The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-08-07
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BY NORTH CALLAHAN

Int
New York. After awhile they come
% know that if they make the grade
this big tough town, they can do
it anywhere. Then there is the thrill
# letting the homefolks know about
{. OF course not all of them be so
enthusiastic but ! believe that MAIN
our people rejoice when one OF
heir number makes a successful
mark. LORE Dew is an example. She
IS a slow-spoken gal who was born
in Kosciusko, Mississippi and is
proud of it. In fact, from all reports,
Kosciusko is proud of her too. For not
long ago LORE flew down from
New York and spoke by invitation
before the Rotary Club Of her home
town. And there was quite a gath
ering of old friends on hand to hear
the success story of their little local
girl.
-oOo--
Her work is unique. She is the
only woman salesman of press clipp-
ings in New York City. Styled as
sales manager Of Burrelle's Press
Clipping Bureau, she is known as
''the sparkplug" of her organization.
Each day finds her dropping into
Gotham offices and in languid
drawl telling fascinated New York
ers now her firm clips anything cut
of a paper from that about Aunt
Title visiting relatives to the sinking
of battleship - all for considera-
ton, of course. This she told her
hometowners, also how at frs. she
aspired to be a Broadway actress,
hen danced awhile and now COM
bines dramatics and foot work to
earn a nice living LORE speaks
warmly of her native town, also of
neighboring Durant, Miss. and its
able and pretty editor, Miss Hazel
Brannon. Anecdotes dot her speech,
especially the one about the man
who called at the clipping bureau
! one day and asked about obtaining
is services. Outside, he said he
had horse which needed its name
ana tall cllFped.
! In the papers l notice that most
of the companions of Hymie Caplin,
/ convicted bigtime gambler and fight
promoter now in Sing Sing, have
/ also been sentenced to prison. To
me this is sad for | remember
Hymie as the smiling manager of
young Lew Jenkins, worlds light
weight boxing champion. ! was in
jenkins dressing room the nigh. he
won the championship and Hymie
was there wild with joy. Yet cant
help recalling how reluctant he SEEM
ed the day before to give news
paper friend of mine pass 10 he
fight. And to think how many mil
lions of dollars he was later accused
OF squeezing from his poker vic
tins.
Out at the big Army camp of
Fort Dix the other day, a lanky
soldier in fatigue clothes stopped a
mop across the recreation hall floor.
The radio was going full blast. An
announcers round voice began speak
ing and the soldier paused to listen.
NOW we come to our most popular
request number it said you've
heard it many times before and you
ask for it again and again. One of
the great records of all time, it aas
sold more than any other in recent
history. Here it is once more -
Marie, as sung my that grand
crooner, Jack Leonard" The tall
soldier began comic waltz around
the floor with the mop as the re-
cording went on, the featured singer
OF Tommy Dorsey's orchestra pour
ing out the smooth meldy. Then
the soldier smiled for the voice
coming over the radio was his own.
Best Snowman I know of is Ted
Lewis Though he has been packing
crowds into theaters and dance halls
more years than he cares to mention
I and his photograph records still re-
sound from coast to coast. he re-
mains sure hit on entertainment
billing. The other night watched
MIN as he was making an anniversary
appearance at local theater and {
realized why he is such a great at
traction. He is the magnetic cpl
tome OF the old-timers. When he APP
pears on the stage wearing that bat
tered old top-hat over -.eying hair
and swinging his familiar clarinet.
you know something's going to hap
J pen. And somehow your two hands
Just come together in walloping APP
plause when his fearful voice asks
Is everybody happy" For minute
It actually seems that everybody is.
Ihen his comic poems, his pretty mu-
sic and antics and Ted Lewis makes
another unforgettable notch in our
minds. He won't be with us much
longer. But his memory will last for
long, long time.