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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

Music Big prizes for three outstanding sym phonic works will be offered in the Symphony of the Americas competition Those selected will have first performance by the Detroit Symphony of the Americas competition Six well known American musicians will select the winning compositions The final entry date is March l, 1945 Dorothy Kristen who has been singing in radio and light operas has been engaged to sing at the Metropolitan Opera next .. . The opening again this of the Salzburg Music festival recalls the former Sazburg Trapp Choir This family of singers conduct a music camp in Vermont When they sang in Waterbury in 1888 they presented family group program, and demonstrated music for the blOckflute. weI-remembered song their pro- tacky Home" by Stephen Foster Those who joyed hearing as encore the Triumphant Entry of the Boars by HavOrsen played by the Civic Orchestra at recent Pops concert will be interested to that the orchestra played this number back in Novel Der, 1888 when MT DiCeccOs orchestra younger organization. And since the orchestra first played that number back in the early years of the Organiza tion the spirited march has been must in many suc- Ceeding concerts -.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

Shades of Harry Bruce Wagner! We have been won- derlng who is the guy named Abercrombie, who broed Dan Parker and several sports writers of Connec tcut into verbal all the outcome of the recent Maurello-Eagle fight at the Municipal Stadium Back in the days of the Dan Parker and his sdekick Dan Bowes could call Harry Bruce Wagners detec-
 tive agency and press of the several hidden buttons Harry had under his desk and the answer would "pop up as automatically the FBIs magic finger print n- dexer And how well the two Dams knew Brother Wagner the Seuth extraordinary If Parker could only be in-
 formed that his man. Abercrombie in the protective custody of Wagner know that he would feel relieved and happy If there anything do, Dan to take the home town worry off your mind don't hesitate to write. As you read your favorte home town paper and glimpse this little note feel that the years will recede so swiftly and gracefully that you will think it was only last Wednesday since you and Dan Bowes put in the last flake telephone" cal and Harry Frank Victor Cohen and few more of the boys made we'll known in the old home town by your galoping L. c. Smith or Oliver will rise before your minds eyes and smngly admit that their statements (which they didn't give) were properly quoted An, Danny my boy those were the days of real and the old Fourth Estate
 tops in town. Remember those trips to Meriden with the cops baseball team and the night you the prize waltz at the old Connecticut hote? the fare well party staged for Jimmie Linnare? Ah those were the days Danny when sugar wasn't so scarce in act some people accustomed to tossing Jumps of 1t around - do you remember?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03
Today's Radio Programs
WEAF---WTIC

 4:00-Backstage Wife 4:l5-Stella Dallas 4:20-Lorenzo Jones 4:45-YounE Wilder Brown 5:00-When A Girl Marries 5:15-Portia Faces Life 5:30-Just Plain Bill 5:45-Front Page Farrell 6:00-News
 6:15-victory Is Dur Business 6:30-Bob Steele 6:45-Lowell Thomas, Commentator 7:00-Supper Club 7:15-News of the World i:30-Quiz Of Two Cities 8:00-Cities Service Concert S:30-Correction Please 9:00-WaltZ Time 9:30-People Are Funny, lO:CO-Dunninger IL Master
 Mentalist 10:30-Bill Stern l0:45-Program From New York II 1:00-News 11:15-Harkness of Washington 1l:30-American Story 12:00-News l2:05-Mr. Smith Goes To Town
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

Our Waterbury Let's not present too many facts today about the very olden days Our digging under since last week brought forth Chamber of Commerce brochure that exolls Waterbury, Connecticut and New England. In this folder Waterbury is presented in nutshell of that date It encouraged the reader to come to New England, vacation land, saying Water bury smiles welcome to you and asks that you enjoy the fullest all that she has to offer Pictured is 1eene in our Valley as you approach Waterbury, this scene not much changed in twenty to twenty-five years except perhaps at the city limits going towards Nauga- tuck and some miles below where the highway has be- come super-highway and few curves strengthened out Otherwise our valley is the green one, it's scenic beauty all the way north to Thomaston and Tor Ington as It was in the beginning. Gateway to the BerkShires and the Litchfeld Hls as former Hotel Elton proprietor exolled it. Waterbury is given bright Icture it's City Hall then fairly new, Reynolds Bridge calling the turn before you landed in Thomaston and the old water wheel in the park of 1846 pointed to visitors from other states Waterburys population cited 99902 of 193O and since that time it has Eone down, then up again. InduStrialy were going places at that particular tme and in the continuance of the industrial narration still going also ad vancing civcally and socially and educationally The social agencies have piled up and the special War Relief agencies the Red Cross booming and the hospitals adding on and adding on. Then as now we feel as the much fingered brochure states that "frendness kind ness thoughtfulness for others fused to make Wa terbury city worthwhile in which to live"
 Good Might.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03
WATR PROGRAMS
1920 KnocycIes

3:00-Best Sellers
 s:3o-Ladies Be Seated
 4:00-Time Views The News 4:15--Time Out For Music 4:S0-Report From Abroad 4.45-Hop Harrigan
 5:00--Terry And The Pirates 5:15-Hit5 And Bits
 5:30-Jack Armstrong
 5:45-Music For Dining 6:00-Yankee Network News 6:15-Cocktail Serenade 6:25-Baseball Scores 6:30-News: Interlude 6:45-Pleasure And Profit 7:00-Headline Edition 7:15-Raymond Gram Swing 7:30-Phone Your Answer 7:45-Waltz Time: News S:00-Pages Of Melody S:30-This Is Your FBI 9:00-FamouJ Jury Trials 9:30-The Sheriff
 9:55-Coronet Story Teller 10:00-Man From G-2 10:30-Dr. Talks It Over 1O:45-Los Andrinis 11:00-Yankee Network News 11:15-korn Kobblers 11:30-Lawrence Welk's Irch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

7:30-The Jerry Wayne show S:00-The Aldrich Family
 S:30-Adventures of the Thin Man s:55-News-Bil Henry
 9:O0-It Pays to Be Ignorant 9:30-Those Websters
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03
TOMORROW

7:30Saturday Morning Revielle S:00-Yankee Network News 8:15-Shoppers' Guide: News 9:00-Breakfast Club 10:00-Whats Cooking: News 10:30-Land of the Lost !1:00-Harry Rogen's Orch. 11:30-The Vagabonds 11:45-Notes From q Dairy 12:00-Piano Playhouse 12:15--Matters Musical 12:30-News 12:45-Melody Time 1:00-News: Melody Time 1:15-Luncheon With Lopez 1:30-Carnival
 1:45-Voice Of The Army 2:00-Basebal Games 4:00-Saturday Symphony 5:00-Duke Ellington 6:o0-Yankee Network News 6:15-Hits And Bits 6:25-Baseball Scores 6:30-Hits And Bits: News 6:45-Labor. U. S. A. 7:00-Correspondents Abroad 7:15-David Wills 7:30-Swinging On The Golden
 Gate
 S:00-Summer Serenade S:30-Tanglewood Festival 9:S0-Flight To Te Pacific: Coronet
 Quick Quiz 0:00-Hoosier Hop 10:30-Hayloft Hoedown Network News 11:15-Art Moneys Orch. 11:30-Henry Kings Orch.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-29
Former HJC Student Gets
Signal Recognition

A First Tactical AT Medium Bomber
Base, France-Technical Sergeant James
A.. Mcdaniel, of Sandersville, Miss, has
received signal recognition for his vet
eran service in the Air Corps Technical
Supply field. In an order recently issu-
ed by his squadron commander, Sgt
Mcdaniel was named Squadron Techni-
cal Supply Inspector.
Duties of a supply inspector require
a thorough knowledge Of the many
phases of supply procedure and a
"catalogued" memory of mountainous
stockss supplies and equipment, from
the smallest cotter key to huge bomber
tires and 1000 horsepower engines.
Sgt. Mcdaniel was introduced to the
supply system soon after his enlistment
at Barksdale Field, La, in 1910. He
worked with supply problems through
out the North African Campaign, and
later on, in SARDINIA and Corsica.
Sgt. Mcdaniel is a former student Of
Holmes County Junior College. Preced-
ing his enlistment he was employed by
the Central Battery Company, Jackson,
Miss.
Mrs. J. E. Mcdaniel, the sergeant's
formerly resided in Sanders
Vile, now makes her home at 1887 East
Fertilization Street, Jackson.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-29
John n. Grow On
LIST In Pacific

Aboard an LIST Somewhere in the
Pacific.-John H. Crow, shipfitter sec
ord class Of West, Miss, is q member
of the crew of this landing ship, tank,
and In her, has participated in four Of
the major moves our forces have made
toward Tokyo.
Just a short five months after she
was commissioned, Crows ship showed
her nose on her first beachhead at
Apamama Island rs miles southeast of
Tarawa. For three months she trans
ported troops and supplies between
various islands in that group and then
she made ready for her next big move
-Kwajalein.
Now a seasoned ship with a veteran
crew, she went on to Eniwetok, and the
Marianas and between each new strike
she was not idle, but doing the myraid
"odd jobs" necessary to the maintain
ance of a great force Of men scattered
over vast reaches Of sea.
Crows shipmates have just one major
ambition now-they want to be the
first ship to report "All troops and
equipment nave been discharged" from
the beach in Tokyo bay.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-29
Cpl. Lewis N. BurreH
Awarded Air Medal

18th AAF in Italy-Cpl. Lewis NJ. Bur-
rell, %, RID No. 2, Goodman, Miss, B.
"a Liberator bali gunner. has been a.
warded the Air Medal for "meritorious
achievement in aerial flight while par.
~ticipating in sustained operational &C
tivity against the enemy.
Cpl. Burrell arrived overseas last De-
cember. He is a member of a veteran
Liberator group commanded by Col
Leroy L. S~tefonowicz, Wildrose, N. D
The group has participated in more than
2O5 combat missions against enemy in
stallations in the Mediterranean Thea
ter of operations.
Cpl. Burrell was graduated from
Camden High School in May, 1941. He
attended Holmes Junior College, Good
man, Miss, before entering the army
on Sept. %, 1912. He received his arma-
ment training at Buckley Field, Colo,
and his gunner's wings at Tyndall Field
Florida.
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Bur-
rell, live at the Goodman address.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-29
Duront Senior Class
PIoy To Be Busy
As A Beaver"

Don't be surprised if some morning
in the lear future you hear everybody
exclaiming, "Im busy as a beaver!", and
following it with a hearty laugh. For
Busy as a Beaver is the title of Rus
sell brakes new play which he calls a
frolicsome farce. Comedy and is to be
presented here at the Durant High
School auditorium under the sponsor
ship of the Senior Glass. The play is
being given here by special permission
of Samuel French, the largest play pub
fishers in the world.
Busy as a Beaver, is one of this
authors best plays, and the whole town
will aree that it is one of the very best
plays they have ever seen. Watch for
the date and be sure to tell everybody
you see about it so that a large crowd
will be on hand to enjoy an evening
that will be packed with fun and gay
ETY..
The cast includes: Roy Williams,
Carolyn Hays, Emma Katherine White,
Theodore Dinas, Beatrice Roby, Peggy
Knott, Rachel Mcclellan, David Com
fort, Catherine Moore, Elinor Stone
street, Margie Norwood, Jane Herring
ton and Hub" Brooks. The class spon-
sor, Mrs. w. E. Lyon has charge Of the
plays production.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-29
Dolly Porter Wins
Soldiers Medal

S/Sgt. Norman D. Porter of Durant,
has been awarded the Soldiers Medal
for %rescuring his commanding officer
from a strong undertow in the Halma-
hera Sea at the risk of his own life.
Swimming through high waves of an
extremely rough sea, Sgt. Porter reach
ed the distressed officer only to find
that he could not make Roadway toward
shore against the undertow. Keeping
the officer afloat, the Sgt. called for a
duck" and continued his struggle until
the amphibious vehicle reached them.
Porter is a supply sergeant in the
artillery battery of the 31st infantry
division. He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Allen Porter and the husband
Of Mrs. Jean Porter all of Durant. A
graduate of Durant high school, he was
manager of a Service Station in his
hometown before his induction into the
Army in November 1910.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-29
7. ]. Evans Passes
Wednesday Morning

Funeral services were held at l:oo
P. M. today for T. J. Evans, rs, who
died Wednesday morning, following a
long illness. Last rites were held from
the home with the Rev. L. M. Shaw Of
ficiating.
Interment was in Kilmachael Genre
terry.
Mr.. Evans is survived by his wife
one son. T. ]. Evans, Jr.; one daughter,
Mrs. Bonnie Barton, Belzoni. Also sur
viving are three sisters, Mrs. NJ. A
wilson, Indianola; Mrs. ]. NJ. Houston
Webb; Mrs. L. p. Marshall, Sumner;
two brothers, J.. f. Neal, Mobile, Ala
Mclean Neal, Sarah.
Pallbearers were: Hunter Cade, IL r
Johnson, Earnest Harrison, Frank Ben
nett, Herman Griffin, George Bailey
Tommie Ware and Charles ". Bailey.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-29
Pvt. W. V. Lundy, Jr.
Buried In Holland

Pvt. William V. Lundy, Jr., has been
buried in a U. S. Military cemetery at
Margraten, Holland, according to a let
ter received by Mrs. Lundy from Col.
s, r. Kinds, commanding officer of the
4lst Armored Infantry.
An earlier letter TO Mrs. Lundy stat
ed:
"We feel deeply with you the loss we
both have sustained by the death of
Pvt. LuNdy. Your husband was an ex-
cellent soldier. He was given a military
funeral conducted by a Protestant
chaplain and was buried in an establish
ed military cemetery somewhere in Hol-
land. An inquiry to the Quartermaster
General, War Department, Army Serv-
ice Forces. Washington, d.. G., may be
made as to the exact location of this
cemetery and the disposition of his per-
sonal effects"
Pvt. Lundy volunteered in 1910 for
service and was killed November %
1944 in Germany. He had fought in
Africa and Sicily after which he spent
six months in England before the Nor
mandy campaign. His outfit went in the
second day of the invasion and fought
its way across France, Belgium and in
to Germany.
He is survived by his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. v. Lundy, of Lexington, and
his wife, the former Mary Sue Morgan,
of Tupelo, and a son, Charles Robert, 2,
whom he had never seen.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-29
Crop Insurance Answers
To Weather Threat

The new Federal Crop Insurance pro-
gram recently enacted by Congress-
helps cotton growers to fight agricul-
lures most ancient enemy-bad wealth
er. In the opinion Of E. R. Trotman.
County Administrative Officer, Of the
Agricultural Adjustment Agency, this
is a major milestone in the farmers
long struggle for security.
"A farmer has to live with the wealth.
err Mr.. Trotman declared. "Most Of
his fears, joys. or disappointments stem
from it. Every year sees thousands Of
farmers robbed by the weather of har.
vests in which they have inves ed plan
ming, money, and hard work.
Crop losses not only wipe out indi.
vidual farmers, but affect whole COM
munities as WELL" he added. "They slow
down business, and raise the cost Of
living for the folks in the cities"
Crop insurance, according to Mr..
Trotman, protects crop investments and
virtually eliminates the CANDLES in
raising cotton. The Federal insurance
program offers a choice of coverage Of
30 or rs percent of the average farm
yield, and protects against unavoidable
hazards to growing crops.
The insurance Is now being offered
to growers in this area, and is avail
able to all persons having interest in
the 1916 cotton crop, whether landown-
ers, tenants, or sharecroppers. Applica-
lions must be filed prior to seeding, but
in no case later than April 10, 1945.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-29
$500 Per Year
Durant Stores Set


Durant merchants and offices will
close for a halliday summer holiday
every Thursday at noon beginning next
week, April 5th and continuing through
August goth.
This follows the procedure for the
past few years in the hot summer
months.
Firms signing the petition to close
for this period are: Robert Irby, The
Style Shop, Herrin's Barber and Beauty
Shops, City Market, Piggy Wiggly, Neal
Furniture Co, Terry Barber Shop, Du-
rant Grocery and Market, d. V. Pound,
odom Bros, Racine's Barber Shop, Du-
rant Variety Store, City Shoe Shop,
Turner Barber Shop, Durant Dry Goods
Co., Peoples Bank, Walter Durham, Nc
Lellan's, and j. P. Durham.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-29
April Is Month OF
Church Emphasis

All of the church people in MISSISSIPPI
pi are being requested to observe the
month of April as Church Emphasis
Month with a definite emphasis on each
Sunday. This program was called for in
a report made by the Rural Church
Committee of the Mississippi Rural
Life Council and was adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Council in
their February meeting.
Rev. Duncan M. Gary, bishop of
the diocese of Mississippi of the Epis-
copal Church, is president of the Rural
Church Committee and the Rev. G.. M.
Peery, of the board of education of the
Christian Church, is secretary.
Governor Thomas l.. Bailey, president
of the Rural Life Council, has written
to the ministers Of the state concern
ing this program, saying: april will
be a month when the price of World
War II will be felt in every home in
rho state. It wifi be a time when every
church should be crowded with congre-
cations praying for victory and = last
ing peace. The hearts Of the people are
being made tender by suffering and
sorrow. They need courage, comfort and
strength. Tho church can minister to
them in this hour of their need.
Members Of the Rural Church Com
mittee Of the Council, representing
many Of the religious denominations
OF the state include Frank Gwin of
Tchula
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-29
Pfc. Henry Moreheod
Home On FurIough

With Sixth Infantry Division on Lu.
z~on-Private First Class Henry r
Moorehead Of Lexington, Miss, is re.
turning home on a 30-day rotation fur.
Tough after more than 80 months over
seas in the Southwest Pacific theater.
Before landing with American amphi.
bious forces at Lingayen Gulf last Jan
uary 9, Moorehead, member of a front
line infantry rifle company. was sta
toned in New Guinea where he parti-
cipated in the Sansapor and Maffin Bay
campaigns. He is a member Of the in
fantry regiment which was a major fac
tor in the clearing of the japanese from
Bataan peninsula.
Upon completion Of his 3O-day fur
Tough, Moorehead will rejoin his or
ganization.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-29
TchuIu Youth Trains
At San Antonio

San Antonio Aviation Cadet Cener.
Texas,-Ray Stevens Melton, son of Mr..
and Mrs. j.. c. Melton, Tchula, is a
cadet at the San Antonio Aviation
Cadet Center where potential pilots,
b~ombardiers. and n~avigators are re-
ceiving preflight training to prepare
them for aerial instruction and duties
as aircrew members in the Army Air
Forces.
The future filters are subjected to a
rigorous 10-week program of instruc-
ton covering physical, academic and
military training. At the Cadet Center,
? unit of the AAF Training Command,
they study maps and charts, aircraft
Identification, small arms and other
subjects while being conditioned physi-
ally for the long training period ahead.
Bombardiers, navigators and pilots re-
,eive the first five weeks of p~reflight
instruction as a group, then are sepa-
ated for specialized training.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-29
0PA Roundup

Gasoline-A-15 coupons valid March
~ through June Fl. Rationing rules
now require that each car owner write
MS license number and state on zach
coupon in his possession as soon as it
is issued to him by his local rationins
board. Your mileage rationing record
must be presented to the board when
applying for supplemental B and C
gasoline ~rations.
Rent-Do not charge more than
maximum rent; if you think an increase
should be made, contact Rent Office.
Electric Hoe Plates
Specific dollars and cents retail pric-
es on single and double burner I'M
branded electric hot plates have been
established it was announced today by
OPA's District Director W. E. Holcomb.
The maximum price of single unbranded
hot plate is 98c and double burner ST.
%. Any federal, state or municipal ex-
else tax may be added to these prices:
provided each tax is separately stated.
Gasoline
"B-5", "C-5" "E-1" and "R.1s ~.
oline ration coupons and all I'D" COLL
pons that are not serially numbered
will be cancelled after March 81, 1s45.
the Office of Price Administration has
announced. AT the same time "1st. ctr.
l945 T" coupons will expire for use bv
commercial motor vehicle operators.
Service station operators will have
ten days, or through April 10, to turn
these coupons in to their sunnI;es for
gasoline or exchange them at their War
Price and Rationing Boards for ration
checks.
Most OF these coupons have already
been sued up, OPA said, and it is now
desired to remove the few remaining
ones from circulation. However, hold
ers OF cancelled coupons that represent
an ~unexpired ration may exchange
them for valid coupons at their boards.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-29
Easter Services AT
Baptist Church

Special Easter services will be held
at the Durant Baptist Church Sunday.
Everyone is cordially invited to worship
at this time. The program follows:
Meditation The Lord in His Holy
Temple-Choir.
Doxology.
Morning Prayer.
Response Hear Our Prayer, o Lord
Choir.
He is Not Here, But Is Risen-Choir.
Scripture.
Hymn Christ Arose.
Tithes and Offerings.
Easter Anthem-Choir.
Message-Rev. A. II. O'Briant.
Invitation Hymn l Gave My Life For
Benediction.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-29
Sat. Willie D. Brister
Home From Pacific

Willie d. Brister, %, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. d. Brister Of West, Miss, re-
turned recently from the Pacific and Is
now on ~furlough.
He was an engineering chief with a
Fourth Marine Air Wing fighter squad
ron, based in the Hawaiian and Mari
anas Islands.
He was graduated from West High
School In 1910, where he played on the
football and baseball teams. Prior to
enlisting in August, 194l, he was an
employee Of the Vicksburg National
Military Park, Vicksburg, Miss. He at
tanned his present rank In December,
19a3.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-29
Captain Gary Farmer
Hurt In Pacific

Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Farmer Of Lex
ington recently had a letter from their
son, Capt. Gary P. Farmer. stating that
he had been hurt and was in a field
hospital in the Philippine Islands. Capt.
Farmer wrote that he was hit by an air
plane grid while helping construct an
emergency landing field. He sustained
a double fracture in his left leg.
Capt. Farmer is married to the for
mer O'Neal Nance. They have two chill
dren, Peggy and Parker. Mrs. Farmer
and the children reside at lot Pickens
st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Farmer have another
son in the service, Sgt. Hrebert Farmer,
stationed at Presque Isle, Maine.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-29
Methodists Announce
Easter Services

Special Easter services will be held
Sunday morning at the Durant Meth
odist Church. according to an announce
ment by the Rev. w. P. Bailey, pastor.
All members are urged to attend and
welcome into the church new members.
The Sacrament of the Lord Supper
will be observed at the morning service.
Mrs. l.. C. Lipsey will have charge of
special Easter music.
The regular evening service will also
be held.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-29
Pickens Youth Is
Now Squud Leader

Camp Fannin, Texas-Pvt. John j
white, whose home address is Pickens-
MISS has been made an Acting Squad
Leader at the Infantry Replacement
training Center here.
A member of Company d, 58th Bat
talon, 18th Training Regiment, Pvt
whites leadership ability won quick
recognition in his basic training cycle
and ne now leads the IL men in his
squad during field maneuvers.
lie Is the son of Mrs. Frances White
OF Pickens, Miss.