The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
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D. Henry wills

a.H"H NEaH sa4t-
Il Wos a Nice Thing the Junior
Chamber of Commerce did last week
In bringing here thirty-two OF the
veterans from Foster General Hos
pital. Accompanied by two very
pretty Red Cross girls they appeared
ON the band stand in the Court
House yard late in the afternoon
Saturday where President w. +.
Strider Of the Jaycees welcomed
them in a happy speech expressing
the pleasure Of the city in having
them as guests. That they might feel
At ease he presented a huge Key
20 the City" to their leader. One OF
The trim, nattily uniformed, clear
voiced, Red Cross Girls responded
md then read out their names Inc
assigned the boys out, two by two.
They were met at the steps and tax
en- in charge by the city's young
married ladies. Later there was sup
per at the Country Club and still
later dancing. Sunday morning they
we're all at the churches OF their
choice. With such q list OF hosts,
more especially hostesses, 1t Is not
70 be doubted that the men had a
happy and restful weekend, n
win remember Lexington with
pleasure henceforth. All Of the men
bore wounds and several showed
in their faces the strain OF combat
service and danger. 1t was a happy
thought of the Jaycees under the
current presidency Of Mr.. Strider,
70 invite the men here for a little
change from hospital routine, 9 little
something different to eat, . change
of cen and a look at the prettiest
lot Of hostesses in the States.
Lard and Other "srs0se" for cook
ing has become a sore spot In TINS
state and it Is pleasing to note that
Senator Eastland has secured an al
lotment Of 10000 900 pounds to be-
gin coming in a. soon . the ma
chinery can be shifted to route II
hereward. Negroes, improvident as
always, have used up all their
.-arease" stamps and are believing
that the white folks are holding
out" from them somehow, could gel
them grease" if they wanted to
They say, some of them, I'VE have
the money and we have the points
and we wants grease. I'VE cam
cook without grease" and we cam
eat without grease" and we wants
YOU white folks to get US some
grease. Many Of them, accustomed
10 having their wants attended 10
have not understood the Importance
of Ration Books. Many have simply
been lost-and that's the owner:
hard luck-many are pulp iron
sweat and handling; many have hat
NIL the grease" tickets removed
perhaps from needless buying o
meats and grease. In the case o
plantation wner the landlords fee
that they are ION the spot" but jus
what they can do, lacking tickets
isn't at all plain. Merchants can
sell lard and side meat to consumer
without points. The wholesaler
can't deliver such to the merchant
without points. Ration Boards arr
without power to waive any Bureau
rule. they are sitting under q penalt!
of $1,000 and ten years in jail To-
violation Of instructions. But. some
thing has to be done!
The Ruins Of Three Cities. ons a
bove the other, were found D!
scientific excavators along the Medi
ferranean separated by thousands o
wears, states the biography OF Aic'
Duer Miller. In the lowest city, old
est of all, was found a tile tina
marked a shop. 1t said Antiques
And another bit of writing salo
s'Children no longer obey their eid
ers and everyone wants to write
book" All of which is interesting
not exactly current. 1t does ten
to confirm the old adage-"There
nothing new under the sun"
All Men and Women in the orm'
and navy and coast guard carr
Government life insurance. II the
are wise they will convert it to som
such form as 20 pay life and retail
it after they are mustered out as tn
government allows. The rates ar
the lowest possible because the gov
eminent pays all of the expenses 0
handling the business which
necessarily a considerable part of tn
premium charge by any life lnsur
ance company. The $3.50 a month
per 100000 of insurance carries
could easily mean the difference be
tween comfort and suffering Il
wives, parents, could continue TO
rs 30 +ha bapaficiary Every OLE