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JK 4630 A24 1956/58 3 2279 00173 7446 SENATE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY Lieutenant Governor.. .......... 3-8766 or 6-9361 Ext. 571 Senators (In Senate Chamber) ........................ 5-8228 Senators (Through Switchboard) ··{ 2-9663, 2-9187, 6-9273 Secretary................. .......... 5-8228 or 6-9361 Ext. 644 Assistant Secretary............ 2-6344 or 6-9361 Ext. 644 Docket Clerk ....................................... ............... 2-5718 Legislative Drafting Office ................................ 5-5063 Finance Committee ........................................... .4-1828 HOUSE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY Speaker ................................ 3-3537 or 5-9361 Ext. 646 House Members 2-9663 2-9187 (Through Switchboard) ............. ' ' 5-9273 Clerk ........................................ 5-9361 Ext. 250 or 350 Assistant Clerk ........................ 5-9361 Ext. 250 or 350 Docket Clerk ........................................ 5-9361 Ext. 216 Legislative Drafting Office ................................ 5-5063 Appropriation Committee .................... 6-9361 Ext. 332 Ways and Means Committee ............ 5-9361 Ext. 235 C' MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 1958 HAND BOOK ELECTED ST ATE OFFICIALS Governor ........ .......... J. P. Coleman Lieutenant Governor Carroll Gartin Secretary of State . .............. Heber Ladner Attorney General . ..... Joe T. Patterson State Treasurer ........................ R. W. Morrow Superintendent of Education . ......... J. M. Tubb Auditor of Public Accounts .............. E. B. Golding Land Commissioner . .. Robert E. Graham Commissioner of Agriculture ...... S. E. (Si) Corley Insurance Commissioner . Walter Dell Davis State Tax Collector ................... William Winter Public Service Commissioners: First District ....... Norman A. Johnson, Jr., Chairman Second District . .... W. E. (Bucky) Moore Third District . ............. Hal Phillips State Highway Commissioners: First District . ......... Felder Dearman Second District . .. John D. Smith Third District . .. Roy C. Adams, Chairman Supreme Court Clerk . ........ Tom Q. Ellis 2 1958 HAND BOOK ·SENATORS By Districts and Oounties 1st-Harrison Stanford E. Morse, Jr., Box 265, Gulfport Stone 2nd-Wayne­ Amos Strickland, RFD 4, Laurel Jones 3rd--J asper­ Jewell G. Smith, Box 107, Heidelberg Clarke 4th-Simpson­ R. E. L. Gentry, Mt. Olive Covington 6th-Rankin­ Lamar Moss, Box 108, Raleigh Smith 6th-Pike­ Mayes McGehee, Box 188, Meadville Franklin 7th-Amite­ Wm. F. Rosenblatt, Jr.\ Glengola Farms, Wilkinson Fort Adams 8th-Lincoln­ R. H. Pridgen, Box 83, Monticello Lawrence 9th-Adams Lawrence Adams, 710 N. Union St., Natchez 10th-Claiborne­ Wm. L. Kling, Red Lick J efferson 11th-Copiah Frank D. Barlow, Crystal Springs 12th-Hinds­ Mitchell Robinson, Box 77, Jackson Warren Hayden Campbell, 3529 Galloway Ave., Jackson Ellis Bodron, 1st Nat. Bank Bldg., Vicksburg 13th-Scott­ Claude M. Norman, Hopedale Farm, Hickory Newton 14th-Lauderdale Gillespie Montgomery, Box 1009, Meridian 15th-Kemper­ M. Murray Hailey, Preston Winston 16th-Noxubee W. B. Lucas, Macon 17th-Leake- Dees Stribling, Box 337, Philadelphia Neshoba 18th-Madison Earl Evans, Jr., Canton (President Pro Tempore/ 19th-Yazoo W. F. Martin, RFD 1, Bentonia 20th-Sharkey- W. M. Cole, Mayersville Issaquena 21st-Holmes T. M. Williams, Box 210, Lexington 22nd-Attala John C. Love, Box 527, Kosciusko 23rd-Oktibbeha- R. Freeman Erwin, Box 312, Ackerman Choctaw MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 3 24th-Clay­ Charles N. Field, Box 303, Eupora Webster 25th-Lowndes Wm. G. Burgin, Jr., 516 Second Ave., Columbus 26th-Carroll­ Arnie Watson, Box 154, Carrollton Montgomery 27th-Leflore­ Gordon L. Smith, Box 906, Greenwood Tallahatchie 28th-Yalobusha­ Wm. O. Semmes, Box 240, Grenada Grenada 29th-Washington- George B. Walker, Stoneville Sunflower­ R. D. Everitt, Box 36, Ruleville Humphreys 30th-Bolivar W. B. Alexander, Cleveland 3lst-Chickasaw­ George W. Owens, Box 93, Pontotoc Pontotoc­ Wilton V. Byars, Box 106, Bruce Calhoun 32nd-Lafayette Mrs. Mary Lou Godbold, 708 Tyler Ave., Oxford 33rd-Panola Roland J. Lowe, 217 East St., Batesville 34th-Coahoma- 0. L. Garmon, Jr., RFD, Marks Tunica­ Quitman 35th-DeSoto G. E. Williams, Olive Branch 36th-Union­ Zack B. Whisenant, 204 Camp Ave. Tippah- New Albany Tate­ Mrs. Orene Farese, Box 156, Ashland Benton­ George M. Yarbrough, Box 17, Red Banks Marshall 37th-Alcorn­ D. F. Lambert, Jr., Box 26, Belmont Tishomingo­ Prentiss 38th-Lee­ Hugh A. Boren, Tupelo Itawamba­ Rev. W. 0. Knight, Box 326, Amory Monroe 39th-Jeff Davis- Kelly J. Hammond, Box 569, Columbia Marion­ Walthall 40th-Lamar- L. C. Ladner, Kiln Pearl River­ Hancock 4lst-George­ Collie E. Dunnam, RFD 1, Richton Greene Jackson 42nd-Forrest- Stanton A. Hall, 617 Main St., Hattiesburg Perry 1958 HAND BOOK BIOGRAPHICAL DATA OF SENATORS 1956-1960 PRESIDING OFFICER GARTIN, CARROLL, Lieutenant-Governor, Laurel. Born September 14, 1913, at Meridian, Mississippi. Lawyer; Baptist; Mason ; Shriner; O. E. S. ; K. of P.; Odd Fellow; Rebekah Lodge; Ex­ change Club; American Legion; V. F. W.; 40 et 8; Mayor of Laurel Two Terms. Married. Lieutenant-Governor and President of the Senate 1952-1956. SENATORS ADAMS, GEORGE LAWRENCE (Lawrence), 1708 Robinson St., Natchez. (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, Infantry. Married. Senate 1948-1952; 1952-1956. 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; Shriner; Chairman School Board; Member of Board of Deacons, Baptist; Bolivar County Bar Asso­ ciation ; Member of Mississippi State Bar and American Bar As­ sociations ; Exchange Club. Married. Senate 1952-1956. BARLOW, FRANK DOWNER (Frank), Crystal Springs. (11th: Copiah). Born October 4, 1891, at Barlow, Miss. Cattleman; Tree Farmer; Member of Forest Association; President Copiah County Livestock Association ; President Emeritus Mississippi Livestock Council; President Copiah County Cooperative; Vice President Mississippi Federated Cooperative ; Director Mississippi Live Stock Producers Association; Chamber of Commerce; Farm Bureau; Methodist. Married. Senate 1944-1948; 1948-1962 ; 1952-1956. BODRON, ELLIS BARKET (Ellis), Room 406 First National Bank Building, Vicksburg. (12th: Hinds, Warren). Born October 25, 1923, at Vicksburg, Miss. Lawyer; Junior Chamber of Commerce; Pi Kappa Alpha; Lions Club. Single. House 1948-1952; Senate 1952-1956. BOREN, HUGH ALLEN (Hugh), Tupelo. (38th, Monroe, Lee, Itawamba). Born June 20, 1898, at Ratliff, Miss. Lawyer; Pres­ byterian; W. 0. W.; Scottish and York Rite Mason; American Legion; 40 et 8. Married. House 1944-1948; Senate 1948-1952. BURGIN, WILLIAM GARNER, JR. (Bill), 516 North Second Ave., Columbus. (25th: Lowndes). Born August 3, 1924, at Rock Hill, South Carolina. Lawyer; Member Lowndes County and Mississippi Bar Associations; Baptist; Mason; Past President Columbus Lions Club ; Director Columbus Chamber of Commerce. Married. Senate 1953-1956. BYARS, WILTON V. (Wilton), P. O. Box 106, Bruce. (31st: Cal­ houn, Pontotoc, Chickasaw). Born August 1, 1911, in Calhoun County, Mise. Lawyer; Baptist; Rotary; Mason; V. F. W. Mar­ ried. MISSlSSIPPI LEGISLATURE CAMPBELL, BLAND' HAYDEN (Hayden), 3529 Galloway Ave., Jackson. (12th: Hinds, Warren). Born February 7, 1905, at Middlesboro, Kentucky. Publisher; Methodist; Past President Mississippi Travelers Association; Vice-President Advertising Club of Jackson; Member of Board of Directors Old Men's Home; Mem­ ber of Sons of Confederate Veterans; Farm Bureau Federation; Knife and Fork Club. Married. House 1948-1952. COLE, WADE MONROE (Wade), Mayersville. (20th: Sharkey, Issaquena). Born February 3, 1888, at Ruth Miss. Farmer; Bap­ tist; Mason; Former Mayor. Married. House 1944-1948; 1948-1952. DUNNAM, COLLIE E. (Collie), Richton. (41st: George, Greene, Jackson). Born December 23, 1899, in Greene County, Miss. Teacher; Contractor; Salesman ; Farmer ; Baptist ; Rotary ; Lions Club; M. E. A.; Mississippi State Alumni Association. Married. ERWIN, ROBERT FREEMAN, (R. F.), P. O. Box 312, Ackerman. (23rd: Choctaw, Oktibbeha). Born April 19, 1912, in Choctaw County, Miss. Merchant; Farmer; Missionary Baptist; Mason: Rotary. Married. EVANS, EARL, JR., (Earl), Canton. (18th. Madison). Born June 20, 1906, at Canton, Miss. Manufacturer; Farmer; Episcopalian ; Lions Club; Former Special Agent of FBI; Past President of Canton Lions Club and Junior Chamber of Commerce;