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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-02-27

town? When Lillian Palmer was
the prettiest girl around here? When
all the girls were wild over Eddie
James White? When Earnest Math-
is was the only soldier from -Crys-
tai Springs? When the c. S. p.
School was in bloom, when every
one enjoyed noon recess?
What Would Happen If: There
were lots of boys here? If there
was real good party once in
awhile? If Baby Ruths, Smokers,
Butterfingers, Hershey Bars grew
on trees? If shoes were not ration
ed? If children could get interest
ed in school?
Sgt. James Young and Private
Fred Garrett must have been on
guard when the bomb fell on Willie
Ruth Cook. Where was Beatrice
Taylor when the bomb was falling
Friday night. Since Beatrice has
quit Bill Moncure, Georgeann, may
be you can get him back. Could it
be that Sarah Palmer is really in
love with Halcomb Wilcher? Ethel
Boston, you can speak to Mae C.
Crisler, she isn't after :Edd Garrett
that bad. What would happen if
Rose Eta Smith could ct Johnnie
B. Hartley back? Hazel Redd, if
you just take your time, you might
hold little Edd Thomas.
What would happen if Willie
Mae Lackey would get new dress?
Luddie Graham would keep her
mouth out of other peoples bust
ness? Edna Davis would stop iiv-
ing the people? Doris Nash would
not grin so much. Take tip from
a guy who knows, Edna Hilliard
doesn't mean anyone any good,
she's just playing around until the
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-02-27

We are sorry students please watch
your department and remember
that "a good name is rather to be
chosen than great riches"
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tasty plate luncheon.

tasty plate luncheon.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lewis and fam
lily are now living in Hattiesburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hill and family
are living in the Lewis home.
Mrs Annie Clark, who is in one
of the Jackson hospitals has under
gone an operation, and at this
writing is doing fine.
Among those who attended the
Farmers Conference at Utica were
Mesdames Doris Mcdaniel, Sally
Mcneil Sally Webb, Eddie Wig
gins, Myrtle Dempierre, Mary
Francis Cottrell and Mr.. Charles
Dobbs.
Mr. Earnest Washinton, proprietor
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Crystal Springs Gossip:
Willie Ruth you are a very love.
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of the Three Way inn enjoyed r,
cent visit to Clarksdale.
Clinton News

Friends of Mrs. Arthur Curry are
glad to know that she is well and
up again. and that the Curry's Inn
is in its bloom again.
NJ p Lewis Simmons of Clinton
is home on furlough. He is sta
toned at Camp Shelby.
Pvt. Mack Davis, who is station
ed at Gadsden. Ala, was called
home on account of the death Of
his gradnfather, Mr. Sims Holly
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Crystal Springs
H. J. Wolfe, Reporter

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and Mr. Aaron Tillman, all from
Chicago, visited in the home OF
their father, Mr.. Charlie Tillman
recently. They returned to their
home Sunday, February 81.
Mr.. E. c. Miller left Saturday
morning for Camp.
Pvt. Ocee Waldum from Camr
| is visiting in the home of his moth
er, Mrs. Ada Neal.
The home Of Mrs. Mary Jones
Smith was destroyed by fire last
Sunday morning. Mr.. and Mrs
Hugh Sturgis were residing in the
home. They were fortunate to save
everything.
The members of Pine Grove Bap-
list Church announces that they
are having splendid Sunday
school. Scholars present last Sun
day was % and everyone seemed
to have enjoyed the lesson. The
subject being Jesus the Good Shep-
herd" All who will and may are
kindly invited to come and take
part in our Sunday School Glass
No. l taught by Bro. H. Jackson:
Glass No. 3 taught by Miss Bobbie
Ray MCGOWAN. Lesson demonstrate
ed by the pastor, Rev. L. MCGOWAN.
Sister Armand Wade, treasurer. Sis
ter Bessie Lee MCGOWAN, secretary.
Mr.. Essie Cammack Crumb of In
dlanola, spent a very pleasant week
with his father, Mr.. Ed Crumb. He
also visited in the home of Mrs.
Mary Jones and Mrs. Matte Rich
ardson
Funeral services were held for
Mrs. Bealora Jackson, daughter, of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Powell, who
died early Friday morning in the
home of her parents. The service
was held in the Salem Missionary
Baptist Church, Monday. the 22n. at
200 o'clock, The body was ac
companied by Mrs. Jackson's pas
tors, Rev. E. Q. Robson and Rev.
D. D. NTH, Jr Arrangements were
in charge of Peoples Funeral Home.
Friendship M. B. School met with
the Taylor Grove School, February
FL, with the superintendent in
charge. A fine time was had by
all.
Mrs. Thelma King and Mrs Es-
sic Harris visited their mother. Mrs.
Essie Myles this weekend.
MIR. and Mrs. Hankins gave their
son and daughter a delightful birth
day party, which was attended by
a large number of their friends.
An enjoyable time was had b vail
The Friendship Sunday School
is sponsorin a Rally on the first
unday in March and dinner will be
served on the ground. Sermons will
be delivered by the Rev. E. G. Rob
inson and Rev. E. M. Martin.
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Club News

The hygiene class of the Jim Hill
School, instructed by nurse Per-
klns Of the County Health Depart
ment has become very noteworthy
This class is held from $3.50 D. M,
to 4:3O p. m, every afternoon. The
enrolment has reached 40. Those
who spend Is hours in it will re-
ceive certificate recognized by
the Red Cross. We are grateful to
our Health instructor, Mrs. A. L.
Moftett, for securing this course
for us.
The officers are: Instructor. Mrs.
Perkins. President, E. D. Campbell.
Secretary, Wilmer Davis; Treasur-
er, and Reporter, Addie Adkins.
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Announcement

We are delighted to announce
that the Wedding of the Luxis
Flowers a beautiful musical per-
formance, sponsored by the Luxis
Club of Jim Hill, will be given at
Pratt Memorial Church, Pascagoula
Street, Monday night, March 8, at
800 o'clock. The publis is cordial
Iy invited. Admission 10c and 15c.
The music will be furnished by
Prof James Elkins, of Campbell
College.
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Last week we were pleased to
greet some blind visitors from Zion
Industrial School and Orprans
Home, Winona, Miss. Their pres
ence was really an inspiration to
us. We thank all classes for the lib
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BY Bureau of Public Relations. u. War Dept. Wash. n
Third Officer Virginia Cheeks
Chafeston s. z, received her the Women
corps through specially ordered ceremony aptain lack
" ~ Herndon former company officer Officer Ceek
especially happy to congratulate her. E. Pavne second
from left post aduant of Fort De Mon administered the oath
Oh once IN the hospital at the First WAC Training Center for Officer
anu iho ofeer vash Tonkns also being there
ceremony 80
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Tiger Gossip

AA6Si oOooAp
What would happen if the, But
Ter boys would stop acting SO fun
ny in class? If Annie Rose would
get hipped to our 1--WE? If c. H
Wright would come back to school?
If Dorothy Boiler and Johnnie Mil
ton were not good friends?
Cute couples are: Mabel Carter,
and Fred Winder, Louvenia Larry
and B. j. McElroy.
Funny couples are: Flora Mae
Coleman and Rogers Butler. Essie
Montgomery and Earl Boone.
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General News

This week the elementary stu
dents of the Jackson Public School
are out for weeks vacation, this
IS due to the teachers being en-
gagged in issuing War Ration Book
Two.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-10-28
Richland Man Reports
Loss of Belongings

Donald Forsyth, As, of Richland,
had three drinks of beer Friday
afternoon and woke up at IL
o'clock Friday night lying beside
the highway near the power house
three miles east of Naches, he re-
ported to Yakima city police Sat
urday morning.
He was stripped of his shirt, q
wallet with $50 cash in it, and a
pickup truck containing three
suitcases full of clothes, two guns
a new sleeping bag and hunt
ing coat had been stolen, he
said. He also had large lump
on the back of his head, he re-
ported.
Forsyth told officers he remem-
bered parking his pickup on Yaki.
ma avenue, doing some shopping
placing another nickel in the park
meter and going into the beer
parlor. He had three glasses OF
beer with three friends, but there
his memory stops, he told police
Yakima Herald,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-10-28
TrailOrites Should Apply
Now for Oil Heaters

One of the most acute of the
local problems is that of supply
ing heat to the hundreds of trailer
houses in this area this winter.
Stocks of oil heaters in the hands
of the local dealers are prac-
tically nil, as certifications are
required before they can secure
them. The local ration board has
been attempting to secure an al
lotment for this area for weeks.
Today Mr.. Collins, head of the
district fuel rationing board at
Spokane was here in response to
the boards appeal.
Mr.. Collins states that the stoves
are available, but that authority
must be obtained before the deal
ers can secure them. In other
words, camp jewellers who need
heating stoves should make i'm
mediate application to their local
ration boards for their permit.
This should then be taken to the
local dealer, who in turn must
submit it to his wholesaler be-
fore the stoves can be shipped.
The earlier the application is
made, Mr.. Collins suggests, the
better chance of getting in on
the accepted list.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-10-28
Former Kennewick Girl
WEEDS Naval Man

Miss Dorothy Ruth Allison, a
daughter of Mrs. Harriet Allison,
and Doyne Austin Mitchell, USNR,
son of MIR. and Mrs. E. E. Mitchell
of Memphis, Tenn, were united
in marriage at the University Uni
tartan church in Seattle Sept. II.
The bride, given in marriage by
Herman F. Smith of Seattle, wore
wedding gown of white satin
and lace and a fingertip length
veil edged with lace. Her bridal
bouquet was of gardenias. The
brides only attendant, Mrs. Phil
c. Baldwin, Wore lilac taffeta and
net and carried a bouquet of pink
rosebuds.
Arthur Wolchall, USN, was best
man and ushers were Richard
Sparrow, USN, and Robert Kugh-
Ter, USN.
At the church reception Mrs.
Eden Billings and Mrs. w. c.
Rhine, cousins of the bride, were
pourers.
Mrs. Mitchell attended the Uni
versity of Washington and won
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-10-28
Operations to Start on
Naval Gunnery Range

Naval aerial gunnery operations
will begin November / at Pat
erson Ridge, the Navy's newly
acquired 100000 acre gunnery
range in Southeastern Washing
ton, Capt. c. A. F. Sprague, COM
mandant OF the Naval Air Center,
Seattle, has announced. Squad
rons using the range will be based
at Naval Air Station, Pasco, under
the command of Cmdr. B. b
Smith,.
Captain Sprague expressed the
Nays appreciation for the whole.
hearted cooperation Of the owners
in the area, which is in Bentor
and Kliclitat counties. All resi-
dent owners have voluntarily
leased to the Navy, ninety-eigh
per cent of the land in. the are;
has been leased and the remain
ing two percent is expected to b,
signed up as soon as the owner.
can be located.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-10-28
New Scout Meeting
Called for Tuesday

Parents of boys of Scout age
and boys who are DESTROYS of be-
coming Scouts in the new troop
which is being organized, are ask
ed to meet on Tuesday evening
at 1880 in the parlor of the First
Methodist church.
At this meeting it is planned to
talk over the plans for the new
troop, select and present the new
leaders and committeeman, reg
lister the boys who are ready tc
start, and take care of other ne
cessary organizational matters, il
was stated.
The troop will be sponsored by
the Methodist church and Vane
Wilder, long a leader in Local
Scouting circles, has accepted the
position of chairman of the troop
committee. Herbert Misner viii
occupy one of the three troop
leadership positions.
Any boys desiring to become
Scouts are eligible for member.
ship in the new troop, it was
pointed out, regardless of the re-
ligious affiliations of their par.
ents. In the recent school sur
vey it was found that quite 9
large number of boys indicated
their wish of becoming Scouts
and the first step was to find some
organization willing to sponsor {
troop and provide quarters for it
Rev. j. B. Coan, pastor of the
Methodist church, stated that
several men of the community
who have had scouting experience
are willing to serve in various
capacities with the new troop, and
that it is expected to fill rapidly
with boys. Rev. Coan was the
central figure in organizing
Scouting throughout southern
Oregon fifteen years ago, which
has since been developed into two
strong area councils, the Crater
Lake and the Modoc.
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Church Receiving
Extensive Repairs

Beginning some days ago sew
.eral extensive repairs are under
way on the local Methodist church
property which includes the re-
covering of the massive concrete
entrance in the front of the build
ing, a new cement walk at the
church office entrance on Ken
newick avenue, re-roofing and
other exterior repairs on the roof
of the building.
The new outdoor bulletin
board will soon be in place also
it was stated, as well as other
exterior repairs. On the interior
according to announcement made
by the pastor, the lower hall and
other first floor rooms and hall
ways are to receive a new double
coat of cement floor dressing az
well as double coat of paint fol
the lower half of the walls. Other
plans for interior renovation are
also being made.
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Church Plant to
Add More Storage

Authorization of the building of
the new storage warehouse at the
Church Grape Juice plant was re-
ceived today, according to Mgr.
F. M. Ludlow. Application has
been before the board for some
months.
The new addition will be of the
same construction as that COM
pleted two years ago-of tile and
reinforced concrete pillars and
will cover the basement construct
ed at that time. The new addition
will be 80x127 and is to be COM
pleted by the middle of Decem-
Der. The new storage room is
sufficient for the storage of a
quarter of a million gallons of
juice, Mr.. Ludlow stated.
A. S. Murray of Richland has
the contract for the work.
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Thursday, October ..

the i94o-4l Mu Phi EDsi,o.
ar.i in voice at the ahesi Ssa 'Aa
Music. Mr.. Mitche,, ochod |,
phis, Tenn. IN Me-
At, The &c, couple spent a lo-a.,
ding trip in Vancouver ! We
their wedding. oc, ale
Am Among former Kennewic.
Miss Jeanette Pettijean Ni ny wel
Mrs Mrs, Charles Peter, Mr., AMI ~. !, y
Athol Jones, Mrs. Gord ano Nj
and MIR. and Mrs. Franz SD Y, RpS
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ii! Hover Ladies Club M..,
Wednesday Afternooo,"s sl

Hover-Mrs. William NJ.
tertained the Hover T.aS; s'h q.
last "Wednesday and served s ! !, slt
ly lunch. The next m ss low
the the, club n wv, will be with Mrs sI 5 : :
Ash of Finley. She will s ! 4 c
strate sewing on and o; usa'a.
sewing machine. Oiiias |
Mrs. Roger Records is ,n..
ing the week in Milton. os spend
business. oiep O
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-10-28
Brilliant

Jones is very polished, isn't he?
Very. ! Everything he says re-
fleets on some one. Even his head
shines.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-10-28
HOW YOU CAN HELP TO
Keep Prices
Down

Put all you can of what you earn into
Taxes, War Bonds, paying off old debts,
insurance, and the bank. -
Pay no more than ceiling prices what
wherever, and whenever you buy.
Ask no more for what YOU have to sell
no more in wages or goods TO HELP
PRICES STAY WHERE THEY ARE!
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staggered away, satisfied that he
had convinced the officer that the
Government could not compete
with N. Beaudry.
In radio school his defensive
Nggressiveness was more pro-
nounced. He asked questions all
the time; silly questionE, good
questions, irrevelant questions.
He had to prove that he was on
the ball; he had to show that he
was around. He talked about his
civilian life. According to him,
he had run "a hell of a big rest
aurant out at LaGuardia Airport"
He talked about President Roose-
welt, Wendell Willkie and Henry
Ford, all of whom had tipped him
profusely, he said. He loved AL
Smith because the great AL had
once tossed him a $1.00 tip. A
quiet Irish boy named Doyle, who
knew Beaudry's restaurant, con-
fided that it was a hash joint and
Beaudry had worked there as
busboy. In some curious manner,
none of the soldiers ever threw
up at Beaudry his great lies.
They sensed that he was of the
stuff of Sammy Click, of What
Makes Sammy Rum" Only Sam
my ran because he had stopped
once and he had been stepped on
and he was afraid to stop running
for fear he would once more be
trampled by the feet of onrushing
Sammy Clicks of the next genera
ton. Beaudry was the Sammy
Click who had been stepped on
and had never gotten up. He had
a tough, vulgar exterior but,
stripped of his callous armor, he
stood revealed as a lost little man
in an Army which had a big
mans job to do. Thus he had the
quiet sympathy of most of the
men.
But one day he turned anti
Semitic. And that single action
destroyed all the sympathy ever
gathered for him in large ball.
During a fracas in the barracks
ne turned on one of the popular
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men who had gotten impatisn.
with Beaudry's vulgaritv o~s
Beaudry called him "danS
kike." He used the phrase with
out real venom. He said it much
in the same manner that an 1toI
ian can be called a ''wop" with
out engendering bad feeling hut
somehow, this once, the phrase
caught fire. Jim Crystal, an Irish
boy from New York said "Sbut
up you cheap snipe, Mike sa bet
ter man than you can ever he
and next time you say anvthinc
like 'kike,' I'll bat your brains in"
Angelo Verianini, a swarthv
Italian boy from Providence R
l., called out to Beaudry, "Shut
your trap and apologize, damn
you, you know you are full of it"
And other such comments rolled
across the room.
The very fact that Beaudry, the
most pathetic man in the bar.
racks, had tried to bring any sort
of racial prejudice into any Of
his diatribes, ruined him for all
the men. He was beaten, and
Army or no Army he is one of
the battalion who will never rise
again, regardless of situatiin,
place and time.
There they are: ..Scruggs and
Beaudry. Both to be remember
ed. Both a part of life. One ad-
mirable, the other miserable. l
can't forget these men.
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1t is a bromide that the Army
boasts all types of men. After all,
the Army is composed of millions
of males from everywhere in the
country. 1t is natural that out
of the composite mural of Ameri-
cana should leap a man here and
there begging to be translated to
paper, so much type" that he
screams, uncOnsciously of course,
for a word-picture.
The two most interesting men I
have met in year in the Army
have both subtly and consciously
driven home a lesson in anti
Semitism, making the tale both
symbol and characteristic.
met Darlington Scruggs in
Atlantic City, when was raw
recruit, when a buck private was
a nobody, when Private First
Class had the authority of a Cen
eral and a buck sergeant was
right hand man to the Lord. Car
ringtOn Scruggs-The name is
Dickensian and so is the person.
/ knew him for two days, but he
was an important man in my life.
He was the receiving and ship
ping clerk; in a word he made
sure that the right men shipped
to the proper places. Being
casual in A. C. was right in
Scruggs' path, for he was on my
neck and the neck of all others
who were taking their basic train
ing in the glamOrland Of all the
Rabbits.
Scruggs was tall, scrawny,
peaked, long-nosed and always on
the verge of collapse due to over
work. He weighed no more than
40 pounds and for six-footer
that is thin. His voice was hard
and rasping. Although he had
been a chef in civilian life and
his Army job was a far cry from
cooking, Scruggs was strictly Gil.
In the two days 1 knew him he
never said anything that could be
interpreted as being a grippe a
gainst the Army. He always re-
called, when things got very hard
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that the boys on Bataan" had it
tougher. Of course Bataan is far
away now. but it was not in Aug
ust of last year.
The night 1 shipped 1 realized
that Scruggs had soul and, more,
that in a cropping, half-naive sort
of way he was more conscious of
the plight of Jews than are
hundreds of professional Jew
sympathizers.
It was a warm night and the
salt of the ocean kept us popped
up. Scruggs had been working
for at least twenty hours that day
trying to keep up with the vast
task of shipping loads of men to
their proper bases. Some of us
wondered whether all soldiers
worked as hard as he did.
"Hey, Scruggs," one of the boys
called out, while we sat on the
boardwalk waiting for a new or
der for shipping to come through,
"dOn't you ever sleep?"
He smiled wanly. yeah, once
in a while"
The voice repeated: "What if
you collapse
His response came in a hard,
yet curiously soft voice. "Lissen,
there's one thing 1 don't care a.
bout. l got my job and I'm go
ing to give it all I got. If work
20 hours it is because there's no
other guy to take my place right
now. know if 1 fall apart the
boys will take care of me. This
is the American Army"
Such faith overwhelmed us. We
were new, snatched out of civilian
life; in the midst of a readjust-
ment that is the most difficult in
the world to make. The silent
faith of one man, a buck private,
in his Governments Army made
us all pause and wonder. We con-
tinued to talk. And, suddenly,
Scruggs' voice rose amidst the
blabber of mOuthings, and he said,
Talking about the Jews, Pm for
them. Too many people don't
know them. Now look at me. I'm
doing a job where 1 find men
kind of scared because they are
in the Army a couple of days.
But try to be especially kind and
thoughtful when Jewish boy
comes up. He wants like hell to
be a good soldier, but he is scared
like the others. More than that
he gets the idea that he doesn't
stand for himself alone; to the
others he is a Jew, guy who
has to prove that Jews are good
soldiers like all others. 1 know
they are because 1 have seen
them"
He waited for moment. His
words were scoring because he
held the respect of every one of
us. I knew that he was cropping
for the proper words to fit his ac-
lions. I knew too that what his
opinions were had been formed
comparatively recently. I knew
that his thoughts were not formed
through the reading of books and
pamphlets on the Jewish Prob
lem" He had found out for
himself, not through soul-search-
ing, but through observation, that
Jews were good men. He contin-
ued to speak:
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Can't Forget These Men!
A Jewish Soldier Remembers
Two Christian Comrades
BY HAROLD U. RIBALOW

Pfc. Harold Ribalow the editorial staff
of the Independent Jewish Press Service For almost
year he learning the ntricaces of soldering
he is ready for the great adventure From army
post recollection who
TONS pose forcefuly the problem of antSemtism
philo-Semitism in the American Army.
=. The Editor