Hand Book : Biographical Data of Members of Senate and House, Personnel of Standing Committees [1952] Mississippi
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JK 4630 .A24 1952/56 HAND BOOK 1952-1956 Regular Session 1952 BIOGRAPHICAL DATA OF MEMBERS OF SENATE AND HOUSE SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES MRS. HALLA MAY PATTISON Secretary of the Senate ROMAN KELLY Clerk of the House 3 2279 01558 4057 SENATE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY Lieutenant Governor............ 3-8766 or 5-9361 Ext. 571 Senators (In Senate Chamber) ............................ 5-8228 2-9187, 2-9243 Senators (Through Switchboard) ...... 2-9408, 2-9409 2-9663 Secretary................................ 5-8228 or 6-9361 Ext. 644 Assistant Secretary................ 3-2574 or 5-9361 Ext. 644 Docket Clerk ........................................................ 5-2012 Legislative Drafting Office ................................ 6-2871 Finance Committee Room .................................... 3-1592 HOUSE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY Speaker ................................ 3-3537 or 5-9361 Ext. 645 House Members 2-9187, 2-9243 (Through Switchboard) .................. 2-9408, 2-9409 2-9663 Clerk .......................................... 5-9361 Ext. 250 or 350 Assistant Clerk .......................... 5-9361 Ext. 250 or 350 Docket Clerk ........................................ 5-9361 Ext. 216 Legislative Drafting Office .................................. 5-2871 Appropriation Committee Room............ 5-9361 Ext. 222 MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 1952-1956 HAND BOOK STATE OFFICIALS Governor . .. Hugh L. White Lieutenant Governor . Carroll Gartin Secretary of State . ...... ... ... Heber Ladner Attorney General . .. J.P. Coleman Treasurer . .. .. ...... Newton. James Superintendent of Education .... ....... J. M. Tubb Auditor of Public Accounts. William D. Neal Land Commissioner . W. L. McGahey Commissioner of Agriculture . S. E. ( Si ) Corley Insurance Commissioner . Walter Dell Davis Tax Collector . ... Mrs. Thomas L. Bailey Public Service Commissioners: First District Second District .. Third District ..... ...... Howard H. Little Highway Commissioners: First District . .. ... Felder Dearman Second District .John D. Smit Third District .. ... ..... Roy C. Adams Supreme Court Clerk ... .. ..... Tom Q. Ellis 2 1952-1956 HAND IlOOK SENATORS- DJSTRICTS AND COUNTIES let-H arrison H owa rd McDonnell, Ilox 319, Biloxi Stone 2nd- Wnyne Clem Britton, 1504 W. 5th St., L aurel J ones 3rd- J asper Havis H. Sartor, Box 4, Pachuta Clarke 4th- Simpson Willis T . Matthews, Box 234 Magee Covington 5th- Rankin W. E. McIntyre, Jr., Ilrnndon Smith 6th- Pike John J. (Buck) Bacot, Osyka Franklin 7th-Amite Kenneth Stewart, Osyka Wiikinson Sth- Lincoln Ray W. Price, Brookhaven Lawrence 9th-Adams L awrence Adame, 710 N. Union St., Natchez lOth- Claiborne P . M. Watkins, 507 Church St., Port Gibson Jefferson 11th- Copiah Frank D. Barlow, Crystal Springs 12th- Hinds Mitchell Robinson, L ampton Bldg., Jackson Warren E llis Bodron, 1st. Nat'I. Bank Bldg., Vicksburg Burkett H . Ma rtin, Box 789, Vicksburg ·I- 13th- Scott L . B. Porter, Box 155, Union N ewton 14th-Lauderdale Wm. J . (Billy) Gunn, Jr., Box 222, Mer idian 15th- Kemper Claude V . Cornwell, L ouisville Wins ton 16th- N oxubee W. B. Lucas, Macon 17th- L eake- Marvin T. Wooten, Carthage N eshoba 18th- Madison Enrl Evans, Jr., Canton 19th- Yazoo William McGraw, Bentonia 20th- Sharkey- Herman C. Glazier, Jr., Ilox 83, R olling Fork Issaquena I 21st-Holmes T . M. Williams, Sr., Box 210, Lexington 22nd- Attala Stokes Sanders, Kosciusko 3rd-Oktibbeha- H or ace H. Harned, Jr., RFD 1, Starkville Cboctaw 24th- Clay J . E . Eudy, Box 267, Eupora Webster 25th- Lowndes Dr. T. H. H enry, Columbus MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE a 26th- Carroll L. H . Jobe, 118 Hampton Ave., Winona Montgomery 27th- Leflore H arvey P e nnington, Stover 'fa lla hntchie 28th- Ya llobusha Murray L. Williams, 110 Calhoun St., Water Grennda Valley 29th- Washington. George B. Walker, Stoneville Sunflower J a mes T. (Pat) Bridges, Box 322, Belzoni Humphreys 30th-Bolivar W. B. Alexander, Cleveland 31st--Chickasaw Ed DeMoville, Okolona Calhoun- George W . Owens, Box 93, Pontotoc Pontotoc 32nd-Lafayette Thomas R. Ethridge, Oxford 33rd-Panola James McClure, Jr., Box 132, Sardis 34th- Coa homa- S. Hudson Kyle, RFD 2, Box 109, Clarksdale Tunica Quitman 35th-DeSoto W. F. Turman, Star Route, U.S. 61 S., H ernando 36th-Union Br inkley, Morton, Senatobia Tippah Booth 0. Simpson, Box 21, Blue Mounta in Tute H. B. Appleton, Box 5, Byhalia Benton Marsha ll 37th- Tishomingo J . 0 . (Click) Clark , Iuka Alcorn Prentiss 38th-Monroe- Royce White, Fulton Lee Clarence L. Stoddard, 312 9th Ave. N., Amory Itawamba 39th-Jefferson Ed Simmons, Box 306, Tylertown Davis M arion Wallhall 40th- Lamar- Quitmnn Lott, Box 171, Purvis Pearl River Hancock 41st-George H ermes Gautier, Pascagoula Greene Jackson 42nd- Forrest- Stanton A. H a ll, H attiesburg P erry 1952-1956 HAND BOOK BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SENATE PRESIDING OFFICER GARTIN, CARROLL, Laurel, (Lieutenant-Governor). Born Sep tember 14, 1913 at Meridian, Mississippi. Lawyer; Baptist; Mason : Shriner; O. E. S. ; K of P ; Odd Fellow; Rebekah Lodge ; Exchange Club; American Legion; V. F. W.; 40 et 8; Mayor of Laurel Two Terms; Ma rried. SENATORS ADAMS, GEORGELALAWRENCE (Lawrence). 710 N. Union St.. mrcJ.ez. (9th: Adams). Born December 10, 1914, at Natchez, Miss. Lawyer; Presbyterian; Phi Delta Theta; Lions Club; Mem ber Board of Trustees Jefferson Military College; Major, Infan try ; Married; Senate 1948-1962. ALEXANDER, WILLIAM BROOKS (W. B.), Boyle; (Business Ad dress: Cleveland) ; (30th: Bolivar). Born February 25, 1894, at Birmingham, Ala. Lawyer ; Farmer; Landlord ; Colonel, Missis sippi State Guard; Baptist; Virginia Military Institute, Class of 1916 ; Mason ; Scottish Rite; Shrine; Chairman School Board; Member Board of Deacons, Baptist; President Bolivar County Bar Association, Member Mississippi State Bar Association, American Bar Association ; Exchange Club; Married. APPLETON, HOMER BYRON (H. B.), Byhalia, Box 5; (36th: Marshall, Benton, Tippah, Union, Tate). Born November 24, 1900, at Bells, Tenn. Teacher; Merchant; Baptist; Mason ; Order of Eastern Star; Lions Club; State and County Teachers Associa tions ; Married. BAcCOT, JOHN JUNIUS (Buck), Osyka, (6th: Pike, Franklin). Born January 20, 1919, at Osyka, Mies. Teacher; Presbyterian; V. F. W. ; American Legion; Kappa Phi Kappa; Phi Mu Epsilon; Married ; House 1948-1952. BARLOW, FRANK DOWNER. (Frank D.) Crystal Springs, (11th: Copiah). Born October 4, 1891, at Barlow, Miss. Cattleman; Tree Farmer; President Mississ ippi Livestock Council; Member Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Exposition Commission; President Copiah Livestock Association; Methodist; Married; Sen ate 1944-1948; 1948-1952. BODRON, ELLIS BARKET (Ellis B.), Room 406, First National Bank Bldg., Vicksburg-(12th: Hinds, Warren). Born October 25, 1923, at Vicksburg, Miss. Lawyers ; Junior Chamber of Commerce ; Pi Kappa Alpha ; Lions Club; Single ; House 1948-1952. BRIDGES, JAMES TERRELL (PAT) (Jamee T.), Box 322, Belzoni. (29th: · Sunflower, Washington, Humphreys). Born March 17, 1913, at Inverness, Miss. Lawyer and Certified Public Account ant; Baptist; Member Mississippi State Bar Association and Humphreys County Bar Association ; American Institute of Ac countants; Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants; Single. BRITTON, CLEM JAMES (Clem), 1504 W. 5th St., Laurel. (2nd: Jones, Wayne). Born June 5, 1904, in Wayne County, Mias. Auto mobile Dealer: Baptist; Mason ; Shriner: Lions Club: Married. M lSSlSSlPPI LEGISLATURE 5 CLARK, JAMES ORVILLE, "Click" (J . 0.). Iuka. (37th: Tisho mingo, Alcorn, Prentiss). Born August 2, 1910, at Belmont, Miss. Lawyer; Methodist ; S. D. K.; Lions Club; Mason; Married; H ouse 1940-1944; Senate 1948-1952. CORNWELL, CLAUDE VIVIAN (Claude V.), Louisville. (15th: Winston, Kemper). Born March 20, 1887. in Winston County, Miss. Salesman; Businessman and Farmer; Methodist; Mason; Shriner; American Legion ; Chairman Promotions Committee. Highway Twenty-Five Association ; Married. DeMOVILLE, LARKIN EDWARD (Ed), Okolona. (31st: Chicka saw, Pontotoc, Calhoun . orn eptember 24, 1905, at Pikeville. Miss. Farmer and Dairyman; Presbyterian; Mason; Shriner; Married ; H ouse 1942. ETHRIDGE, THOMAS RAMAGE (Thomas R.) , Oxford. (32nd: Lafayette ). Born May 2, 1918, at West P oint, Miss. Lawyer; Insurance Agency ; Forme r City Attorney of Oxford; Presbyterian; Lions Club; Phi Delta Theta; Phi Alpha Delta; Chamber of Com merce; Major, U. S. Marine Corps Reserve; Married; Senate 1948- 1952. EUDY, JAMES E VERETT (J. E.), Box 267, Eupora. (24th: Clay, Webster). Born July 15, 1886, in W ebster County, Miss., where Town of Eupora is now located. L awyer; Methodist; Mason ; Royal