The Durant news., 1946-12-12
THROUGH
Hazel.
EYES
by Hoxel Bronnon

Durant took another step forward
industrially Tuesday when its clti-
zens voted 100000. bond issue to
enlarge the building and make i'm
provements to the Durant Manuf-
acturing Company which the City
of Durant owns and has under lease
to the Real Silk Hosiery people.
The plant at present employs in
the neighborhood of $50 people. The
expansion will mean doubling the
building space available to the CO.
mpany and will mean that at some
time in the future, as soon as the
building is ready and as soon as
workers can be trained, the number
of employees will probably reach a
peak of around 800 people.
The Durant plant has attracted
high class of skilled labor and its
employees have become part of the
life in the community. They help
support our churches, schools and
community life.
We are proud the bond election
carried for it means that the people
of Durant are not completely self
satisfied as is the case in lots of
small towns. 1t shows our people
want Durant to grow and progress
and that is the healthiest of signs.
Centrally located, Durant is one Of
the prettiest small towns in the
state. 1t is the best laid-out town on
highway51. We'd like to see a COM
munity spirit develop here that
would result in everyone working
together for the betterment of Dur
ant . i. in business, commerce, So
cially and every other way.
The best towns anywhere are the
ones where folks cooperate in every
thing to put their town on top ;.
where petty jealousies and differen-
ces are swept aside when the welfare
of the community is at stake.
This kind of thing is best promot-
ed through civic agency in which
every interested person can join
such as a chamber of commerce.
One of the best things that could
happen in Durant would be re-
vival of the Chamber of Commerce
as an active, community agent
All Durant is proud of the splen-
did record made by the Durant High
School team this year.
The Tigers went through the re-
gular season undefeated with only
tie with lexington to mar their
record.
They played fine brand of foot
ball and showed good sportsmanship
and sense Of fair play in every
game. In no game was there
suggestion of anything except the
finest type of sportsmanship and
excellent conduct.
We feel that the boys deserve the
highest commentator we can give
them and that we should express
to them all our appreciation for the
hard work they've put out this year
to give Durant scrappy team.
Coaches c. H. Carruth, Jr. and r.
l.. Patterson come in for a large
measure of praise, too, for they have
given the boys the finest kind of in
struction and training In fact, we
personally think Durant had the
benefit of as smart coaching as any
high school team could ever hope
for.
Eighteen boys were given jackets
at football banquet given by the
Rotary Club last night Letters Will
be forthcoming to put on the jack
cts as soon as they can be obtained.
Those who did not make their
letters this year have still other
years ahead to look forward to ana
we know that all of them will be in
there fighting hard next year for
Durant.
The Durant News is this year
giving a gold football to the mem
ber of the Durant team who, in the
opinion of the coaches, has contrib
uted most to the team. We call this
the outstanding player award and
it is given to promote good sports
manship and to encourage and re-
cognize outstanding qualities Of
leadership.
We hope the award will be an in
centive for every boy to do his best
and will result in every boy de-
veloping more fully his possibilities