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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20
Methodist Revival
Showing Progress

The revival now in progress at the
Methodist Church is being well attended
and interest in the meeting has been
high. according to an announcement Inv
Pastor W.. P. Bailey.
The Rev. Robert Y. Horton, of Ger
mantown, Tenn, has been bringing some
inspiring messages and the public is
cordially invited to hear him.
There will be a special service for
children Saturday morning at ten o'clock
and all children in Durant are especially
urged to attend this service.
regular services will be held Sunday
with the Rev. Horton bringing the mes
g at the morning worship service
and the meeting viii close at the eight
O'Clock Sunday evening service.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20
Year-Round Egg
Production Asked

In a meeting last Tuesday at Licking
ton. approximately 20 cooperative egg
shippers heard J. E. Stanley, Extension
Marketing Specialist from State College,
discuss the Importance of shipping g g
consistently throughout the year to the
Association rather than ship only dur.
ing the months when surplus egg are
produced. The Association is having diff
ficulty at he present time in finding
purchasers simply because the Associ.
alton is unable to furnish eggs through
the winter months under present condi-
tions.
1t was pointed out by Mr.. Stanley that
the local market in communities where
the Association is not assisting with the
marketing of eggs the present price of
eggs is IL cents a dozen in spite of the
fact that the Association is getting for
its members an average of % cents Ia
~ cents. The average price through
out the year for those shipping through
the Association is several cents per
dozen above the average price on the
local markets.
Very few of the cooperative shippers
present indicated that they were going
to raise laying hens for the coming
year. This fact was considered a mis-
take by the marketing specialist for the
reason that so many poultrymen are
selling all of their laying hens at the
present time. 1t is possible that egg
prices will be good again as soon as the
spring months are passed. Those who
plan to have young producing hens for
1945 will nc doubt find a much better
market for their eggs thar in 1914
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20
Circuit Court Jurors
For Week Listed

Jurors serving this week for Circuit
Court criminal term, which convened in
Lexington Monday and Tuesday were:
Jury &c. II. Bond, Luther Truitt,
n. II. McCrary, T. p. Montgomery, How
ard Terry, W. E. Trigleth, l.. T. Shop
pard, L. II. Hester, X. S. Wilkes, T. M.
Williams, Leon Armstrong, J. P. Malone.
Jury 2-Al Porter. Houston Roberts,
NJ. A. Busshart, Oscar Ingold, l.. T
Johnson, Ed Tate, Hamp Byrd. 0. s
williamson, X. r. Truitt, Frank Par
sons, Harvey Morris, Kelly Frost.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20
It.. Homer l. Duniel
In Two Aerial Assaults

Somewhere in the S olomons delayed
Marine First Lieutenant Homer l.
Daniel, Lexington, Miss, pilot in Marine
Corps first Mitchell medium bombing
squadron, was in the South Pacific COM
bat area less than two weeks when he
participated in two aerial assaults or
the big Jap base at Rabaul, New Britain
Island.
Lieutenant Daniel is the son of Mrs
7. X. Daniel, Of Pickens, Miss.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20

Holmes county Boy Scouts held a
Court of Honor at West Thursday night
which was attended by Scouts from Lex
ington. Durant, Goodman, and West.
Leroy Paris, Lexington, district CON-
missioner, presided.
Durant Troop No. 20 of which Hi
~Brunberg is Scoutmaster and Dub King.
junior assistant Scout Master, was host
troop. David Comfort is senior patrol
leader of the host Troop.
S~coutmtaster B. T. Wigley, of West,
gave the welcome address and Roy Wig
ley gave the Scout oath. Jimmy Long,
Charles Hendricks and Coon Odom re-
peated the Scout laws.
The West troop won a Scout quiz con-
Quoted during the hour and advance
ment citations were won by Lexington
Troop No. Ga and the Durant Troop.
Goodman n West won both attend
ance and advancement citations.
Announcements made were as follows:
Lexington, Troop No. 64-Second Class,
Thomas Jackson, Jack Marsh, Johnny
Klonaris.
Eagle Scout-John Murrell McRae.
Bronze Eagle Palms-Henry Paris.
Edwin Ellis-Camping, bird study,
cooking; Johnny MISUNDERSTANDING,
interpreting, cooking; Claude Legate-
poultry keeping, safety, public health;
Roy Baker Moran-Textile, firemanship,
bookbinding.
Raymond Tate-Music, stamp-colect-
ing Donald notwithstanding, bird
study; Charles Allen-Forestry, wood
turning; Waldo Blake-Poultry keeping,
printing.
Ed Tye Neilson-Reptile study, YEA
Their, camping; Henry Paris-weather:
John Murrell Misunderstanding, camp
ing, cooking.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20
9 Colored Youths
Indicted In Navy

Colored registrants indicted in Navy
during April from Holmes Board No. 1,
Durant are:
Willie B. Pernell, Durant; Porter I.
Saffold, Durant; John W. ;Weatherly
Durant, Rt. 2; Ohio Travis, Lexington,
Rt. g.; Cornelius Hicks, Mileston, Rt. 9;
Sampel E. Delaney, Pickens, Ri. /;
Clyde Steward, Jr, Lexington, Ri. a;
Frank Primer, Pickens; Rufus Brown,
Jr., West. Ri. 2.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20

The man came toward her on the
street and she fearfully backed away.
She had never seen him before and now
he was approaching her with eye fixed
upon her pretty face. both his hands
outstretched, even cupped together as II
they were coneealing something from
her. As he came nearer, she raised her
own hands to her face and wondered
whether she should scream for help
Then he smiled and she thought 1t was
at least a beetle or a worm he was try
ing to give her. At last she, falteringiy
held out her small hand, and he care
fully dropped into it-one of her ear
rings which she had accidentally drop
ped.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20
NOTICE

The Durant Draft Board will meet
only once a week, on Thursday mornings
at nine o'clock, beginning May 4th. ac-
cording to announcement this week.
The board has been meeting twice
weekly but these meetings will be cut
in half at the specified date.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20
Holmes Scouts Hold
Court Of Honor
Durant

Tenderfoot-Gus Seros, James Cole.
Second Class-Emmitt English.
Merit Badges-Hammie L~edyard-Farm
homes and its planning; farm layout and
building arrangements; ~civics; electri-
city and bookbinding.
Charles Barranco-Civics; electricity,
farm layout and building arrangements,
animal industry.
"Coon" Odom-Machinery and cleo
tricity.
Constantine Dinans-Handicraft, ma
chinery, and wood carving.
Charles Hendricks-Electricity, ath-
%letics, machinery.
David Comfort-Pioneering, cooking
weather, animal industry, and reptile
study.
Roy Williams-Handicraft and car
pentry.
Fred Nelms-Animals industry and
machinery.
William Ferguson-Pathfinding.
Frank Doake-Animal industry and
handicraft.
Red Taylor, Jr.-Public health and
pathfinding.
Jimmy Long-Handicraft and carpen.
try.
Robert Stonestreet-Public health and
carpentry.
Dub K~ing-Reptile study, hiking and
botany, farm mechanis, machinery.
James Whitehouse-Farm home and
it's planning.
David Comfort-Hiking, carpentry.
wood work, %civics, stamp collecting, cleo
tricity, poultry keeping, mechanical
darwing, plumbing.
Robert Odom-MechanicaI drawing,
civics and carpentry.
Frank Drake-Personal health.
James Long-Electricity.
Charles Observation-Disclosures.
Dub King-Taxidermy, plumbing, auto
MODELLING, farm layout and building ar
engagements.
Second Glass - Constantine Dinas,
Reedy Mcclellan.
First Class-Red Taylor, Jr.
Star-Roy Williams, Frank Drake,
Charles Hendricks, James Whitehouse.
Paul Hastings, Tom Steen.
Life-Roy Wigley, Robert Love, James
Long, Hermie Ledyard, Gene Irving,
Charles Barranco, and Fred helms.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20
1t. G.9.) William Bacon
Now In New York

1t. G.g.) William A. Bacon of Durant,
is now in New York City at an advanced
intelligence school, having been moved
there from Seattle, Washington, where
he has been stationed for the past year
and a half.
1t. Bacon is the son of Mrs. Zouella
Bacon of Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20
Mrs. W.. P. Boiley
Addresses BPW

Mrs. W. p. Bailey made a most in
tr~esting address on Government BUSH
ness" at a meeting of the Business and
Professional Women's Club in Durant
Thursday evening. Mrs. Eugene Cole
had charge OF the program.
Seventeen members were present.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20
NOTICE

Anyone knowing the whereabouts Of
Clenix Epps, colored, alias known other
wise as Little Buddy is requested to
tell him to Immediately contact the
Durant Draft Board, or to notify that
Board of his whereabouts.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20

Next to me in a restaurant sat a we'll
dressed old lady who kept asking the
waitress for this and that little extra
and in the meantime telling her all about
herself. 1 learned the older one had
once been a famous actress in Paris and
now was evidently trying to attract at
tention to bolster her ebbing pride.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20
Fish For Ponds
Con Be Secured

A notice has just been received from
DR.. Clay Lylse, Extension Entomologist,
advising that farmers who wish to stock
ponds with fish may secure them by
making application TO him, We shall
be very glad to help anyone wishing
to place their order. said County Agent
/. W. Carson.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20

Friends of Mrs. II. B. Sargent regret
operation at the Baptist Hospital in
Jackson this week. She is getting along
as well as could be expected.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20
Patients at the Hospital

White
John Gelston Downer. Lexington.
Connie Taylor, Lexington.
Billy Ellis, Lexington.
Velman Andrews, Lexington.
Walter Murtagh, Lexington.
Coiored
Ida Land, Lexington.
Minnie B. Pitchford and baby girl
Lexington.
Virginia Brooks, Pickens.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20
Edith McDunieI Attoins
BMC Honor Roll

Blue Mountain, Miss, April l1.-Mis:
Edith Mcdaniel. Lexington, was one OF
the thirty-six students to attain the
honor roll at Blue Mountain College foi
the first semester.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20
West

Tenderfoot-Jack Armstrong, Charles
Black, Wesley Black, Billy Brock, Hugh
Ellard, Bob Hardin, Clovis Hardin. Gar
land Moore, Andrew Stevens, Jack Nc
Crary.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20

Durant friends of Mrs. L. T. Suber,
OF kosciusko, will regret to learn she
underwent a major operation at a Jack
son hospital this week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20
Carson Reports On
Conference Held In
Jackson on 5th.6th

lst 1t. William p. Cassidy, Brook
haven, who crashed after his twenty
fifth mission bombing Europe, now con-
valescing at Foster General Hospital in
Jackson, was honor guest and told those
attending the Farm and Industry Con-
ference held in Jackson, April 5 and 8
Of a "flack-happy' soldier who was
chided by a General for failing to saluts,
according to County Agent /. W. Carson,
who attended the conference.
The soldier looked at the officer and
said, you're a General aren't your
1t. Cassidy related. When the Genera
said he was, the soldier said: Well
that's a darn good job if you don't mesi
it up"
1t. Cassidy told confrees that, keep
ing American as we in the armed forces
want to find it after WARMTH all the
headaches that farmers and business men
are having and will h~ave-well. thatll
be a darn good job, if you don't mess
it up!"
1t. Cassidy was given a standing ova-
ton to honor his service and that Of
his fellows in arms.
Governor Thomas L.. Bailey, discussing
plans for a state research institute,
emphasized that knowledge is the
answer and the key to the future in
Nf.. D~stH~ Nka xunrk ~ tho
recent Legislature and particularly with
regard to the agricultural program which
was set up. he said no amount of legis-
lation could help the state If the citizens
failed to put their heart, mind and
muscle" into the job of making i'm
provements. Governor Bailey said that
in Mississippi we have the best the
country has to offer and that he wants
all Mississippians to feel that way about
it.
Oscar Johnston, Of Scott, president of
the National Cotton Council of America,
himself head of the largest cotton farm
in the world, told confrees. that "If the
farmer isn't one of the best business
men in the land, he doesn't remain a
farmer very long"
He said that, "To have a prosperous
and successful nation we must have bet
ter coordination between the producers
Of raw materials and its fabricators.
Economists and professors must learn
that we cannot nave a nation half fed
and half starved. Industry and agri-
culture each must have it's share of the
worlds goods, '
"The producers of raw material. the
labor which uses it and management
which operates and directs-all these are
inter-dependent and they must come to
realize it, s
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20

Now that the weather man speaks Of
spring and the weather constantly de-
mics it, people are beginning to think
once again of victory gardens and young
chickens. There is a %barnyard in Man
haitian, already active. 1t is at Mays
big store and has coops, plain and fancy
breeders and baby chicklings and duck
lings galore. If you look down close
and don't notice the other score sur
roundings, it is easy to imagine oneself
out in a nice, honey barnyard in that
are where these little creatures help
make the meaning of the expression,
Goods country" Mays chicken coops
sell for from $500 to So, 900. Some peo-
pie don't even buy anything when they
come to look, but others get tape and
pencil and measure the dimensions so
as to know how to build their own
chicken homes
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20
50 This Is New York
By North Callahan

Household help is hard to get now
adays, as anyone who can afford SER
wants will verify. DR.. Harry Emerson
'Fosdick, the eminent pastor of River
side Church. is one who will testify to
this fact. His wife hired a new maid
husband how relieved she was at having
solved the help problem, when the tele-
phone rang. The new maid answered
it. Herewith her remarks: Eyes
yes, this DIR. Fosdick's residence .
yes, he is a doctor what's that? No,
he's not the kind Of doctor who ever did
anybody any good"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20

Over to see "The Voice of the Turtle"
we were agreeably surprised at how
much a cast Of three characters with
good lines in a fine plot can do with a
play. Margaret SULLIVAN, Elliott Nugent
and Audrey Christie fill the big stage
and q whole evening full Of wholesome
and delightful entertainment. The story
IL that of a soldier on furlough who
accidentally meets a girl of whom he
had not even dreamed-and the rest is
the old story in a new and somewhat
unconventional way. Margaret SULLIVAN
is wen cutter than she Is in the movies
and the dialogue is simple, human but
clever with a minimum of Broadway
profanity-which is something to be
thankful for. | learned that the odd
title of the play is taken from the Bible.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20

Maybe antiques do grow on you. On
my way home, ! happened to look into
q show window. and scratched my head
over the odd size and shape of an old
lounge | saw displayed there. 1t was
too big for two yet not large enough
for four. Then it dawned on me. With
the help of the inscription and my imagi-
nation, / found that it was a chaperon's
seat of the not-so-gay nineties, built
for ~three-they young man, his sweet
heart-and a most interesting and ad
jacent parent.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20

In 1910 an immigrant may named ID.
L. Toffenetti passed through the grim
buildings on Ellis Island en- route to
America and an uncertain future. Maybe
he had read Alger books or something,
because his life has been like one of
them. From a lonely boy without money,
he has beome one Of the wealthiest res
t~aursnt owners in this ountry. He WINS
seven Triangle Cafes in Chicago's Loop
and n on Times Square here which
feeds about 10000 people a day. Re-
Gently Toffenetti decided he would just
buy the whole building in which his
ornate Gotham restaurant is housed, so
he just whipped out 81, 1925, 900 and closed
the deal.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-04-20

Over at the Waldorf-Astoria they are
having an antique show. Now the only
thing I know about antiques is that
they squeak when you sit down in them
which may be one reason ] strolled
over to have a look. Oh y~es-another
reason was that a friend has a booth
there, rugs, guns, ct, that would make
your attic look like a place Of law and
order. l CHANGED to pick up a paper
weight-but quickly laid it down when
l saw it was marked $50. Gosh, ] thought
they might charge for just touching it.
OF course ! know that some people dear
ly love these ancient relics of a fond
yesterday. As for Newell, I'll take
comfortable furniture and paper weights
you can throw at the cat if you want to.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
Drug Strike End
Sought by WLB

The $500 strikers AZ Parke.
DAVIS & Co. one Of The countryfy
large drug manufacturers. were
ordered 10 return 10 work with
out delay Saturday by Ronald
W. Haughton director Of disputes
division OF the Regional War
Labor Board.
In telegram TO Chester
Adamczyk, president Of the local
union ON the drug company.
Haughton declared
The strike is seriously inter
fering with vitality needed war
production. Unless this stoppage
is discontinued at once the
prosecution of the war effort
will suffer"
Adamczyk said that unless the
management meets with the
unions bargaining committee the
union viii ask the army 10 take
over operation of the drug COM
pany. He said the management
failed 10 keep an appointment
with the committee Saturday
The locals president insisted
that work on blood plaSma. penl-
cillln, typhuS toxins and special
work for the U S. Navy has con-
tinucd without interruption
The strike was called In protest
against failure of the company to
transfer one woman 10 a different
work classification
The union-Local 176 United
Gas. Coke and Chemical Workers
Of America tCIOl-haS not au-
thorized the strike, Adamczyk
said
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09

LONDON, April s ms
Capt Don S. Gentle Of Piqua, o..
shot down down three more Nazi
planes today. raising his individual
score to 3oNahd becoming the lead
ing American ace Of all time. y
Gentle. a fighter pilot with the
Eighth Y. S. Air Force in Brit
ain. received official confirmation
Of his 27th claim only a short
time before he left on today'S
operations overEthe' continent ~
he was credited with destroying
q German planes IN sky dusls
and seven more on the ground
The old record was held by
Capt Eddie RIckcnbaCkcr. who
Knocked down rs Germans in
World War 7 This mark WAS
equailed in the present war hy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
Stettinius 10 Spend
Easter With Churchill

LONDON. April s GNS)-U. s.
UnderSecretary of State Edward
r. StettiniuS Jr., will spend Easter
Sunday with Prime Minister
Churchill considering Italian. Pol
ish and French questions. and the
proposed Arabian pipeline.
The underSecretary is expected
10 hold his first conference with
British Foreign Secretary Eden
Tuesday, presumably on the
armed occupation Of Germany
following the armistiCc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09

CAIRO. April s OUP) The
Cairo radio said today that the
Greek government had "unani-
mouSly decided 10 retain Prime
Minister TSoudcroS and his cabi-
net in office until the present
crisis passes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
The War Fronts

NDIABURMA-Japs claim capture of Allied supply base of
Kohma, but British report change there. Page l.
THE AIR WAR; S. bombers raid Brunswick. page p
RUSSIA Reds reach CzechRumaran border forcing Prdh
River, Jassy. Page 3
ITALY, S troops capture stronghold Anzio beach
head after battle of grenases- Page
THE PACIFIC-Jap feet believed driven inner defense
area by biz U. s. victory at Palau Page D.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09

ties. enQed late saturday.
The walkout came TO an end
after leaders Of Local BIZ, State.
County and Municipal Workers.
Go. conferred with army officials
and later with the DSR manage
mcut.
in the latter conference. DSR
General Manager William s. Bull
lock agreed 70 end the suspension
OF three workers for allcgcdly oh
StructjnE work. the action which
preCipltated tho Vaikoui.
Following this agreement. The
grievance committee Of Local 3l2
promised 10 have a full shift Of
workers back Sunday morning
and The entire 800 back on the
Job Monday
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
Allied Axis Board
Urqed 10 Save Rome

WASHINGTON. April s 1NS)
Senator Styles Bridges (Rl Of
New Hampshire called on PreSi-
dent Roosevelt IN a letter tonight
10 propose an Alied-Axis military
commission 10 meet with Pope
Plus XII and arrange for immedi-
ate Standardization Of Rome
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
IMPHAL PERIL EASED

Some 90 miles 10 the south.
however the admittedly grave
danger 10 Imphal, already isolated
except by air, was somewhat ale
waited In bitter fighting Of the last
"A hours as British and Indian
defense units counteTattacked and
recaptured two hill points north
east of the Manipur capital.
Farther 20 the southwest. the
grinding drive Of British and In
dian troops on-the Arakan front
toward the Burman port Of Akyab
on The Bay of Bengal chalked up a
further success Friday.
An English battalion. " the COM
munique stated captured an i'm
portant village position IN the area
southwest OF Buthidaung.
East OF the Buthidaung sector.
the bulletin said, a counterattack
against an Indian battalion was
firmly repulSed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
Pilot Killed Testinq Plane

CLEVELAND. April s (UP)-
One of the army'S new super.
fighter planes the Pts, from Tho
Fisher aircraft plant here. crashed
and burned today killing the test
pilot j. Hamilton Wagner OF
Texas
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
SING 'sTABAT MATER

Duplicate programs today al q
and II m IN Central Woodward
Christian Church were 10 hear
Centrars 50-voice choir sing two
anthems from RoSinniS "Stabat
Mater.
Other Easter Sunday programs
include the presentation of an
Easter musical service at 100 to-
night in Metropolitan Methodist
under the direction of organiSt
r. Dudleigh Vernon, Easter sun
rise service at 7 a. m. in Geth-
Semane Cemetery with the junior
and senior ChoirS of St. Pauls
Evangelical Church rendering an
Easter cantata. and the $50 a. m.
sunrise service and 8 and IL a m.
devotionS and a I p. m Easter
pageant in 81. Joseph S Episcopal
Church
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
IMMEDIATE NEGOTIATIONS

DSR officials also promised 10
begin immediate negotiations Of
other grievance the union
charged existed. and the union
committee called a meeting for
early IN the week to discuss this
problem
John Mason. Local 3l2 preSi-
dent and union committeeman
met in the first conference with
1t Col Milton J. Gearing of the
Sixth Service Command.
1t Col Gearing stressed the
necessity Of keeping tranSpOrta-
ton moving 10 and from war
plants.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
ARMY ARRANGEs FARLEY

Gearing told the union men
that the army had no power to
settle the strike. but suggested
that the union meet with DSR Of
ficialS and attempt 10 negotiate the
grievances. Gearing with union
approval then made plans for such
a meeting.
The strike started Friday after
noon after two Go stewards and
a Go truck driver were suspended
for obStructing work in a mris-
dlctional dispute with the ALL.
However, union men insist that
the walkout was merely The eli
max Of a series of grievances
which have been piling up for the
last Is months.
Service was maintained unim-
paired throughout the strike
through the efforts of DSR SUPER
ntendcntS and executives who
rolled up their sleeves and gaSSed
and oiled the buses and oiled the
StrcctcarS.