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Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-22

During 1910, the last preWar year,
the weight of traffic moved by air
express in the United States was
100000 pounds, while in 1914 it
totaled over. 100000 pounds, il
Illustrating the increasing impor-
tance of airborne traffic to the war
effort and the industrial life Of the
nation.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-22
Mckinley Study
Group to Meet

Members of Mckinley study group
will meet at l o'clock Friday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Alvin
Hawkins, 845 Ell Centro avenue. All
members of Mckinley P. T. A. are
welcome to attend.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-22
PIONEER SPIRIT PREVAILS

But for the wives of fighting men
there are no such drawbacks.
Besides, when you talk about pio-
neer spirit, you naturally think of
wives. Not many women crossed
plains of the west alone. They went
along with their men. They had
the pioneer spirit because they
knew it was better to face hardship
and uncertainty than to be sep
arated from their men. And wives
are just the same today. They
would not hesitate a minute to fol-
low their men to war-if they only
had the chance.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-22

Some the smartest daytime en-
sembles combine striped dresses
topped with coats of one dominant
shade. Point in case is the Roman
striped navy background dress,
shown right, made of sciences
newest textile miracle-first of the
one-denier spun rayons to be re-
leased to fashion-Which in this en-
semble is topped with tailored
coat of yellow rayon gabardine.
New daytime style for wear now
under spring coats and for solo APP
pearances all through the summer
is the ''petticoat dress" which gets
its flouncy lock and pert appeal
from a clever manipulation of
stripes. Launched by FoX-Brownie
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-22

daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Luther
Sharp of El Centro.
1t. Field is serving overseas in the
South Pacific and his parents live
in Tiffin, Ohio.
Mrs. Clifford G. Cook has re-
turned from six months stay in
Los Angeles and Alhambra, to her
home in Red Star Acres, bringing
with her Clifford Jr. who is now
four months old.
Mrs. Cooks visit was prolonged
when her sister, Mrs. Manuel Here
dia, whom she was visiting, received
word her husband, Radioman &c
Feredia, had been killed at Guam.
Mr. and Mrs Ole Nordland Of
BraWley have as their house-guests
Mrs. Nordland's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Beins CT Aurora, Ne
braSka.
Another Valley girl joining the
army nurce corps is Miss Hazel
Wall, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Wall Of BraWley. She gradu-
ated from General hospital in Los
Angeles and expects her call from
the army about April l.
Mrs. Frank Jerome and young
daughter, Judith, arrived in BraW-
ley recently to make their home
with Mrs. Jerome's brcther-in-law
and his family, the V. V. Jeromes,
while her husband is in the South
Pacific area. Another brothers
family, Mrs. Paul jerome and son
Richard of Phoenix, have also been
visiting the past week.
Mrs. Ralph Marquand returned
to her home in Holtville last week
after visiting relatives in Cotton
and Arcadia Amcng them were her
sister-in- law, Mrs. Ross Blakely,
and family; her mother-in-law,
Mrs Matte Marquand, and her
brother-in-laW and his wife, MI.
and Mrs. Myron Marquand. A high
light of the visit was. meeting her
new niece, Mrs. Ralph Blakely CT
Sidney, Australia.
Mrs. Frances Kenney OF Holtville
has returned to her duties as
WAC at Dibble General Hospital at
Menlo Park, after visiting friends
at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Harlan OF
Holtville have had as their house
guests the past few days Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Cornelison of Redlands,
who are there on business.
Mrs. Cleveland Knight and her
daughter Karalee Kaye of Waterloo,
Iowa, have arrived in Holtville to
make their home with her huS-
bands parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Grover Knight.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-22
Valley P.E.O. Chapters Honor
State Officials at Luncheon

members the valley gathered
Worth
John Sherman Bailey, president first
vice-pedent
The tables atactvey
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-22
Loretta BechtIe To Be Wed
To Oscar Gehing, San Diego

Loretta Beht will be the
Thursday county department
party recently office
the nohost which
sented the brde-to-be with a of table linen.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-22
CALENDAR
THURSDAY

Valley Masonic dinner, $3.50, Braw-
ley Presbyterian church.
Junior Toastmasters, 6:15, Cali
. fOrnia Hotel.
Baptist Youth banquet, $3.50, Bap-
tiSt church.
Night school, 10, high school.
CAP and CAPC, 1880, high school.
Electricians, 1880, Labor Temple.
USWV Auxiliary, 8, Veterans
Hall.
Building Trades, 8, Labor Temple.
b. p. o. f., s, Elks Club.
FRIDAY
County Board Meeting, Federation
of WOmen's Clubs, 10 am, Braw-
lew WOman's Club.
Kiwanis, IL, Barbara worth hotel.
Mckinley Study Group, l, 845
Ell Centre.
Eastern Star, 8, Masonic temple.
McCabe- Eucalyptus Community
Center, 8, McCabe school.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-22

More than 100000 seamen have
been graduated from U. S. Mari
time Service training stations,
while an additional $4,000 officers
and seamen have been upgraded.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-22
OF PERSONAL
INTEREST

1t and Mrs. r. E. Field announce
the birth of son, weighing nine
and one-half pounds, February II in
Mercy Hospital in San Diego. Mrs.
Field is the former Pauline Sharp,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Luther
Sharp of El Centro.
1t. Field is serving overseas in the
South Pacific and his parents live
in Tiffin, Ohio.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-22
new kind Of
ASPIRIN tablet
doesn't upset stomach

When you need
quick from
pain, do you
hesitate to take
aspirin because
it leaves you
with an upset
stomach? If so,
this new medi-
,,1 I,.nauor,,
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-22

Mrs. Cleveland Knight and her
daughter Karalee Kaye of Waterloo,
Iowa, have arrived in Holtville to
make their home with her huS-
bands parents, MIR. and Mrs.
Grover Knight.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-22
Herb Sauce
Adds Extra Taste
To Fish Dishes
BY GAYNOR MADDOX
NEA Staff Writer

With Lent at hand as we'll as SO
many meatless days, fish recipes
have special Importance.
Baked Fish Steaks-Herb Dressing
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-22

Mr.. and Mrs. George Harlan OF
Holtville have had as their house
guests the past few days Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Cornelison of Redlands,
who are there on business.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-11-01
Red Cross Offers
Home Nursing In
Holmes County
Visiting Nurse
Here Nov. 10Th;
Free Glasses

"A Red Cross home-nursing course
Will be available to every woman
IN Holmes county beginning Novem-
Der Goth when a visiting nurse will
come to this county for two months
service.
A series of classes will be held in
every community in the county and
all ladies are urged to take advan-
tage of this great opportunity, said
Mrs. Claude Bailey, county chair
man of Red Cross Home Nursing.
The program is being carried out
on a nationwide basis and Holmes
is one of five counties in the State
OF Mississippi designed for this train
ing.
According to Mrs. Fanny Lump
kin, executive of the Red Cross, this
home nursing course is a way of
turning back to the people Of Hol-
mes county some Of the money they
have generously contributed in
times past.
1t is expected that hundreds of
Holmes women will enroll in these
classes all of which will be conduct
ed without any charge.
Watch this paper for complete de-
tails on the classes to be offered. ;
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-11-01
Durant Swamps Thu|a
500 In Game FRIDAY

Durant Tigers swamped Tchula
sos Friday afternoon at Tchula in
running up the biggest offensive
score of any game this season.
Tchula's only score came when a
Wildcat end caught a pass partially
blocked by Durant and raced for a
touchdown.
Scoring for Durant were Yang
Love, Shackeal and Melton, two
touchdowns each, and eagle and
Burrell one touchdown each.
Comden Next
Durant's next game will be Fri
day night at 7:3O o'clock at the Hol-
mes Jr. College stadium when they
are scheduled to play Camden.
Local supporters of the team are
urged to attend the game and help
inspire the boys in their efforts to
go through the season undefeated.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-11-01
Schools Of Holmes County Spearhead Final
Victory War Loan; Will Win Holiday
Duront Employers
Poy Back STATS. 90

During the fiscal year ending June
80, employers of Durant paid $2,479
in back wages to employees subject
to the Federal Wage and Hour Law
when inspections showed the work.
ers had not been paid in accordance
with the minimum wage and over
time compensation requirements of
the Act, according to Joseph C..
Noah, regional director of the Wage
and Hour and Public Contracts Di-
visions, U. S. Department of Labor,
in Birmingham.
The back wages paid were part of
a total of $159,480 paid in the State
as a whole as a result of violations
of the monetary provisions of the
law and represented the difference
between what was paid the employ
ees and what was Enthusiastically
determined to be due them under
the law, Mr.. Noah said.
Under the Wage-Hour Law, en-
ployees engaged in interstate COM
merce or the production of goods for
interstate commerce must be paid
at least 40 cents an hour and at least
time and a half the regular rate of
pay for each hour worked after 40
hours a week, except those specifi-
cally exempt under the law, Mr..
Noah stated.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-11-01
War Fund Receives
Only S2,0O8.52

Total contributions in Holmes
county to the National War Fund so
far total only $2,008.25 with the fol-
lowing communities reporting:
Coxburg, $43.5O; Thornton, $751;
90; Ebenezer, 1850; Acona, $36.75;
Lexington, $957.75 (incomplete).
Durant, $723.75.
Communities from which no re.
port has been received are:
Tchula, Mileston, Cruger, Bethesda,
Bowling Green, Goodman, West,
Centerville, Emory, Pickens.
The committees for the above
named communities are urged to
complete solicitation and make their
final report to Pat M. Barrett, Coun.
ty Chairman, just as soon as possible.
Holmes county as a whole is fall.
ing far short of its $4,000. quota.
Everyone is asked to make his con.
tribution this year as much as ever
in order for us to meet the goal
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-11-01
Durant Places Raided
By Officials Saturday
Whiskey Is Found
Slot Machines
Not Touched

Plez Norris, of Durant, was raided
Saturday by Sheriff w. L. Murtagh
on affidavit filed by County Attor-
ney Pat M. Barrett.
According to the Sheriff's return
two and one-half cases of liquor
were found.
Slot machines running at the time
of the raid were not touched.
Norris claimed in Justice of the
Peace McNeer's court late Wednes-
day that the place belonged to his
daughter, Mrs. Juanita Vines. The
latter was fined $4,000 and costs by
Judge McNeer.
Norris has been convicted in court
twice before.
Memoir Convicted
A. L. McNair, Durant, was raided
by Marshal Clarence Robertson in
Durant Saturday. Four and one-half
cases Of liquor were found. There
we're nc slot machines on the prem
Uses.
McNair plead guilty in Mayor w.
E. Howell's city court Monday and
was fined 500 and costs.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-11-01
Methodists Complete
Successful Year

The Durant Methodist Church is
completing a year of progress in the
Lords work. Sunday will complete
the second year of the present Pas
tors ministry.
The church has entered into the
Crusade For Christ Program and is
doing its part in this forward move
ment. The church has already paid
in cash something over $1100. into
this cause and will finish its quota
before the last of January 1916. The
church has contributed $28S.O O to
the Superanuated Ministers fund
this year. It has assumed and paid
over $4,000 to World Service and
Conference Benevolences. 1t has CIV
en- better than $4,000 for the sup
port of the Methodist Orphanage at
Jackson. This expenditure does not
include the support given our Mis-
sion work by Dur Woman's Society
of Christian Service and our Wes-
leyan Service Guild. There have
been quite a large number Of new
members added to the Fellowship of
the Church during the past two
years. OF. course along with this we
have also lost some faithful loyal
members, these we greatly miss.
The Pastor and his family deeply
appreciate the many kindnesses they
have received from the people of
Durant during these two years. All
members Of the church are urged
to be present Sunday for all the
services. It is very fitting that the
last Sunday Of the Conference year
comes on this regular Commun-
ion Day. May we make of this a day
of Christion Fellowship.
Friends and visitors are cordially
welcomed to our services Sunday.
The Pastor will leave for Confer
ence next Wednesday Nov. 7th. He
hopes that a number of the men,
bers of the Durant congregation will
visit the conference at some time
during the week. The Conference
win meet in First Church at Green
wood.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-11-01
$2l6,000. "E" Bonds
Must Be Sold To
Win Student Quote

The schools of Holmes county arc
spearheading the final Victory War
Loan drive under the direction Of
w. R. Huddleston, superintendent Of
the Tchula schools. The Victory Loan
opened Monday, Oct. 29th.
School children throughout Hol-
mes county have been working this
week selling bonds in their various
communities to meet a quota Of
$216, 900. in "E" bonds and thereby
win a school holiday. The school
children will continue their efforts
until Nov. 9th and everyone is urs-
ed to buy his bonds now and from
some school child in order to en-.
courage the children in their bond
selling efforts.
Holmes county school have been
given the $216,000. quota based on
taking u hospital patients (wound.
ed veterans) to are for. It is esti-
mated that hospitalizing Of wound
ed veterans averages $4,000 per
veteran.
For each unit sold j nissue value
of E-bonds the school will have its
name stenciled on a bed in a mill
tary hospital in the state.
Gov. Bailey has proclaimed the
week Oct. 29-Nov. 9th as Schools
for Victory" week.
Norman Weathersby, chairman Of
Holmes County War Finance Com
mittee, said: School authorities and
students are cooperating one humid
red percent in this drive. The quick
er we all invest, the quicker the
drive will. be over. Let's rally our
best efforts and wind up wal financ-
ing in our county in a blaze of glory.
We must finish our final job.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-11-01
Army Recruiters Visit
Duront, Lexington
And Tchulo

Sgt. Blaylock and Cpl. Dutton will
be in the City Hall in Durant Tues
day and Wednesday in the Super
visors Room in Lexington on Thurs
day and Friday, and in the City Hall
in Tchula on Saturday from 9 A. M,
to S P. NJ, for the purpose Of ac-
cepting enlistments for the regular
army.
Discharged Vets who are interest
ed in enlisting have certain benefits
they may take advantage of if they
enlist within the prescribed time
limits.
Men subject to draft may choose
their branch Of service and overseas
theater of operations by enlisting in
the regular army.
Discharged Vets and men subject
to draft, don't delay. See them for
the latest information before its too
late.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-11-01
Western Holmes Asks
Road Improvement
.Lexi60ton-C oxbuIe
Rood Wdnted In
Building Pro1rom

Holmes members OF the State
Legislature and members of the
Board Of Supervisors are being petit
toned by a number of citizens from
the Brozville, coxburg, Eulogy and
Tolarviile communities in regard to
the proposed road improvement pro-
gram announced previously.
Citizens Of these communities
want the lexington oxburg in
cluded in the road improvement pro-
gram. AS they point out the entire
area mentioned depends upon the
Lexington-C oxburg road for access
to markets, trade, medical services
and all necessities.
Their petition follows:
To Senator ]. S. Watson, Hon. G..
H. Love, Hon. G. J. Everett, and
Hon. W. P. Hammett, members of
the Legislature; and Hon. M. L..
Smith, Hon. K. P. Thomas, Hon.
Earl Fowler, Hon. M. S, Rogers, and
Hon. George Ellison, members of the
Board of Supervisors of Holmes
County, Mississippi:
The undersigned citizens Of Hol-
mes County, Mississippi, would re-
spectfully show that the Brozville,
Coxburg, Eulogy and Tolarville
communities and surrounding areas
are among the most popu1ous in the
county, with one voting precinct "a
lone, being the Eulogy precinct, con-
aiming the largest number of quail.
fled electors of any rural precinct in
ne county, and containing over 500
O. the total number Of qualified
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-11-01
Presbyterian Church

Sunday, Nov. 4, 1945
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Morning Service at IL a. m.
The subject of the sermon will be
Unanswered Prayer.
Evening Service at 7 P. M.
The series of sermons on some of
the great characters of the Old
Testament will be continued at this
hour, and the subject of the message
will be "The Most Majestic Man in
the Old Testament.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-11-01
B. B. Brannon, Jr.
Rites On Sunday

Tchula citizens were shocked and
saddened to learn of the death of
B. B. Brannon, Jr., ~, which occur
red at Campbell's Clinic in Mem
phis, Saturday, October q, 1945.
B. B. had made his home in Tchu-
la since a small boy and after finish
ing school was associated in bust
ness with his father. He was a men,
Der of the Methodist Church.
Services were held in the Meth
odist Church Sunday afternoon at
400, conducted by Rev. r. l.. Beas-
ley, close friend of the family and
Rev. Walter Smith, pastor. The
beautiful flowers and the many
friends gave silent tribute to this
young man who was stricken in his
prime.
His happy disposition and sterling
character will long remain in the
minds Of those who were associated
with him.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Lillian Howard Brannon; his fifteen
months old daughter, Bonnie Vir-
GINA, and his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
B. B. Brannon of Tchula.;
Burial was in the Lexington
Active pail bearers were: Wilbur
Garrett, DR.. J. J.. Kazar, w. M.
Henry, Frank Gwin. ]. K. Barwick,
w. j. Penn, Carl Booth, and Guy
Sharpe. Honorary pail bearers were
his friends and business associates.
Among out-of-town relatives and
friends in attendance were: Mrs. D.
B. Brannon, Mr.. and Mrs. Gentry
Brannon, ST., Mr.. and Mrs. Gentry
Brannon, Jr., and children of Char
lesion; Mr.. and Mrs. D. d. Hill and
children, Drew; Miss Dorothy Ma
rette, Fred and Kent Marette of
Holly Springs; G. c. Brannon, Mr..
and Mrs. Dardaman and children,
Winona; Mr.. and Mrs. Autry, Tex
as; Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes, Mrs.
Crank, Memphis; Mr.. and Mrs. Tony
Weeks, ]. w. Spence, Alvin Austin,
Cecil Reynolds, Jackson; Mr.. and
Mrs. Mccullough, Mr.. and Mrs. Pugh
Winbourne, Mrs. Wickham Win
Bourne, Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper, Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. Frizell, Betty Joe,
of Durant; Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Gossart, Jackson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sterling PEBBLES, Bolton; Mr.. and
Mrs. Nolan Howard, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Nicely, Greenwood; Mrs. Glib
son, Mrs. Watson, Mrs. Roach and
Mrs. Chenault, Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-11-01

electors registered IN rural precincts
in the whole county; and that said
area contains the largest white rural
school in the county with an enroll
rnent of 775 pupils, said school being
the coxburg Co~rsolidated School,
which is exceeded in size in the
county only by the, Lexington, Du-
rant and Tchula schools; and that
this area is composed OF average
size farms, most of which are oc-
cupied and operated BY the owners:
and your petitioners would further
show that this entire area depends
almost entirely on the Lexington.
Coxburg road for access to markets,
stores, medical services and other
conveniences and necessities obtain
able in town, but that in spite Of
the great need of these communities
and this large trade e for an i'm
proved road, your petitioners would
respectfully call it to your attention
that although practically all other
communities in the county will be
by an improved, surfaced
road under the presently planned
Federal Aid Farm-To-Market Road
System, all of the above commune
ties and trade. area will receive no
benefit therefrom as no provision
whatsoever is made for improving
or ~surfacing any part Of their main
farm-to-marKet road, the Lexing-
on-coxburg Road; therefore, your
petitioners respectfully urge that
every effort be made to amend the
present plans in order that the Broz-
vile, Coxburg, EuIogy and Tolar-
vile communities and surrounding
areas will receive a fair and just
share Of the benefits to accrue under
the proposed road Improvement pro-
gram by in the inclusion of the Lex
ington-c oxburg Road in said pro-
gram
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-11-01

Sugar-Sugar Stamp No. 80 now
valid, expire December 81.
Shoes-Airplane Stamps Nos. /, 2
3, 4 now good.
Rent-In counties where Rent
Control is in effect a tenant cannot
be evicted from an accommodation
unless the Area Rent Office has been
property notified. =
Creum Price to StuY Up
Dairy farmers who fear a reduc-
ton in cream prices because Of the
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-11-01
.Durant Legion Observes
Week I'LL

The purpose of American Educa-
ton Week is to interpret to the gen.
eral public the aims, needs and
achievements of our schools.
The first American Education
Week was observed in 1921. The
idea of a nationwide observance of
a program planned to interpret the
needs, aims and achievements of the
schools of the American public grew
out of a series of conferences which
began in 1919 between the Ameri-
canism Commission of The Ameri-
can Legion and officers and commit
tees of the National Education Asso-
citation.
The Great War disclosed the eX-
tent to which the human resources
of the nation were handicapped by
lack of knowledge and skill to serve
the country adequately in a crisis.
Citizens were appalled, at the num-
Der of young men selected for mill
tary service from some of u states
who were illiterate. Soldiers parti-
cularly were impressed by the large
number of their comrades who could
not understand commands given in
the English language, read a news
paper, or write a letter home. I'm
mediately following the war, the re-
turned soldiers themselves took the
initial steps in proposing a plan for
stimulating interest in the work OF
the schools. The American Legion
provided in its charter for the Amer
icanism Commission to pay particul-
ar attention to the education OF the
foreign-born and the elimination OF
illiteracy In the nation. This Commits
sion sought the assistance OF the Ma
tional Education Association in es-
tablishing an annual event which
would become a great nationwide
festival in which the American Peo-
pie might rededicate themselves to
the ideal of self-government based
upon al cilIlSiitCiiCo SieiISAhJ' A
American Education Week began. In
this project, The American Legion
and the National Education Associa-
ton invited the cooperation of the
United States Office of Education
and the National Congress of Parents
and Teachers, which are now CO.
sponsors of the event.
The Rev. c.. M. Day, of Post No.
10, Durant, is Committee Chairman
of the Local Observance OF this pro-
gram and plans an appropriate pro-
gram to be announced later. One Of
the main objects Of the movement
this year is to get all G.. rs eligible
hack to school. g.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-11-01

removal Of the government subsidy
on butter were treasured today by
Major w. E. Holcomb, District Di-
rector.
Although families will have to pay
more for a pound of butter since the
removal of the subsidy, the total
cost of living will be no higher than
it was at the time the wal ended, he
pointed out.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-11-01
Rationine News.

Meats and Fats: Red Stamps-F1,
Gl, HI, il, K1, now valid, expire
November 80; Ii, MI, Nj, Pl, Oh,
now valid, expire December 81; RI,
81, I'll, vi, VI, now valid, expire
January 81; WI, XII, VI, II (and
Green N-8) valid Nov. ], expire
February %, 1e46.