The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-11-28
CURRENT COMMENT
By Henry Willis

Thanksgiving Toduy is a far cry
from that first Thanksgiving Of the
lonely settlers on the bleak New
England shore. The crops had been
ample to furnish enough to store
away to last them, if used frugally,
for all the long and desolate win
ter. They had been through terrible
times, half their number had died
of hardships. Heartbreak and dis
appointment had been their lot. Now
came a season of relative plenty.
Friendly Indians help their hunters
to take and bring in an abundance
of wild game and fish. Their uni
versal thought is to give thanks to
God for his goodness and to dedicate
themselves anew to His service.
| They spread a feast and held Thank
sgiving worship so that not one shall
hunger in body or soul.
The Deer Hunters me Just Back
from their several Delta camps with
store of venison and ducks for their
Thanksgiving dinners after a full
week of the great quite of the woods.
For a week they have lived with
the sights and muted sounds of the
wild; having heard the music of the
crying pack; have caught the faint
whistle of the wild ducks wings;
heard the little bark scratching
sound of the frightened squirrel.
They come back now refreshed in
spirit, with a store of pleasant me-
mories, of warming anecdote to tell
mories, of warming anecdotes to tell
after.
Our Junior College Bulldogs
lost their game last Friday night to
the Eagles" of Kinds Junior Coll
eye. The Bulldogs" played well
but the Eagles handled the ball
more clearly and certainly. Besides
they had a pair of ends who were
always making nuisances of them
selves of running around in our
backfield, interfering with our
passes, getting in the way of our
runners. It's very annoying to on
tinually bump into strangers when
ones only desire is to get ONE
where else fast and all one wants of
them is out of the way. Our Bull
dogs had all the courage one could
ask and lots of skill and determin-
alton. All things considered, the
score of 20 to Z fairly represented
the relative abilities. There is anoth-
er season to come and u boys will
have additional polish enough to
turn the tables-We hone.
The Come of Comes was fought
out on Beall Field Thursday night
between Lexington and Durant
High Schools. All the season we
have been indifferent players, stuff
ering with injuries to u fastest
and best. There was never any lack
of yurage in our boys, they had
grit to stare, only III plays would
MT both click and stick. So we lost
most of our games. Among others
we went to Alderman and got snow
ed under. Durant went to Alderman
and beat them badly. Durant had
won every game of its current SCH
edule including Greenwood's "B"
20 to 6 and Jackson "B", 1877. So,
there was no doubt in Durant about
the result of the game. Only the
final big score was not sure. The
County Championship celebration
meats were cooked, appropriate
charades arranged. Came the kick
off and sixty minutes of strenuous
exercises. Final result Lexington0-
Durant 0. The game was Clearly
played though hard fought. All
have a moral victory and their sea-
son was far from a failure. AS a re-
ward for their sticking the season
through the whole squad was given
a trip to the Ole Miss-State game
last Saturday at Oxford.
Let's Keep In Mind that John l..