The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-10-09
THROUGH
HAZE [
E Y E S
BY
Hazel Brannon

past So years has edited the Law
renee County Press. Never in all
those SO years did Joe Dale fail to
publish the weekly newspaper that
meant much to the citizens Of his
community and county.
He was a man consecrated to do
ing kind deeds for the people Of his
community. He loved Monticello and
its people and no service was too
great for him to render if possible.
We Knew Mr.. Dale as a man who
was always in a good humor and ne
verfafled to get a kick out of life. He
was a faithful attendant at every
meeting of the Mississippi Press AS
ISOLATION and he was its oldest mem
Der in continuous service,
Unfortunately a serious illness
necessitated an operation over a year
ago. He recovered his health to the
point where he assumed his duties
as before. A sudden heart attack
caused his death.
We will miss Joe Dale as one of our
s~taunchest friends and supporters in
the state press group. He was one of
a favorite friends.
y We are glad his death was sudden
and that he was spared the agonies
Of being confined to his bed for
days Of tortured suffering We know
he would rather have gone as he did.
When everything Is said and done
the main thing we car get out OF
life are love and friendship. II we
merit the love Of our families and
friends and manage in some small
way to bring a little happiness their
way, VIC have not lived our lives In
vain.
Joe Dale did his bit to make the
world a brighter place in which to
live.
--oOo--
Friends Of Mrs. Mary Dawson
Cain. owner and editor Of the Summit
(Miss.) Sun, are proud Of the lit
erary honor conferred on her at a
recent meeting Of the Board Of Gov
errors of the Eugene Field Society
in st. Louis in recognition Of her
outstanding contribution to con-
temporary literature" Mary is the
author of a book Of lyric poems,
"Clowns Remember"
The Eugene Field Society is a
national association Of authors and
Journalists and honorary members
include such well known writer's as
E. Phillips Openheim, Edgar Lee
Masters, Rupert Hughes. Joseph C.
Lincoln, Robert Frost, Mark Van
Doren and others.
Now Mary joins the list of sue
cessful American writer's holding
honorary membership in the society.
In addition to being a hard-work-
Ing editor capable of putting out a
paper all by herself, doing the me-
chanical work, if necessary, Mary
Cain is a charming and brilliant wo-
man. We have told her that she
has far too much ability to spend
her energies working so hard on any
country weekly newspaper that
she has real ability. We are endJbted
to Mary Tor naming this column,
Through Hazel Eyes" We have had
many compliments on its caption Tor
which she is responsible.
We hope to live to see the day
when Mary is awarded a Pulitzer
prize for something she will write.
-oOo-
We hope that all men between the
ages of Is and SO who are single and
in good health will examine the pos
sibilities of joining the U. S. Navy or
q. S. Naval Reserve now.
We direct your attention to the
advertisement of the Navy on page
4 of this paper. 1t is one of q series
OF four that are being run this
month in an effort to get the cream
OF American youth in the service
that will probably see more action
in the next two years than any other
Of the armed forces.
The Navy offers more opportuni-
titles for pleasant, vocational and
educational activities and advance
ment than any other branch of SER
vice. 1t is worth your while to in
vestigate the possibilities. Sign the
coupon on page 4 today and send to
US for free literature on the matter.
You will be under no obligation.
-oOo-
Latest crackbrain is the woman up
in Indiana or Illinois who says the
government should start a bureal to
do away with loneliness, to make it
possible for "soulmates' to meet
and get married. She says that a
soldier who is satisfied with his love
life is not lonely and is willing to
fight for his country.
Since the government is running
practically every business in the
country there is nothing startling a.
bout it starting a matrimonial bureau.
But for haven's 'sakes +. can't
we leave the government out of our
love life?
1t (the government) is making too
many demands on us as it is.
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