The courier-index., 1917-11-30

Mrs. Ed Bomar, who has been the guest of Mrs. M. k. Newborn, left Wednesday evening for Forrest City where she will visit her parents, MT. and Mrs. T. c. Merwin. for several days before returning to her home in Greenville, s. c.
 Three Marianna boys are among those who have finished the course of instruction in the officers train ing camp at Leon Springs, Texas, near San Antonio, and all three have been commissioned as first lieuten- ants. They are Ewing McClintock, Phillip Hassell and Jesse Johnston. Lieutenants McClintock and Hassell arrived here in time to spend Thanks giving with home folks. MT. John stOn will not reach Marianna for sev- eral days. They will report to Camp Pike on December 15.
 The Marianna High School basket i ball team played the classes of 1912 and '13, better known as the Bill ikens" and the "Dainties" on Thanks giving, the high school winning by a score of 20 to A. Despite the fact that the ex-team had not played in four or five years, they. stayed with the champions, and with little practice will show them how they played in days gone by. Mrs. Thomas Maddin Sawrie has returned to her home in Nashville, Tenn, after pleasant visit with her parents, MT. and Mrs. H. B. Derrick.
 Company A, Home Guards, meets for drill work on Tuesday and Thurs day of each week The company as- sembles at the city hall and drills at the city park. Company B meets at the Elks Home on Monday and Friday evenings of each week and drills in the lodge room.
 Hugh Nixon, cashier of the Bank of Marianna, has been selected chair man for Lee county 70 look afrer the sale of war savings certificates. The secretary of the treasury will put or the markc: .l issue of two billion dolla-a of certificates. bearing four and half per cent interest, re- deemablc at the end of five years. The certificates will be issued in small denominations and may be pur- chased on the installment plan.- s>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~ .~~~~~~>>~~~>~~~~~~~> low and one case.
 Mrs. Eula Copeland. Rondo. one pillow and one case.
 Robbie Lee Copeland, Rondo, one pillow and one case.
 Miss Ada F. Sutton, Rondo. two bath towels.
 Mrs. B. P Meadows, Rondo, two bath towels and shaving soap.
 Mrs. w. F. Kirby, Rondo, two bath towels.
 Mrs. J. B. Lowe, Aubrey. one pair wool wristlets.
 Mrs Eli Wagner cash $50 to Thanksgiving packets for our Lee County boys.
 Mrs. Dr. C. w Taylor cash $5.
 Mrs. Julius Benham $1 cash.
 Mrs. Dr. w. s. Beaty ST for wool.
 On last Friday evening Mrs. Beatty and the ladies of the Vineyard Com munity Club gave little tacky party. The evening being bad weather. the party was not as well attended as it would have been had the weather been pleasant Nevertheless. the la dies made seven dollars and, God bless their generous hearts. they sent III lilt dtnOuHt ny hiSs tbCdNf anu hO- mated it to the wool fund to help buy wool to be knitted into garments to keeD our soldier boys warm.
 Three hundred and seventy mem- bers up to date. Won't you help to make this a Red Cross Christmas? onl yone dollar year to help furn- ish our boys with nurses, surgeons, hospitals. medicines. and whatever else they need across the seas. No one in the United States today is too poor to become a Red Cross member. What is one dollar a year, or mil lion dollars a year to all the suffer ings and hardships our boys must endure before this war is won? Do not delay, but join today, and with your dollar year, help to support this great cause for humanity.
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