The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-05-14

Mrs. VIII MITCHELL ndu the plea
sure Sunday of having Mr.. and Mrs.
Allen Bridgforth, Miss Amanda Bird
gforth, Capt. Walter Bridgforth ard
Henry B~ridgforth of Yazoo City
and Miss Mary Painter of Column
bus. Miss Amanda is a freshman at
MSCW and left Sunday for her
school duties after spending Moth
er's Day at home.
Mrs. w. L. Harmon and Mrs. B.
F. Houston spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. Keller in jackson.
Mr.. and Mrs r.. w. Almond and
children and Mrs. Belva Lawrence
shopped in Jackson, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan Hamilton and
little daughter Sara 10 who live at
H%arperville, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Carter ard Anne and Nr. W. H.
Carter o. Jackson were Mothers
Day guests of Mrs. Corrie Carter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Titsaae and
little daughter came down from
their home at Sardis to spend tie
week end with Mrs. T. C. Mabry.
Mrs. Pearl Perkins, Miss Eliza
beth Perkins, Mrs. Ed Flowers and
daughter Claudine Wilkes, Mrs. Ev-
erette Showers and daughter. Jean
Ware, went up to Coffeeville Sunday
to attend a reunion Of the Perkins
family.
Mrs. j. W. Gillespie and little
son, Woody, came down from Sher-
man to spend the week end vita
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Cowsert. Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Woods and daughters
motored over from Yazoo City Sun
day morning, and Joined them for
Mothers Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Gulledge spent
Sunday at Itta Bena with Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Parker. Jr.
Charles Schrock came up from
Camp Shelby and spent the week end
spent the week end with home folks.
Little Betty Allen wa quite sick
last week but we are glad to report
her much better.
Mrs. Minnie Waits, and Mrs. ALL
cen Douglas were called down to
Canton by the news that Mr.. Joe
Waits had suffered a stroke. He is
still quite i'll.
A wedding of much interest which
was solemnized last week was that
of Lieut.. Carl Mabry of New York
to Miss Hazel Delahousayye of New
Orleans. The wedding took place in
New York City where the groom
is a Senior Lieut.. in the Naval Re-
serves. The bride is a native of New
i. Orleans, and the young man, who
has lived in New Orleans for sew
eral a is the son of Mrs. Griff
! Mabry and the late Mr.. Mabry.
John Howard Douglas motored
over to Tutwiler and carried Mrs.
Betty Douglas home and brought
back his sisters, Miss Doris Of Green
wood, and Miss Mynelle who is . stu
dent at Delta State to spend the
week end with home folks.
Mrs. McMullen and daughter, r.
en-, and Mrs. Brewer Browning and
daughter Of Canton spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs j.. B. Browning
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. knight and
) daughter, Nancy, Of Jackson, Mr.
: and Mrs. J. D. Neaves and daughter,
Anne, and Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Skel
ton Of Lexington were Mothers Day
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Shelton.
Mrs. Ida Henderson who is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Charlie MUIR
t ray at Water Valley, has been sick
for the past week. Her friends wish
! for her q speedy recovery.
Miss Georgia Lee Moody, who lives
; in Knoxville, Tenn. is the guest Of
her mother, Mrs. Leila Moody.
Friends Of Mrs. Matte Brumby
will regret to hear Of her continued
illness. She is in the Community
Hospital in Lexington.
Nj. and Mrs. Thomas Dorsey and
family spent Sunday in the home Of
Rev. and Mrs. T. H. Dorsey in Lex
ington. t"f
Homer Daniel, who is in training
for the Air Service, came up from
New Orleans TO spend MotherH Day
with his mother, Mrs. Lee Daniels.
HE is being transferred to Pensacola
Florida. f'a% H"
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Belts who
lives at Moorhead were Sunday visi-
tors in the, home of Mr.. and Mrs.
DSve~ Me Clesky and family.
News was received here Sunday
morning Of the sudden death Of Mr..
Clement Booker who lived in Mem
phis. Mrs. Booker was the former
Clara Carson who is a niece Of Mr.
Alphonso Mabry and Mrs. Bessie
Holley.
time out to chat with friends who