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Evening star., 1944-02-06
General Activities in Alexandria
Visitors Hold Society interest,";
Informal Parties Are Givem

Miss Marian Keddy, daughter Of
DR.. and Mrs. John L. Keddy is
home from Sweet Briar College fol
the week end and has as her guest
a classmate, Miss Virginia Osborne
Yesterday they were in Annapolis
and were guests at the midship-
mems hop at the Naval Academy
last evening.
1t. william Bell has arrived from
Princeton, N. j., for a visit with
Mrs. Bell and their two small
daughters.
1t. Col. B. F. Markkert Of San
Francisco arrived during the week
and is spending few days with his
aunt, Mrs. Dabney T. Waring.
Mrs. Rollin M. Shouse has left for
Pittsburgh after visit here of sew
eral weeks with her parents. Comdr.
and Mrs. Theron Wade Jenkins. i.
Mrs. Henry Delp Styer, who is
visiting Maj. Gen. and Mrs. W.
Delp Styer at their home in WASH
ington, spent Sunday here as the
guest of Mrs. James A. Long. She
was accompanied by Gen. Styer.
Miss Ida Goodlow entertained at
tea yesterday and was assisted by
Mrs. David Baumann and Mrs.
Selden S. Baker.
Mrs. Baker entertained Wednes-
day at a bridge party for a group
Of friends.
One of the highlights of the week
was the party Monday evening by
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Miller Reese
when they entertained members of
the Landmark Society of Alexan-
dria IN celebration of the 10th ami
versary of its organization. Among
those assisting the hosts were Mrs.
j. E. w. Timberman, Mrs. Thomas
B. Cochran, Miss Mary Lindsay,
Mrs. George Pickett and Mrs. John
T. Ashton.
Mrs. Richard Lyme, wife OF Mai.
Lyme, is visiting in New York for
two weeks.
Mrs. Richard Marshall has gone
to Lexington, where she is visiting
relatives.
Mrs. Meade Hartnell is spending
the week end In Southern Maryland
as the guest Of Maj. and Mrs. Will
liam Lloyd.
Mrs. Weir ellis will return today
from Hartford, where she has been
| spending several weeks and will be
here with Mrs. E. Henderson Carter
Mrs. Seddon Sadtler has returned
from Philadelphia, where she visit
ed her brother-in-law and sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. William B. McIlwaine
Sd, and made the acquaintance OF
her new niece, Isabel Martin Nc
1lwaine. Mrs. Sadtler and Mrs. Nc
1lwaine are the daughters of Mrs.
Harrison Cruikshank. Befores re-
turning to her home here Mrs. Sadt-
Ter also visited in New York.
Mrs. Thomas Ballenger and her
son, Mr.. Jack Ballenger, have re-
turned from Manassas, where they
were the guests of Mrs. Ballenger's
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. G. Allen.
Mrs. L. S. Scott, who has been
vacationing In Florida and Louisi-
ana, has returned.
Mrs. Robert B. Morris is In New
ark, N. j., where she joined Mr.
Morris for a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall E. DIM
Evening star., 1944-02-06

the Minutemen served refreshments
under direction Of Mrs. Harrison
King, the children participated in
quiz and the districts quota was
quickly raised.
Sergt. and Mrs. Gerhard Adler
have returned from their wedding
trip to New York and will make
their home in Washington while
he is stationed at Fort Belvoir.
Mrs. Adler was formerly Miss Edith
Evening star., 1944-02-06

mock will leave shortly for Bethel,
VT, where they will make their
home.
Newcomers here include Prof. and
Mrs. Reweu Howe, formerly of
Philadelphia, who have joined the
faculty group at the Virginia Epis-
copal Theological Seminary.
Evening star., 1944-02-06
Bond Rally Party
|Ln Lnvf0nSpiUe

LAYTONsVILLE, Feb. 5.-The
most important event Of the. week
end In. this district was the bond
rally held at the school Friday eve
ming which was also an important
social event In which almost every
family in the district participated.
Washington w. White was M. c.,
Evening star., 1944-02-06

Louise 6nouffer, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. John n. snouffer Of Lay
louisville. Their marriage took
place January 20 in Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Howes, Mrs.
Thomas Howes and Mrs. Joseph
Howes we're dinner guests early in
the week of Miss Louise Unglesbee
in Baltimore, after stopping In ELL
colt City for visit with Mrs. Harry
Bloom.
Evening star., 1944-02-06
Luncheon Hostess

Mrs. Earl w. Young was hostess
at dessert luncheon Tuesday when
her guests were group of Falls
Church matrons who have children
attending the St. James School.
Evening star., 1944-02-06
Red Cross Party

Sewing and knitting for the Red
Gross occupied the guests of Mrs
Thomas E. Sands, jr., Thursday
when she entertained at a luncheon
at her home in Falls Church.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-11-27
Social Service Is
Very Large Factor
Ii Growing Outlay
BY LYNN \ISBIJ
Daily Dispatch bureau

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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
Jerry TiIImon Is
Wanted By Boord

State Director of Selective Service,
Colonel Lawrence w. Long, stated that
the efforts to clear the State of Missis-
sippi of all d%elinquents are now being
redoubled. Anyone knowing the where
abouts of Jerry Tillman, 81, colored,
whose last known address was fernando,
urgently requested to inform local board
number one at Durant, or the state di-
rector of selective service at once.
Every effort possible has peer made
to apprehend delinquent registrants, and
the Department of Justice has cooperat-
ed fully with this program. During the
past two months the number has been
reduced from GIT to 444, a reduction Of
l73. 1t is desired to bring this number
down to a minimum of less than 100,
and the soone the better. 1t is extre-
mely unfair for these ~delinquents to
evade military service while others are
making the supreme sacrifice. Do your
part and let us know the whereabouts
of any delinquent registrant you might
know. Your cooperation will be greatly
appreciated by the state director of
selective service, national selective ser
vice headquarters, and the nation as a
whole.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
Pvt. Robert Irby, Jr.
At KeesIer Field

Keesler Field, Biloxi (Special)-Hav-
ing arrived at Keesler Field, Pvt. Robert
Elliott Irby, Jr., son Of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
+. Irby, ST., of Durant, is now being
examined by the AAF Training Com
mand station Medical inc Psychological
Unit to determine his qualifications as
a pre-aviation cadet.
Flying officer training as a pilot, bonn
oaraier or navigator will be given Pvt,
Irby upon successful completion Of the
processing he is undergoing at Keesler
Field. A series of medical and psycholo-
gical tests will indicate the type of air
crew training for which he is best suit
ed by aptitude and personal characteris-
ties, while other classification tests will
measure his technical skills and apti-
tudes. The period of his stay here will
also include a number of phases of mill
tary training, and when his qualifica-
tons have been determined he will go
to the proper Army Air Forces Training
Command station to begin his actual air
crew training.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
Rules On KINGS
P~ockoees For
Oversees Given

It is time for Us to start thinking Of
mailing our Christmas Parcels TO the
men and women in the Armed Forces
overseas, says Postmaster M. J. Will
liams.
Parcels this year will be the same
size and weight as those of last year,
not over s pounds in weight, not over
Is inches long or 80 inches over all. The
Post office Department appreciates the
way in which the public responded to
this request last year. However, greater
care must be taken in the preparation
Of our parcels this year. Too many pack
ages could not be delivered last year,
due to the fact that in handling, the adj
dresses became worn or torn off. We
should address each parcel on the box,
then wrap it in strong wrapping paper
and of course address it. 1t would not
be a bad idea to write out the name OF
the sender and the addressee on a card
and place il in the package.
Do not present a parcel for overseas
to your Post Office wrapped in a shoe
box. 1t will not stand the handling that
it must 60 through. Fiber board, light
wood or double faced corrugated paste
board boxes will stand up. Each package
must be packed TIGHTLY SO that the
contents will not shake about.
Only one Christmas parcel per week
from the same person to any individual
is acceptable and after October ID no
package for any overseas soldier will be
accepted without a written request. Let's
all try to get them in the mail as soon
after September Is as possible.
Do not try to send anything of a per-
| ishable nature, such as fruits or vege-
tables, nothing Of an inflammable ma
ture will be accepted, that means no
matches or lighter fluid; no intoxicants
or poisons.
Hard candies, nuts, soaps, caramels
individually wrapped and things OF such
nature are acceptable. If you should SEND
anything packed in glass be sure that
your container is in the center OF the
package with the other contents well
packed around it.
Christmas gifts mean so much to our
men and women overseas and the govern
ment is so very anxious to see that they
are delivered intact, this can be done,
only, if we prepare each parcel as 1t
should be prepared.
Be sure that your package Is not toe
large and not overweight when you pre-
sent IL for mailing. No Post Office CLERK
likes to refuse to accept q parcel for any
one, but if your package is not properly
prepared it will have to be repacked'
Let's all make our packages as compact
and have the contents packed TIGHTLY,
so that they will go through just like
they leave you.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
TO THE CITIZENS OF HOLMES
COUNTY

Much can be said in a very few we'll
chosen words as evidenced or our dog
quarantine notice-"Children are being
protected, not dogs" We feel the quar-.
rantine has served a good purpose and
probably prevented a number Of people
from being bitten. We feel too, that the
quarantine has served its purpose and
to p~rolong it will be unnecessary. We
therefore, declare the quarantine in
Holmes County terminated for this time,
September LIST, but urge continual vigil
ance with reference to immunization OF
your dogs and the doing away with
stray or unkept dogs.
Respectfully,
W. H. WEEKS, NJ. D.,
Director.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
Servicemen Overseas Nav
Get Registered MuiI|

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 29-Small articles
of intrinsic value may now be ent by
registered mail to servicemen and wom-
en- at APO addresses outside the con-
~tinental United States. Major Robert II.
Mccormack, Fourth Service Command
assistant postal officer, announced to-
day. New postal instructions also require
that registered articles weigh no more
han eight ounces and that they be
specifically requested by the addresses.
Valuable or important papers may also
be sent overseas by registered mail,
The registration service is intended
principally to cover watches, eye glasses.
fountain pens, and other items not read
lily available overseas. Requests from
addresses are required to keep the vol
ume of registrations within limits i'm
posed by the available oversee postal
personnel. Men overseas are being asked
to hold their requests for registered
mailings to a minimum.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
|Adcock Child Rites
Held On Tuesday

Funeral services for Charlie Benjamin
Adcock, 7-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. II. Adcock, of Durant, were held last
Tuesday following his death Monday at
the Community Hospital in Lexington
The Rev. Garrett, Nazerene pastor, oil
Durant, officiated at the services held
at Bowling Church.
The child died from the results OF
sticking a nail in his back.
The parents only recently moved to
Durant from Tunica.
Surviving are the parents and three
brothers, Elisha, h is in the army
and stationed in Iceland; Willie and
Grover, of Durant.
Interment was in the Bowling Gene
terry in Attala county with Southern
Undertaking Association conducting
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
WOO Per Year
,..% ,emba
..dIne Regiment

With the Fifth Army, Italy Especially
LIT. Johnny Dinas, of Durant, son q
Mr.. and Mrs. A. K. Dinas, is serving
with the 351st Regiment in Italy, one
Of General Mark Clark's Fifth Army
unit taat helped to drive the Germans
from the Garigliane River to the Arno.
Except for a brief rest period, the regi-
ment marched and fought almost o n
tinuously for more thar five months.
Part of the sSth Infantry Division.
the first selective service infantry divi-
sion to enter combat. After two months
of aggressive patrolling in the Minturno
sector, the regiment participated in the
smashing Fifth Army drive beginning
May 18th. Three days later the regiment
stormed into Santa Maria I~nfante, a key
enemy bastion. Over rugged mountains
and across broad valleys, the 351st push
ed forward and helped to liberate Rome.
Soon after the city's fall, the regi-
ment was given a well-earned rest
Three weeks later, however, the driv-
ing 351st was again slashing enemy
lines and backing the defeated Ger
mans to the north. At times the infan-
tryman had to move rapidly to keep up
with the fleeing enemy. In other instan-
ces important points were captured only
after bitter house-to-house fighting.
In addition to being the divisions
first regiment to enter combat, the
351st was its first regiment to arrive
overseas, first to arrive in Italy, first to
earn a Distinguished Service Cross, and
first to receive a battlefield promotion.
1t. Dinas is platoon officer.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
Durant Man Charged
With Manaauehter

Perkins Hiland, Durant, was bound
over to the Holmes County grand jury
under $4,000 bond on a charge Of man
slaughter in connection with the death
of Gene Cole, Durant Commercially
peal distributor, August 18th. The 81
year-old Durant man died in a Kosciusko
hospital as a result of injuries received
early Sunday, August 18th, when hit by
an automobile on highway 81 in Durant
near his home.
Mr.. Hiland was convicted of the charge
Of leaving the scene Of an accident in
the preliminary trial held in Durant
Monday morning before Justice of the
Peace Raiford McNeer. He was fined
500 and sentenced to six months in Jail
on this charge. He has appealed the
case to Circuit Court.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
TOWN and FARM
in WARTIME
esspossd by OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION

Ration Calendar for Week OF Aug. ~
PROCESSED FOODS-Blue AS thru
F5 (Book A. now valid at 10 points each
for use with tokens. Good indefinitely.
G5, He, is, KS and LIS, each worth 10
points, will become valid indefinitely
on September 3.
MEATS AND FATS-Red AS and D5
(Book - now valid at 10 points each
for use with tokens. Good indefinitely.
points each on September 3.
SUGAR-Sugar stamps No. 80, 81, and
80 Book A. now good for five pounds
each indefinitely. Stamp No. 80 becomes
valid September /,
CANNING SUGAR-Stamp No. II
good for five pounds canning sugar unit
February 2s, 1945. Apply to local boards
for supplemental r%ations.
SHOES-Airplane stamps No. l and
2 Book 81 valid indefinitely.
GASOLINE-A-l2 coupons now valid
Expire September 81. Renewals being
made now. r
Rationing rules now require that every
car owner write his license number and
state on all gasoline coupons in his pos
session, as soon as they are issued him
by his rationing board.
Effective of new f. o. b. ceiling prices
on the 1914 crop of sweet potatoes have
been advanced 10 days, W. E. Holcomb,
district oPA director, said today.
The changes in effective dates were
made, 0PA said, to prevent hardships
on shippers and to prevent buyers in
terminal markets from changing prices
10 days in advance of the intended dates
for f. o, b. price changes.
Because production has declined
sharply and is now below the pre-war
level, OPA has authorized an increase
in manufacturers maximum prices OF
SO per thousand for common and unglaz-
ed face building brick produced in Ala
bama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tonnes
see and Virginia.
od>hSphf EhisS'f TukuSh
in Mississippi will get the same amount
of gasoline, but fewer coupons when new
"A" books become valid, Major W. E.
Holcomb, district director of the Office
of Price Administration, said today.
Instead of using eight coupons, each
good for three gallons of gasoline, the
motorist after September 81 will use six
coupons over a three month period, each
coupon good for four gallons, he ex-
planned. Thus the total number of gal
Ions remains unchanged at "a per quar-
ter-or an average of about two gallons
per week.
The change in value Of individual
coupons affects only those in the new
books, valid after September 81, ano
bearing tho mineral 49,. or higher, OF
the fsos. Other "A" eoapons-thosf
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
I. Joseph ". Ho|Iomar
Awarded DIE

18TH AIR FORCE IN ITALY-Award
of the Distinguished Flying Cross was
recently made by Maj. Gen. Nathan F
Twining, commanding general Of ths
18th Air Force, to LIST 1t. Joseph W
Holloman, % year old Psi Mustang
pilot from Lexington, Miss.
1t was during a mission escorting
heavy bombers attacking strategic
targets in Germany hat Lieutenant
Holloman, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
W. Holloman Of Lexington, distinguished
himself when he led his flight against
ten enemy fighters and hen led his
comrades safely back to base after the
enemy had been completely dispersd
and four of them had been sent crash.
ing to the ground.
The citation read in part, a. despite
the superiority in numbers of enemy
aircraft, displaying outstanding aggres'
siveness and combat proficiency. Lisu-
tenant Holloman courageously led his
flight against the enemy force. In the
ensuing engagement he so skilfully
Unanswered his formation hat he and
his comrades accounted for four enemy
fighters destroyed" He has destroyed
two enemy airplanes during his combat
service.
With more than five months overseas
service, he has been awarded the All
Medal with one silver cluster, equiva.
lent to five bronze clusters and was
promoted to his present rank in June
He was commissioned a second lieu.
tenant and awarded his wings or
Oct. 9th, Of 1912.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
Pikens Youth Is
Wounded In Adioh

Pfc. Roland T. Hart, U. 8. Nan
Corps. 10, Pickens youth 10 In . SA-
Diego hospital and recovering from
wounds received in action according to
reports received here today.
Young Hart is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roland T. Hart, ST., Of Pickens,
and the family is we'll known in that
community. He finished the Pickens
High School and attended Holmes Junior
College. He was working in the oil field
at Pickens on entering the service about
a year age.
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No details of the battle in which he
was wounded could be given.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31

but is just playing politics is max
ing a grandstand play to get the Negro
vote in New York, Illinois, Ohio anc
Pennsylvania. This play would also be
popular with the Communists who list
racial equality as one of their most I'M
portant detectives as well as other radi'
cal groups. N
We had rather believe the first thar
the second conclusion. We had rather
believe Mr.. and Mrs. Roosevelt are
honest and sincere in trying to break
down racial barriers in the south II
the honest conviction that they are
helping to advance civilization than te
convict them of playing politics.
The idea that any person could use
his office and position to create sueh
untenable conditions for political rea'
sons is revolving to every decent mar
and woman in this country. Every per
son who loves the south, every person
who loves this country, should Civ
serious thought to what lies behind this
latest move from Washington to force
upon one section ideas and practices OF
conduct which are intolerable.
Mis~sissippians who preach loyalty to
Roosevelt as if he were God would dc
we'll to think seriously on this latest
| outrage to try to find the way to
forget self and personal gain and seel
to find a way to preserve h south IN
the impending conflict.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
Ii. Curtis J. Gibson
At Tuskegee Field

Tuskegee Army Air Field, Ala. (Spee-
iaD-Second Lieutenant Curtis J.. Glib
SON. who was commissioned from the
Aviation Cadet Corps at Luke Fi&d,
Ariz., on August 80, 1913, was recently
assigned to the Tuskegee Army Air
Field. Thu Army instructor. is the son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Gibson Of 401 N.
Jackson St., Durant, and is married to
the former Miss Erma L. Johnson OF
Lexington. He was an apprentice en-
balmer, prior to entering the armed
forces. His father is a prominent under
Photo by AAF Training Command).
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
Holmes Junior COLLEGE
Opens On Monday

Holmes Junior College VIII open Mon
day morning, September 4th, according
to an announcement today.
College officials are expecting a
slightly increased enrolment over last
year and prospects are good for another
successful school year at the Holmes
county institution.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
Patients At The Hospital

Mrs. G. c.. Mcbride and baby boy
West.
d. C. Wigley, Sails.
Mrs. Boswell Peacock and baby girl,
Lexington.
COl0red
Lonnie Mat Reed and baby, Lexington,
Lille c.. Kennedy, Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
Horriet Reagan On
Jr. College Foculty

Friends of Miss Harriet Reagan VIII
be interested to heal she has been elect
ed as Chemistry teacher at Copiah-Lin-
coin Junior College, located at Wesson'
Miss Reagan has been an outstanding
student on the Millsaps Campus and we
wish her much success in her new posi-
ton. y
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
Mrs. Doster Presents
Book To Library

A lovely book of travels has been pre-
scented the Holmes County Library at
honoring the memory of the late
Gene Cole, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Cole.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
r~esbyterion Church

DR.. G. T. Gillespie of Belhaven College
will preach at the Durant Presbyterian
Church Sunday morning, September 3rd
All friends and members are urged to
attend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31

Miss Eileen Ramsey leaves Friday for
Kosciusko to resume her teaching du-
ties.
Miss Mary Lewis burned her left hand
Wednesday morning.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31

Mrs. Edgar Howell and Rosemary
spent Thursday in Jackson.
Miss Edith Rhyme visited in winons
Tuesday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31

bearing the mineral "12", now valid
here, and the numeral "11", now valid
in the eastern seaboard area-continue
good for three gallons only. Motorists
and service station attendants alike
were cautioned to use the number on the
face of the coupon as a guide and to use
only those bearing the mineral 49,, or
larger, for transfer of four gallons.
The higher value was given the new
coupons, it was pointed out, will re-
quire less time in handling by service
station owners, local War Price and
Rationing Boards, and OPA notification
and ration banking personnel. The vol
ume of coupons handled will be reduced
about rs per cent by the action.
The remaining coupons in presen'
"A" books expire September 81, in Mis-
sissippi and motorists should have thei
new folders by that time. Motorists VIII,
have not yet made application for tn
new books were cautioned not to throy
away their old folders as these mus
be presented in making application 70
the new books.