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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-16
Peggy AIsbury Honored
With Lovely Teo

One of he loveliest affairs of the
week was the tea given Tuesday az
ternoon honoring Miss Peggy Alsbury,
popular ~bride-elect Of Leland Fergu-
son, of Greenwood. Hostesses were
AEiss Melba Tucker, Miss Maxyne Ca
they, Miss Willie Martha Elmore and
Mrs. G. w. Drane, Jr.
The home of Mrs. John Angle was
~attractively decorated for .he affair
with flowers of the season
In the receiving nne were the hos
tesses, the honoree, Mrs. Angle, aunt
Of the bride-elect, and Mrs. j. D. Ais.
bury, mother of the bride-elect.
Haviland China, Rosalinde Pattern,
was presented the honoree. The full
service for eight persons was dis
played on the dining room table
which vas spread with a handmade
lace cover. The centerpiece was a
crystal bowl Of red roses and white
tapers burned in crystal holders.
Delicious punch with vari-colored
cookies in the floral motif was serv-
ID from another table spread with
lace and arts. ically decorated with
flowers and fern.
Assisting in the serving and enter
tanning the guests were Mrs. w. f
Howell, Mrs j. l.. Longinot.i, Miss
Catherine Calender, Miss Rosemary
Storms and Miss Hazel Brannon.
Miss Cathey, Miss Gilmore and little
Carolyn Hays gave musical mum
bers at the piano throughout the af-
ternoon.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-16
Surprise Shower Honors
Popular Bride Elect

Miss Peggy Alsbury was feted Wed
nesday evening at an informal ODDS
and ends shower given by Miss Haze.
Brannon at her home. The parry
was in the nature of a surprise to
the honoree who is the bride-elec'
of Mr.. Leland Ferguson on Decem'
Der 8.
The guests were taken 20 the pic
ture show where they saw The Wo'
men," Afterwards they went to the
home of .he hostess where refresh
ments were served.
The IGNORES received many usefu
and pretty gifts.
Guests were Miss Melba Tucker
Miss Maxyne Cathey, Miss Cargii
Howard, Miss Catherine Calender
Miss Annie Lee Thornton, Miss Rose
mary Storms, Miss Maxine Leard
Mrs. Tom Ashley, Mrs. G. w. Drane
Jr. Mrs. w. E. Howell and Mrs. J
r. Brown, Jr.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-16
Durunt B. & P. w. Club
Holds Meeting

The Durant Business and PROBES
sional Women's Club held it's monthly
business meeting in The dining room
of Hotel Durant. After the club was
called to order, roll cali and reading
of the Collect the following order o.
the meeting was disposed Of; Re
port of all committees. Mrs. Floyd
Durham told of the arrangements
to light the town of Durant for Xmas,
with he cooperation of the Town
Board, and other organizations of the
town. Miss George Mcintyre re-
ported on NYA project sought by
he club in conjunction with the Ro-
tary Club. Mrs. Ina Angle gave a
financial report on the work done in
Public Health department and OF
her efforts to get a health unit for
Durant. The club is sponsor of the
medical examination and roll call is
answered by each member as to
whether she has had the examina-
ton or not.
Arrangements were made to have a
float in the Armistice Day parade
sponsored by the American Legion.
Two new members, Mrs. Anna Lou
Renacker and Mrs. Buddy Lewis
we're unanimously elected to member
ship.
Much discussion entered into the
prospective community house for Du
rant, after which the club adjourned
to meet two weeks later for tn.
social meeting.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-16

for the Old Ladies Home to be sent
for Thanksgiving and a donation to
sent to the Crippled Children's Home
at jackson. Mrs. McCune, who was
the club delegate to the State Convex
ton at Tupelo, and Mrs. c. A. Dos
ter, the second vice president of the
Sta.e Federation, gave e full report
of the federation meeting.
Especial interest was brought out
on the golden jubilee a. the general
federation to be celebrated in 1910
The committees appointed to formu-
late plans for the birthday celebra'
ton are as follows: birthday. Mrs
H. J. Montgomery, Mrs. w. E. Nc
Cune, and Mrs. Joe York; flower
chairman, Mrs. G. B. Ramsey; sons
chairman, Mrs. Robert Ham; march
chairman, Mrs. J. w. Rice, pioneer
clubwoman, Miss Mamie Clark; pub
licity. Mrs. H. ]. Montgomery; flal
chairman, Mrs. A. l.. Stevens.
Guests Of the club were Mrs. Ed
win Steen, Mrs. Zouella Bacon ant
Mrs. Everett. During the social hou!
the hostess served a delicious plate
The hostess was assisted by Miss
Frances Allen, Miss Clark, Mrs. Ell
more and Mrs. Everett.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-16
Mrs. Mel une Is Hostess
To Womun's Club

Mrs. w. E. McCune was hostess to
the Woman's Club at a regular NEE
ing Tuesday afternoon, November IA
Mrs. C. A. Dos.er led the program
on Education in a Democracy"
After singing the club song in uni
son., Miss Mamie Clark addressed
the club on Character Education
in the Public Schools" which wa
followed by Mrs. Horace Weir on
The Place of Adult Education in
Our Nationwide Educational Pro
gress." Mrs. A. L. Stevens closed the
program with a talk on Youth Or
CARNATIONS"
During the business session the
club made plans for sponsoring a boz
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-16
Mrs. Lipsey Entertoins
With Dinner Party

Ms. Madge Lipsey was a gracious
hostess Friday evening when she en-
tertained a number Of her friends
with a lovely dinner party.
Guests ON This occasion were the
Rev. and Mrs. e. S. Lewis, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. T Williams, Mr.. and Mrs
Edwin Steen, Mr. and Mrs. J.. 3.
Shamburger, Mrs. C. G.. Van Keuren
Miss Ruth Howard and Mrs Eu-
gene Cole.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-16

Hubert Lanfair has returned from
a WISH in California and was a recent
guest of his grandmother, Mrs. Leila
Lanfair. He has gone to McComb
where he is attending school,.
Rev. and Mrs. f. S. Lewis spent
Tuesday in Grenada visiting THEN
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Nc
Cool and son.
Mrs. B. w Moore spent this week
in Jackson visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Howard and family.
Rev. and Mrs. E. s.. Lewis and
Mrs. T. r. King spent Thursday and
Friday in Jackson visiting relatives
lMr. and Mrs. T. K. Smith, who are
here with the S.anoline Oil & Gas
Co, are now located a. the White
House.
Mrs. John Artman and baby of
Winona spent several days this week
| with her sister, Mrs. S. w. Weems.
Mrs. Quitman Steed leaves Satur-
day for Yves. Memphis. Ark. to visit
her brother, MFR. H. NJ. McGehee, and
family.
Mrs. Morgan of Sails spent Wed
| nesday in Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-16
Dr.. Eubonks Addresses
Twentieth Century Club

One of the most interesting and
instructive programs of the season
to members and guests of the TWEEN
tieth Century Club was a Health
Talk" given November sth al the home
of Mrs j.. w. Norwood, by DR.. l.. H
Eubanks of Lexington.
The guests present were Mesdames
Albert Tatums c. A. Watkins. Ray
Campbell, Perry Roby, James White
house and j. b. Brown.
Preceding the message a business
meeting was called and arrangements
were completed for a Cakewalk to
be held by the Club Saturday after
noon, November 18th at three o'clock
Mrs. zouella Bacon was in charge
of the program for he afternoon
At its conclusion delicious refresh
ments were served.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-16

MFR. Quitman Steed will leave Sun
day for Guifport to attend a v
ton Of the Southern United Ice Co.
Mrs. Jim Crum spent Wednesday
in Durant as the guest of Mrs. Madge
Lipsey.
Mrs. Joe York, Jr. returned home
Wednesday after speeding a few
weeks with MIR. York in Monroe, La
where he Is working.
Mrs. Estelle Watts OF Winona spent
Tuesday in Durant.
Mrs. II. K. Height Of Winona spent
Sunday in Durant.
Continued on Page Six
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-16

Mrs. W. E. Howell, Mrs. j. D. Coop
er, Mrs. Percy Brown went to Colum-
bus last weekend to attend he Fresh
man-Junior wedding.
Mrs. G. w. Drane spent the week
end in Columbus where she attended
the Junior-Freshman wedding.
Mrs. Alber. Tatum and Mrs. Eu.
gene Cole were the guests of Mrs
Cicero Steen and Mrs. Malcolm Ho,
mes in West today at a lovely bridge
party.
Miss Kathryn Jones Gilliland, Jack
son. is visiting her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. H. Moore.
Mrs. Eugene Fly, Jackson, visitet
Mrs. Sara McFarlan and Miss Ma
, jenkins Monday.
DR.. and Mrs. r. c. Elmore attend
ed a dinner party in Jacskon las
week given by Dr.. Stands.
Mrs. Ed Guess and Miss Mako
Leard attended a bridge tournamen
in Memphis last weekend.
Mrs. Lauraene Wilkes, Mrs. Pi
White. Miss Ora Lee Breland ant
Miss Blanche Marlborough spent Sat
urday in Memphis.
Eugene Cole spent the weekend in
Memphis.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-16

Mrs. Albert Tatum and Nancy, and
Mrs Norwood spent Sunday in Gre
NADIA.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-16

Eugene Cole spent the weekend in
Memphis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-14
WAR TREATY RATIFIED

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-14
MEDICAL STUDY
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-14
FIND ANOTHER
MOUNT IN SEA

sEATTIE-Maps Of the ocean
floor were almost out Of date to-
day as the u. s. eoas, and geodetie
survey announced discovery Of a
second towering mountain in
week.
The crew of the ship Surveyor
measured a io. s20-foot submerged
mountain about 900 miles south
east OF Kodiak island. The peak
WAS about 1850 feet below the
surface and ID miles across tho
base.
Capt. Ray l. schoppe Of the
Surveyor also reported a huge "a
ooo-foot valley had been sounded
paralelhng the AleutiAn islands for
about 20 miles,
Previously. the coast ship Guide
found a e.ss4-foot submerged peak
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-14
APPLES BAKED ON TREE

DROMANA. Australia - Men
who fought grass fire that was
sweeping through an orchard here,
We're rewarded for their labor.
After the fire. an apple tree was
found, where the grass had not
been tall enough to injure the
tree. but where heat from the
flames had baked all the apples on
the tree to just the right degree
for eating.
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PAY TO 60 UP:
HOURS GO DOWN

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-14

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-14
Coolidge Bridge
To Be Dedicated
RTHANPTON. Mass.

y II 4 n n VI y ~ ""SN'
Though a militant Democrat, Al
derman Edmond J. Lampron will
be a principal figure in the dedi-
cation OF Colvin Coolidge Memorial
bridge here Oct. IL. He led the
common council movement to me
morialize the late president six
years ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-14

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-14

about $50 miles west of Cape
Flattcry.
Evening star., 1939-09-12

white and blue shield of the Italian
royal family.
Although the line said the ship
carried less than 500 tons of general
cargo, the vessel rode so low that
several portfolios, painted over and
tightly closed, were partly below the
water line Officials declined to
comment on speculation that she
was heavily fueled and provisioned
against the possibility of long stay
at sea.
The Arandora Star brought AL
passengers, including 260 Ameri-
cans, from England.
Capt. Edgar Wallace Moulton, on
orders of the British admiralty, de-
clined to discuss the hazards of the
11-day voyage, but other officers
said the ship received warnings
nine times that submarines were in
its vicinity. The last warning spoke
of an undersea boat off Nantucket.
The Arandora Star, a 15,5OO- ton
vessel operated by the Blue Star
Line, is a cruise ship chartered by
Cunard-White Star to bring refu-
gees back from Europe. She also
carried $14,0O0.000 in gold. Officers
said the ship had no convoy of any
kind, and the first naval vessel
sighted after the declaration of war
was the United States destroyer
Evening star., 1939-09-12
S100,000,000 Voted
By Canada 10 Push
War With GERMANY
Question Of Sending
Expeditionory Force
Is Left Undecided

OTTAWA, Ontario, Sept. II (Ca-
madam Press).-The Canadian gov
ernment had a 100000 900 appro-
priation today for war expenditures
'in or beyond Canada" Left unde-
cided was whether the Dominion
would send to Europe an expedi-
tionary force to fight beside British
troops.
Prime Minister w. L. Mackenzie
King, addressing the House in de-
bate on the appropriation measure
last night, said it could be assumed
an expeditionary force was not be-
ing considered at the present time.
Parliament left the door open for
possible action, however, by voting
down a rider which would have pro-
hibited sending Canadian troops
overseas before it passed the bill.
While Parliament was acting,
Premier T. D. Pattullo of British Co.
lumbia told a Canadian-American
audience at Victoria he favored con-
scription and suggested that if Cam
ada and the United States sent D.
600 900 men abroad, "the war soon
would be over"
Addressing a Kiwanis convention,
Premier Pattullo asserted Canada is
"at war and liable to be attacked"
and asked What will the United
States do? Will they wait, or carry
out the policy of the PRESIDENT"
Evening star., 1939-09-12

Golf, about $50 miles from Nam
tucket.
New wartime traffic rules contin-
ued to affect North Atlantic Ship
ping of both neutral and belligerent
nations. The British Consulate Cen
eral in New York issued a statement
saying the British would "be COM
PEELED ouse their belligerent rights
to the full" to prevent contraband
goods reaching the enemy. So far
as is consonant with this deter
mination, neutral nations will find
little interference with their bona
t1de trade, the statement said.
With German merchant shipping
disappearing from the high seas, the
two leading German steamship lines
have notified employees here their
services will not be required after
this month.
officials of the lines, the Hamburg
American and North German Lloyd,
described the mass dismissal as a
precautionary measure" and said
some employees might be rehired.
Two hundred New York employees
are affected, most of them Amer
leans.
Roma Ready to Sail.
1t was disclosed yesterday the
Furness Bermuda Line (British)
would cancel operations at the end
of this week. The Furness Prince
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cized thus far for refusing to throw
his entire armed force under the
German war chariot in an effort to
stop it at the outset, instead of
waiting until the present moment
for his main defense
The Germans themselves say he
shouldn't have offered as much de-
fense as he has during the early
stages of the invasion, but should
have conserved his resources.
However, Smigly-Rydz has been
from the outset in as difficult posi-
ton as commander in chief would
care to find himself
The Poles have the tough end of
the fighting, at least in the initial
stages, in the Anglo-F -French-Polis
alliance. Poland feels mighty lone
some, over there in Eastern Europe,
cut off from her allies except by
air-and that route calls for big
question mark.
England claims to rule the waves
in this crisis, and she does rule a
lot, but not the Baltic. Germany
and Russia rule the Baltic and the
British Navy can't get in there to
carry aid to Poland.
No Route for Troops.
There is no land route over which
England and France can send sup
plies or men to their hard-pressed
ally. The nearest the Anglo French
brotherhood can get to Poland by
water is through the Dardanelles
into the Black Sea.
But the only Black Sea countries
touching Poland are Rumania and
Russia. and neither of these could
pass troops through to Poland with
out invoking war with Germany.
Poland has been banking on pur-
chasing supplies from neighboring
Rumania, but troops fall outside the
pale.
Rumania's position. therefore. is
highly important to both the allies
and Germany. 1t also is most pre-
carious, since she sits virtually under
Germany's big guns. Her independ-
ence has been guaranteed by Brit
ain, but Nazidom is not likely to
permit Rumania to make a hostile
move
At this reading Rumania is pur-
suing a policy of uneasy neutrality.
She is fortifying her nerves with a
Evening star., 1939-09-12
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Men. Maxine Weygand. believed
to be Frances best strategist and at
one time Marshal Foch's right hand
man. is now reported to be with the
Polish general staff directing the
defense of Warsaw.
Once before Weygand saved the
Polish capital from foreign occupa-
ton. 1t was in 1920 when the Rus
sian troops commanded by Tou-
katchevsky, but really supervised by
Leon Trotsky, were hammering at
the gates of the ancient city.
Warsaw appeared lost then, The
Polish Army was young. its general
staff was an improvised one with
officers who used to belong to the
German, Austrian and Czarist
Armies. Naturally, they could not
get together on strategy. Weygand
arrived, inspected the excellent hu-
man material which composed the
Polish Army and took over full
command
He stemmed the Soviet advance
and after few days threw the
MuScOVlte armies back.
Il
Whether he will be able to repeat
this second time is unknown.
There is no doubt that the Poles
right now are giving the Germans
a run for their money, but whether
it is worth sacrificing too many men
to save the capital is a questionable
matter.
The Polish general staff is natu-
rally much better than it was 10
years ago. Weygand's role this time
is purely advisory. He is in the
position of a surgeon being called
to advise on a serious case in the
family of another surgeon.
The family knows we'll that father
is an excellent man but they want
outside help and advice because
the best doctor in the world is emo
tional regarding his own family.
And that is more or less the case
Of Weygand in Poland.
1t is only natural that the Polish
general staff should want to defend
their capital with all they have at
their disposal.
The advisability of this from a
strategic point of view, however, is
another matter.