Hattiesburg American from Hattiesburg, Mississippi (2024)

Friday, May 18, 1973 Hattiesburg American Southern branch of Presbyterians 7) A -1 Marion County MS drive led by Mrs. Newsom COLUMBIA-Mrs. Bob Newsom has been named chairman of the 1973 Multiple Sclerosis campaign in Marion County, according to Charles II. Griffin, state chairman. The drive, which began May 13, will seek funds to support the Mississippi chapter's patient service activities for MS victims and their families and for research programs.

Since the MS Society was organized in 1945 there has been more than $20 million in fellowship and research grants made. The Mississippi chapter also provides patients with all needed equipment such as walkers, wheel chairs, hospital beds, etc. Mrs. Newsom is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi where she received her bachelor of science degree in 1971. While a student there, she was a member of th Dixie Darlings and was selected a member of Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges.

She was a President's and Dean's list scholar and among other honors she was president of Mississippi Hall and a member of the Assn. of Women Students Legislative Board. Mrs. Newsom is a teacher at Columbia Academy and a member of the First Baptist Church, where she is assistant director of the Kindergartin and is GA director. -wA, 1 1 1 1 to meet today ATLANTA, Ga.

(AP) Members of the Presbyterian; Church in the United States' the denomination's Southern I branch gather today in lanta to formulate plans for a( new denomination. Dissident members from at; least 30 churches over the Southeast are expected to aU! tend the two-day sessions pre-; lt sided over by the Rev. John Richards of Macon. Richards is administrator of the Steering Committee for a Continuing Presbyterian Church. The committee was formed in North Carolina two years ago to spearhead reform in the church that would adhere to the "scrip-; tures and the reformed Congregations have bolted the denomination since the middle of the last decade When your gift is a Hand Chased Bracelet by Ballou Gold Filled or Sterling Etched in black enamel Stortt RETIRING Dr.

J. Frank Davis (under the sombrero) is pictured with William Carey College academic vice president J. M. Ernest at an informal faculty coffee honoring Dr. Davis, who is retiring May 31 as professor of modern languages and chairman of the foreign language department.

Dr. Davis has been on the Carey faculty for the past 10 years, having come here from the Univeristy of Louisiana where he taught for 18 years. He and Mrs. Davis plan to remain in Hattiesburg, living at their home on North 38th Ave. They will be formally honored during the senior reception tonight at the home of President and Mrs.

J. Ralph Noonkester. (Photo by Richard Gunther) who assists his grandfather, Willard Murphy, is taking care of the garden. The sod is a mixture of centipede and St. Augustine.

Evergreens and seasonal plants are used in the plantings. (Photo by Bob Waller's Photo Service). LAWN OF THE MONTH FOR MAY-The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ferguson, 2001 Evergreen, has been selected as the lawn of the month for May by the Original Home and Garden Club.

Posing proudly with the sign is Horace Taylor, Dr. Faust elected to Fund for Dental Education's board Howard O. Jackson Says city's going to be in bus business-no matter what learn-to-Swim' class plans announced at USM Plans for the annual "Learn-to-Swim" classes this summer at the University of Southern Mississippi have been announced by Dr. Bill Larson, chairman of the Department of Physical Kducation. The first registration is to be held Monday, June 4, through Friday, June 8, from 4 to 6 p.m.

daily at the outdoor swimming pool. Registration also will be held June 11 to July 20, from 10:40 to 11:50 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at the outdoor pool. Dr. Larson said registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Larson said no phone or correspondence registration will be accepted. There will be four two-week sessions, with the cost $5 per session, on the following schedule: First session, June 11-22; second session, June 25-July third session, July 9-20; fourth session July 23-Aug. 3. Classes will be held from 10:40 to 11:50 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

atlk mi SPKAKKK State senator Carroll Ingram will be the speaker for graduation exercises at Forrest County A1IS of Brooklyn at 6 p.m. Sunday, May 20, in the football stadium. There are 119 graduates. Parents be sealed on the football field. Howard 0.

Jackson, assistant dean of the department of business administration at the University of Southern Mississippi and a member of the city's Mass Transportation Committee, told members of the Exchange Club Thursday that the city will be in the bus business whether or not it wants to be. Speaking on the proposed $195,000 bond issue to be voted on at the June 5 general election, Jackson said, "I feel that Hattiesburg will be like other cities, if we do not provide school buses we will be ordered to do so by the Supreme Court. Currently school buses are being provided on a lease basis by the same company which operated the city lines. They would probably be suspended if city bus service is terminated. "The committee has been studying the bus situation since October of 1971 and since IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM 7717 mm irmrm 7 .4 DR.

JOHN M. FAUST also completed his orthodontic training at the University of Tennessee, class of 1951. Fellowships have been conferred on Dr. Faust by the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists. He also has been made an honorary member of Psi Omega Dental Fraternity and the North Carolina Dental Society.

Dr. Faust is married and the father of two children, a son and a daughter, both of whom are students at the University of Mississippi. Mcintosh given recommendation for license ELLIS VI LLE-At a special charge conference, presided ver by Dr. John McCay, Ellisville United Methodist Church, James Carl Mcintosh was recommended for license to preach. He gave his personal testimony and received the unanimous recommendation of the conference.

He is the son of Mrs. Virginia Mcintosh and the late Joe D. Mcintosh, Ellisville. He attended local schools and served three and one-half years in the Air Force, one year in Vietnam. Upon returning from the service, he returned to school and completed requirements for his bachelor degree in sociology with a minor in psychology, in November.

1972, and will be awarded his degree this month from USM. Mcintosh, who has lived in Ellisville since early childhood, is presently employed by a construction company in Hattiesburg, and is serving the Fairfield United Methodist Church near Ellisville as pastor. He hopes to attend seminary some time in the future as further preparation for the ministry. Seen and heard A rummage sale will be held from 8:30 a.m. until noon Saturday at the Helping Hand Mission.

The mission has requests for double bed mattresses, gas stoves and refrigerators. Call the Rev. Garland Mclnnis at 584-5895 and they will be picked up. it v- i UULJUUUUU3LL YurntttspltrliKmtt Department PM. Come 200 given in and register for gals, of gas to be away June 16th 4 Summer Reading Program registration June 4-16 III Ml 11 II CHICAGO-John M.

Faust. D.D.S.. Ilatliesburg, was elected to the American I Fund for Dental Education's board of directors at its recent annual meeting in Chicago. Dr. Fausi also serves as a I trustee of the American I Dental representing the Fifth Trustee Distriet.

whirh includes Mississippi, Alabama, Gerogia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. He is also president of the Southern Society of Orthodontists. Dr. Fause is a recipient of iheThomas P. Hinman Dental Meeting Award for leadership I in dental progress.

He is a pasi presiueni 01 me Mississippi Dental as well as his local and district dental societies. He is serving as speaker of the General Assembly of the Mississippi Dental and member of the MDA board of trustees and executive committee. He is a deacon in the Hat-tiesburg First Presbyterian Church and past president of the Hattiesburg Kiwanis Club. Dr. Faust also served as lieutenant governor of his division of Kiwanis International in 1962.

His pre-dental studies were completed at the Univeristy of Mississippi. He then attended the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry, graduating in 1944. Dr. Faust Salvation Army major talks to Ellisville Lions ELLISVILLE A new member, Harry Bradford, was welcomed at a recent 1 1 i 1 1 Club and Major Crowder of the Salvation Army in Laurel was the speaker of the day. He was introduced by L.

L. Combest, program chairman for this month. Crowder said the SA was 108 years old and began as a Methodist Church, with William Boothe as founder. It now operates in 87 countries as a religious-oriented organization. When a man is ordained, said Crowder, his wife is also learn.

He said the program in Jones County deals largely with transients, and with some such persons on the oad each year, the local has its share. He described some of the services and activities of SA. They serve as a missing persons bureau, but seek only those who want to be found. They have Scout troops for the boys, Sunbeams for girls, they maintain a home for unwed mothers, they help in local emergencies, and have an advisory board made up of persons from the local area. Major Crowder said in the past.

SA headquarters for this area has been in Birmingham, but a facility of this nature is to be opened in Jackson. that time the city has been subsidizing operation of the buses. It is currently costing the city about $2,000 a month. "The city will not operate the buses. They will be operated by a transit company, possible the same one that by a transit possibly the same one that operates the bus system at this time.

School buses are leased and operated by the same company, but the school buses are run at a profit." "The $195,000 would be retired over a period of ten years and we feel now that we could do it on less than one mill. The United States Dept. of Transportation will contribute another $390,000 to purchase the buses and build a terminal." Ray Cohen was introduced as a new member. Rev. Don Williams presided and Walley Wesley introduced the speaker.

party to be held Aug. 3, at 2:30 p.m. in the Hattiesburg Community Center. Further information on the Summer Reading Program or any service of the Hattiesburg Public Library may be obtained by calling 582-4461. ORANGE JUICE 6 ox.

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The purpose of the Summer Reading Program is twofold. First, each child is encouraged to continue the progress he has made in reading proficiency during the school year. Second, major emphasis is placed upon his reading for enjoyment, for the sheer pleasure of it. Since reading tastes and levels are so varied among children, parents are urged to allow their children sufficient lime for choosing books of their own reading and interest levels. Library personnel will be on hand to assist children in selections.

Children who complete the program by reading at least 10 books in any category will receive certificates, and those who read 15 or more will get special awards as well. Certificates and awards will be presented during the opening assemblies of the elementary schools next fall. Summer Reading Club members will also be encouraged to compete in an art contest by designing their own bookmarks. Winners will be chosen in three categories: most original, funniest, and prettiest. Art prizes will Ik awarded at the Summer Reading Club Strong and sturdy stepladder made of lightweight aluminum.

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