southern College in ROTC. The unit is a General Branch program offering commissions as Second Lieutenants in Army branches to those completing the courses.
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Bennie William Tuner
Joe Dor Gerlach
David Meek Thompson
Petal
Mississippi Southern College
Appointment of E A Osteen as District Plant Manager
Southern wesac rephone Company announces Ernest A Osteen as District Plant Manager for the Hattiesburg District covering Laurel to the Coast and the state line to the Alabama line. Osteen succeeds W E Ragland and has held multiple Mississippi plant manager roles since 1955.
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Southern Wesacrephone Company
Ernest A. O'Steen
Hattiesburg
Laurel
Louisiana State Line
Alabama Line
O'Steen
W. E. Ragland
Meridim
Mississippi
Ragland
The
Telephone Company
Jackson
Atlanta
New York
Tupelo
Miss
Meridian
Odele Whipp
Daugh
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