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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-03-01
LIFE OF A HUNTER
By: MEsHACH BROWNING,
Famous Garrett County Pioneer

THE LIFE OF A HUNTER, by
Meshach Browning is one Of the most
delightful books ever published for
the sportsman. Since the first edi-
ton was printed in 1859, nine others
have followed, and it is more popular
today than ever before A really out
standing book for the hunters library.
Makes an excellent present; cloth: il
Illustrated. Price $500 per copy, post
paid.
X. GETTY BROWNING. Publisher,
Raleigh, n. c.
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Dependents of army men and wo-
men have received so far ~ billion
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COVE

At st. Johns Evangelical Lutheran
church there will be a service at $50
on Sunday, March /, when the Rev.
Robert Johns, Of Hopwood, Pa, will
deliver the sermon. Following the ser
vice there will be specil congrega-
tional meeting at which all members
Of the church should endeavor to be
present The Sunday school viii meet
ut HOO O'Clock
Has Arrived in France
Mr. and Mrs William Hantt have
been notified that their son. 1t Paul
W. Hanft, has arrived in France and
is attached to the 259th Infantry. He
has been in the armed service since
carly in 1912.
Three days before 1t. Hanft left
the States he was informed that a son
had been born to him and Mrs. Hanft
at Canton, o., and had been named
Ronald Paul. Mrs. Hanft was the
former Blanche Shoemaker, of Can
ton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-03-01
EVANSVILLE
W. s. c. S. Members Entertained

W. S c. S. Members Entertained
Members Of the Woman's Society Of
Christian Service Of the Grantsville
Methodist church were entertained at
the home Of Mrs. Emmons Warwick
last Thursday evening The regular
business meeting was conducted by
the president, Mrs Roy Mickey. Mrs.
H. c. Edwards was leader Of the topic,
Behold, l stand at the door and
knock" twenty-five members attend
ed. Others taking part in the even
ing's program were Mrs. Cecil Ed
wards and Mrs. Elsie Schaefer. A solo
was played by Elizabeth Ann War
nick. The members decided to increase
the pledge for missions the coming
year, $500. They also gave $1,000 to
the Red Cross fund. The next meeting
will be at the home of Mrs. Stewart
Rodamer.
Personals
Rev. and Mrs. Robert G. Henson
have returned to Grantsville after
spending last week at the home Of
Mrs. Henson's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Percy S. Akers, Charleston, w. Va.
Mrs. Maurice Beachy is at her home
where she is recuperating after an
operation performed at the Memorial
Hospital, Cumberland
Mrs j. H. Folk is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Lloyd Engle, at Meyersdale,
Pa, who is i'll at her home.
Richard Broadwater, who has been
employed in Baltimore the past year,
is now at his home here.
Mrs. William Miller and daughter,
Miss Lena Miller, of Accident, were
guests Of Mrs. Barbara Younkin last
Thursday.
Robert Swauger, eldest son of Mr..
and Mrs, Leland Swauger, has enlisted
in the U. S. Navy and is receiving his
training at cambridge, Nd.
Jonas Mckenzie PC, cambridge,
spent the weekend with his wife and
children at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira E. Hardesty.
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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-10
Cable Service To
ItoIy Restored

Effective May 4, 1945 for resump-
ton public cable service to Italy
"For the first time in five years per-
sonal and business international
messages may be sent to Italy il
was announced today by Mrs. Doris
Winborn, Agent Operator of The
Western Union Telegraph Co.
Government and press messages
have been permitted for sometime
but only with the Improvement of
conditions in Italy has it been pos
sible to reestablish communications
for the General Public. The new
rate for International communica-
tions established on May l make it
possible for Durant, Miss, people
now to communicate not only with
Italy but with other European Coun-
tries, South America, Central Amer
lean and the West Indies for SO
cents per word, deferred service, 10
cents per word and a Is word night
letter for $3.17, each additional
word IL 2i3 cents.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-10
Laundry To Open
Here June Isl

On or about June LIST people Of
Durant, Lexington, and this trade
territory will have laundry and
cleaning service with pickup and
delivery available regularly, accord
ing to an announcement by c. W.
Torrance, manager of the Central
Laundry and Cleaners, which viii
open in Durant on or about the a.
bove date.
We invite your attention to an
advertisement of this concern which
appears on another page Of this Is
sue.
Pickup and delivery service viii
be maintained in the towns of Du-
rant, Goodman, Pickens, West, Lex
ington, Walden and Kosciusko.
The new oncer will be equipped
with the finest type of power ma
chinery and a trained personnel Of
from Is to 30 people will be employ
ed from the beginning. The people
in charge state the highest type OF
work will be turned out and salts
factory service guaranteed.
The concern is located in the large
building facing The Lewis Grocer
Company in Durant.
Watch this paper for schedule Of
pickup.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-10
European War Ends After 6S Months Deadly
Conflict; Germans Surrender Internationally
President ProcIoims
Formal Conquest At
800 AN. Tuesday

Germany surrendered uncondi-
tionally to the Allies Monday, May
2, 1945, completing the victory in the
European phase of World War II
the most devastating in history.
President Truman in Washington,
Prime Minister Churchill in London,
and Premier Marshal Stain in Mos
COW proclaimed the historic con-
quest simultaneously at 8 o'clock a.
m. CTuesday) morning, May 9th.
A Thanksgiving service, immedi-
ately after the official announce
ment, was observed by all the Allied
Nations.
The whereabouts Of such war
criminals as Himmler, Goering, even
Hitler himself although he had been
reported dead, were unknown or II
they were known they had not been
officially announced.
Germany's formal c~apitulation
came at 2:4l a. m. CAD p. m. Sum-
day our time) at the red Reims
schoolhouse, headquarters Of Gener-
al Eisenhower, supreme commander
of the Allies of the West.
/ The surrender which brought the
war in Europe to a formal end af-
ter five years, eight months and
seven days of bloodshed and destruc-
ton was signed for Germany by Col
Gen. Gustaf (Alfred) Jodl. Jodl Is
the new chief Of staff Of the Wer-
macht.
1t was signed for the Supreme
Allied Command-the United States
and Britain, by 1t. Gen. Walter
Bedell Smith, Eisenhower's chief Of
staff; for Russia by Gen. Ivan Susie
parov, member of a military mission
on the Western Front.
1t was Friedeburg, named com
mander in chief of the German
Navy after Doenitz took over the
falling Third Reich, who negotiated
last week the unconditional surren-
der Of 1000, 900 German soldiers in
Denmark, Holland and Northwest.
ern Germany.
'"They were asked sternly if they
understood the surrender terms i'm.
posed upon Germany and if they
would be carried out by Germany"
Kennedy stated. "They answered
Yes"
While hearts rejoice in the Euro
pean victory, there however, is the
SOLDERING thought that the war with
Japan continues and many Of our
men and women are now at the bat
tie front in that conflict.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-10
Goodman Youth Wunts
Slap At The Jops

At a U. S. Naval Base in England
Duty in the European Theater Of
War, does not seem bad to Warren
D. Burden, %, coxswain, USNR, but
he would like to take a slap at the
Jap" in the Pacific. Burden is the
son of Mrs. Mandy Ellen Burden,
Route 2, Goodman, Miss, and prior
to entering the Navy, he was engag-
ed in farming.
He finds England interesting, and
has travelled over a large portion
of it, including London, Liverpool,
and most of southern England.
Being a farmer and intending to
return to that work after the war,
he has enjoyed noticing the British
methods of farming, which include
the cultivation of very small fields
and the planting of a widely diver
sified range of crops.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-10
Brownout Order
Cancelled By WPB

Official victory in Europe brought
an immediate order from the WIPE
cancelling the Brownout Order
which has restricted window adver-
Using, sign and other outdoor light.
ing for several months.
This announcement was made to-
day by Henry B. Sargent, Vice.
President, Mississippi Power anc
Light Company, who stated, "Thi!
means that all places of business car
again fully illuminate their show
windows, outdoor signs and other
display lighting and that all illumi'
mating outdoor advertising can &c
back to work..
Mississippi Power and Light
Company" said Mr.. Sargent, "appre-
ciates the splendid spirit of cooper.
alton which customers have showr
during the period of the brownout
Although there was never a short.
age of electric power in this area
full cooperation was given by all at
fected by the brownout to help re-
lieve the national coal and fuel
shortage.
"As the bright lights 60 on again
along the main streets of Mississip.
pi", Mr.. Sargent declared, may
they be symbolic of our determine.
ton to exert every effort to back ~
the boys in the Pacific so hat COM
plete victory may come all the soon
err.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-10
Women's Committees
For 7th War Loan

The following women from the
various towns of the county will
serve as chairmen of the Women's
Activities in the 7th War Loan
Drive, according to an announce
ment of Miss Dorothy McBee, wom-
ems chairman.
Tchula, Mrs. w. E. Jones; Licking
ton, Mrs. B. S. Reall; Durant, Mrs,
A. S. Tatum; West, Mrs. Evelyn
Cade; Goodman, Mrs. Hal Terry;
Pickens, Mrs. Jesse Maxwell.
Miss Dorothy McBee has been
chosen chairman of Special Activity
in the 7th War Loan Drive.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-10
Sat. EurI KHiebrew With
5th Armored Division

With the Fifth Armored Division
in Germany-They had been doing
the cooking for a long time. 1t was
MT the job that irked them; it was
the constant remarks of the men
who passed through their chow line,
Kitchen Commands" "The Way
Back-in-the Rear Boys, and similar
epithets get under a fellows skin in
time.
Sure, they were in the ear. When
the Fifth Armored Division was
spearheading, the kitchen re was
about two miles back in the armor-
ed column being subjected to bombs,
shells, sniper fire and strafing.
So when they heard that the
Tenth Tank Battalion's %reconnais-
sance platoon was shorthanded,
Cpl. Leroy Schroeder of 4057 North
48th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
and Sgt. Earl Killebrew of Lexing-
ton, Miss, jumped from their frying
pans into the fire. 1t. Mike Living
ston of Matchwood, Michigan, pla-
toon leader, was glad to have a
couple of boys who were eager to
see what was cooking.
Schroeder and Killebrew didn't
have long to wait for excitement
On the first day of his new assign
ment, Schroeder entered a barn,
looking for German soldiers. There
were none in sight. He was about to
leave when he noticed a hole in the
ceiling. Carbine in hand, he climbed
up and poked his head through II
to find himself staring into the muz-
gle of a German revolver. Fortunate
ly for the ex-cook, the Panzer Off
e decided to retire from the war.
He dropped his pistol, and Shredder
took him prisoner.
Killebrew drew an assignment
driving a peep. When an enemy in
stallation was spotted up front, 1t
was his job to drive back to the
main force with the information. He
soon discovered that his quarter-ton
vehicle provided a good target for
the Germans. One night he was
chased all the way down the road
by artillery shells.
Schroeder's wife, Mrs. Leroy
Schroeder, lives at 4057 North 48th
ST, Milwaukee. Killebrew is the son
of Mrs. Rosie Killebrew of Lexing-
ton, Miss. 1t. Livingston's wife, Mrs.
Mike Livingston, lives in Match
wood, Michigan.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-10
Edward Dallas Matthew,
Rites Held Friday

Funeral services for Edward Dali
las a9attheWs, IS, were held from
Lee Funeral Home Chapel Friday,
May 4th with the Rev. R. M. Shaw
of Ebenezer officiating. Mr.. Mat
thews died Thursday at the Com
munity Hospital after several weeks
illness.
Interment was in Mcclellan Gene
terry with Lee Funeral home in
charge of arrangements.
Mr.. Matthews is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. E. X. Frost, Lexington:
Mrs. Brose Ingram, Durant; five
nieces and four nephews.
Active pallbearers were: G. c. Al
len, Jones Hand, Jesse Aldridge.
Mearlie Tate, Cammilles Aubrey and
L. C. Browning. Honorary pallbear-
ers were his friends.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-10
Sails Youth at
Little Creek, Va.

Kenneth Black, Is, seaman, sec
ond class, USNR, son of Mr. and
Mrs. O.. M. Black, Ri. 3, Sails, Miss,
is now stationed at the Atlantic
Fleets Amphibious Training Base
Little Creek, Va, there he is pre-
pairing for duty as fire controlman
aboard an Ism Canding ship, medi-
um).
When Black completes his training
at Little Creek, exclusive training
ground for Ism crews, he will de-
part with his shipmates to take over
a newly built landing ship.
Before joining the Navy last No
vember, Black was employed by a
local painting contractor and was a
former student of McAdams High
School.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-10
uses Office Proposed
In Lexington For
Holmes County

Senator Theodore G.. Bilbo is in
receipt of a communication from
Paul v. McNutt, Chairman of the
War Manpower Commission, stating
that Lexington has been proposed as
one of eleven Mississippi cities in
which U. S. Employment Service Of
fees will be established to carry out
the requirments of the S~ervicemen's
Readjustment Act of 1914.
Following is the complete state
ment from Chairman McNutt:
May 2, 1945
Dear Senator Bilbo:
The number of local U. S. EN-
ployment Service offices of the War
Manpower Commission is now Being
increased under funds provided in a
supplemental appropriation to carry
out the requirements of the Service
mems REIMBURSEMENT Act of 1914.
The proposed locations Of new Of
fees in your state are as follows:
New Albany, Cleveland, Indianola.
Rolling Fork, Houston.
Louisville, Winona, Magee, Luce
dale, and Hazelhurst.
Some of these proposed locations
have been serviced as itinerant Of
ices. The personnel that has been
these itinerant points in the
past will be attached to the perman-
mt offices as they are set up. We
will transfer qualified and trained
'ersonnel which may be required in
to adequately staff these Of
ices and fully service the commun-
". This supplemental personnel will
recruited through Civil Service
Sincerely yours,
Paul V. McNutt,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-10
VFW To Hold MEETING

The VIEW will hold a meeting
Tuesday night, May 18th. at the City
Hall in Lexington.
All overseas servicemen are re-
quested to attend.
We invite the attention of our
readers to the notice appearing on
another page of this issue regarding
and addresses of overseas
veterans.
The Holmes County VFW post is
making an effort to get the names
and addresses of all county men
overseas, or who have serv-
ed overseas, for an overseas mailing
program Anyone having friends or
of their family in service
are asked to contact j. A.
Taylor at Lexington or mail the
name, serial number, and address of
the servicemen to Mr.. Taylor.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-10
Holmes County Park
Opens May 18th

The formal opening of Holmes
County State Park will be Tuesday,
May 18th, according to an official
announcement. The park is already
open for fishing, swimming and
boating and cabins may be rented
for weekend parties.
All of the citizens of Holmes coun-
ty are invited to use the facilities OF
the park and get full enjoyment
from them. Ample space and ar
rangements for picnicing may be
had at the park any time.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-10
We Day Observed
Reverently Here

We Day was observed reverently
and quietly in Durant Tuesday.
Business establishments closed Al
noon and that evening at the Meth
odist Church a community service
w~s attended by a large crowd.
The Rev. H. S. Robinson, Presby-
terrain pastor, brought an inspira-
tional message to the gathering and
the other pastors of the community
also assisted in the service.
Mrs. LaVerne Tart presided al
the organ and the congregation
joined in singing and silent prayer.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-10
Nurses Asked 10
Register For VINO

Procurement and Assignment Ser
vice for Nurses, War Manpower
Commission, is now being organic
ed in Mississippi. This Committee
operates under the direction of the
Central Office in Washington, D. c.
Mrs. j. Orridge, Lexington, is in
| charge of Holmes county. Nurses are
asked to contact her.
The objectives of Procurement
and Assignment Service are:
/. To procure nurses to meet the
needs of the Armed Forces, having
due consideration for civilian nurs-
ing needs.
2. To bring about the equitable
distribution of nurses in order to
maintain the best possible nursing
service for the civilian population
n-military governmental
agencies.
In order to do this it is necessary
that every nurse in Mississippi be
classified as to her availability for
military service or her essentially
in her present position. These CLASH
fications are done by a Committee
made up of nurses representing diff
ferent fields of nursing: a Hospital
Administrator; a member OF the
State Medical Society, etc.
Miss Kate Lou Lord, H~attiesburg,
State Chairman for Nurses Procure
.ent and Assignment Service was
here Friday, May 5, outlining the
necessity of immediate action on the
part of every graduate nurse.
Nurses will be classified as fol-
ows:
Il You Are
Glass Available for Military
service, not essential in your pres
mt position and potentially quail
led for military service. Depend
ng upon your martial status and
amily responsibilities, you will be t
IBI, IB2 or IB3). {
Glass Unavailable for Relocation
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-10

HAZEL
EYES
BY HAZEL BRANNON

The biggest story Of all time is the
unconditional surrender of proud
Germany to the Allied Powers.
Once Boosting the most powerful
military machine in the history Of
the world today Germany lays prac-
tically PROSTATE -. at the mercy Of
the nations she once scorned as
weaklings.
There is no love in our hearts for
the Germans, not even compassion.
These supposedly civilized people
have sunk to lowest form Of human
degradation. Their malicious plot
TO weaken the peoples of Europe
forever so as to make possible their
future domination by the Germans
may have succeeded more than we
realize.
Even now there are people saying,
I'VE do not hate the Germans. The
German people are not responsible.
They could not have known what
was happening.
The German people are respon-
sible. They should be punished and
in u mind no punishment could
be too harsh for people who have
committed their crimes. The future
extinction of the German race
through sterilization now would not
be too harsh for these people.
Future generations Of American
boys will die again in Europe il
Germany is ever permitted to get
strong again. 1t would be kinder to
e the rae die out than to hold
them forever in the bondage they
must be held to il future aggression
is to be prevented.
Baptists throughout the South are
this week observing their hundredth
anniversary. The l945 Southern
Baptist Centennial program en-
braces an ambitious plan of work
by the people of this denomination.
The program includes rehabilita-
ton, a plan for serving humanity,
stewardship, an educational pro-
gram, enlistment and soul-winning.
1t is estimated there are fifteen
million persons in the south alone
above the age of nine who are not
christians. Southern Baptists have
set as their centennial goal the win
ming of one million Of these persons
to Christ.
The program of education and en-
listment specifically plan to acquaint
members of Baptist Churches with
their own denomination and its
work and doctrines.
That there is need for a definite
program Of this kind is shown in
the fact that only ten per cent Of
Baptist Church members are doing
all they can for the cause of Christ;
that only AS percent average at
tendance at the Sunday morning
services; only Is per cent at the
Sunday evening worship services.
Only 10 per cent attend BTU and
only 5 per cent Of the average
church membership attend midweek
prayer services. A higher percentage
attend Sunday School, Is or IS per
cent in the average church.
The foregoing figures are given
by Baptist authorities, but would
undoubtedly hold true for most de-
nominations. Everywhere in our
country church members are not
living up to full stewardship in the
church It is a condition that
must be remedied if the church is
to remain the bulwark of American
life.
Southern Baptists are to be con-
graduated for 100 years of progress
and an ambitious program for the
future.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-10
DeItu Council Members
Are Named

Following + listed the names Of
members of Delta Council County
Councils, recently elected:
Holmes county: E. l.. Hines, Tchu-
la; H. l.. Nichols, Lexington; 0. w.
Nixon, Tchula; ]. T. Thomas, Crug-
err; H. P. Watson, Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-10
Community Service
Wednesday Evening

A community singing service va
held at the Durant Baptist Church
Wednesday evening in observance
of National Music Week. Members
from all churches were present and
joined in the songs.
DR.. and Mrs. J. Niles Pickett gave
a solo which was greatly enjoyed
as was the whole evening of fellow
ship.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-10
650,000 100000

Mr.. Weathersby, recently named
director of the War Finance Com
mittee, succeeding Max Scobey who
has served since the beginning of
the war, said he would like for the
people of every community to pledge
themselves to put over the drive in
the shortest possible time. He said
we should consider it a privilege to
loan our dollars to show the man in
service we appreciate their supreme
efforts in Europe and to also show
we will not falter until the Pacific
wal is won.