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Sheila Michaels (seated front left) and classmates as members of the Horton Watkins High School newspaper, The Claytonian Columnist, circa 1957.<br /><br />
Six people are standing three women and two men. The women are wearing formal dresses and the men are wearing jackets. Two women are seated. Sheila Michaels sits to the left wearing a plaid blouse and dark sweater with a big smile on her face. Seated on the right is a smiling woman wearing a white blouse.

Sheila Michaels High School Newspaper Photograph

Black and white photograph of Sheila Michaels (seated front left) and classmates as members of the Horton Watkins High School newspaper, The…

his letter is typed in red ink with all bold letters except for the mailing address for a calmer and the signature from Mr. Davis.<br /><br />
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The letter reads:<br /><br />
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Route one<br /><br />
Wayneboro, Mississippi<br /><br />
July 17, 1950<br /><br />
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Honorable Bill Colmer, congressman<br /><br />
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Washington, DC<br /><br />
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My dear Mr. Colmer,<br /><br />
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For heaven sake, what… What are you lawmakers in Washington waiting for???????? How many other tragedies must occur to hamper and threaten our security before you outlaw the damned communist party and have those on speakable thrown into prison where they should have been long, long before this????????<br /><br />
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Please...... please..... please..... Will you guys who can do some thing… Dot do something????????? stop bickering and talking and swing into action before it is actually too late……<br /><br />
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Outlaw the communist party…… Outlaw the communist party… outlaw the communist party… outlaw the communist party…… Jail the Reds…Jail them… Jail them… Jail them……… Please don’t wait any longer……… Please don’t wait any longer…… Please don’t wait any longer…………………<br /><br />
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Please pay attention to this and all other letters you receive on this grave matter……....... action! Action! For gods sake.... without delay...........<br /><br />
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Sincerely,<br /><br />
The signature of Otto Davis<br /><br />
Otto Davis

Letter to Congressman William Colmer from a Mississippi citizen encouraging Colmer to fight communism

A letter typed in red ink to Congressman William Colmer from Waynesboro, Mississippi, citizen Otto Davis. The letter, in all capital letters, asks…

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