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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
Two County Boys
Attend All Roundup

Cliff Henson, Pickens, and Err
nest Lee Ingold, Lexington, at
tended the State All Club round
up in Jackson, November 18 and
10. Ernest Lee won district honors
on Tractor maintenance. Cliff at
tended as county winner in the
Better Methods Electric contest.
All other winners from the state
were present for the occasion.
The boys were received by
Govrnor and Mrs. Fielding l..
Wright at the Governors man
sion on Thursday afternoon, No
vember 18. A banquet was given
that night at the Victory room
in the Heidelburg hotel. The fol-
lowing morning the Mississippi
Power and Light company gave
a breakfast to all the boys and
gEls and presented awards to all
the county winners in the electric
contest.
Following breakfast the group
toured Jackson and had their
noon meal at the Mississippi Pro-
ducts plant. Lewis N. Garrison,
assistant county agent, acorn
panied the boys on their trip.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
Lexington Scores Tie
With Duranf In ''0ne
OF Best Games, I" Fri.
Game Ends Season
For Hornets;

A tied score 1912 for Lexing-
ton and Durant in their annual
bitterly contested game, held
Friday night on Beall Athletic
field, proved a disappointment to
many spectators, who watching
the game felt that Lexington at
last would be on top. The past
season, which ended with this
game, has not resulted in no
ticeable record for the Purple
Wave, who despite valiant efforts,
have won only two games, net
ting four losses and three ties.
Durant's wins under Coach Van
Stewart, former Millsaps player,
have been on about the same
keel. as Lexington, her Friday
night contestant, in one of the So
called "best games" of the Lex
ington season,
Sharing in the interest afforded
by the Friday night game
attended by record crowd from
both towns, were the cheer
| leaders of both teams who fought
battle of their own. Lexington
started the game with bang
with Sonny" Russell, end, scor-
| ing within the first minute Of
play. This achievement was seized
upon by fans as hopeful omen
and was followed, still within
the first four minutes of play
by another score, this time b.
Wilson Harvey, back. No extr'
points were won.
Durant fought Lexington will
both persistence and endurance
preventing another score, ant
inveigling a first score on thei
own part in the third quarter.
/ Durant scored again in thu
fourth quarter, ending the game
1912. During the play Free
Rogers, Lexington tackle. re
ceived head injury and was re
moved from the field, and latel
wan admitted to Community hos
pital. He was discharged on Mon
day.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
lC Agent Returns
From Central America
Commercial Campaign
Launched By RoiIrood
For Southern Ports

NEW ORLEANS-Robert H.
Brown, general agent, export and
import traffic, Illinois Central
Railroad, arrived in New Orleans
today from Havana, Cuba, ending
three month commercial cam
paign in Central America, Colon
bio, Venezuela and the West In
dies.
Mr.. Brown visited Latin Ameri-
can exporters, importers, bankers,
business men and others to gather
information for the benefit Of ex-
porters and importers in the mid
continent area of the United
States. He also acquainted these
Latin Americans with the pro-
ducing capacity and potential
purchasing power of the people
here on whose behalf he travelled
To encourage the flow of inter-
national traffic, he distributed
brochures and rate maps showing
the advantages of New Orleans
and other Southern ports for COM
modities originating from and
destined to points in the central
United States.
Mr.. Brown will travel through
out this area the next few
months to report to business men
and all others interested concern
ing facts developed on his trip
He will discuss the trade out
look. economic condition of the
various countries and similar sub
jects.
The survey just completed is a
continuation Of the Illinois Gen.
trails policy to contribute all it
can to the growth of export and
import trade between the mid
continent area q the United
States and neighboring Latin
America.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
Two Negro Children
Die Amid Flames
Were Asleep; =
Parents Away ~

Clasped in each others arms.
two small colored children were
burned to death at their home
in Durant Friday night while
their parents were away at a.
neighbours. The fire, of undeter-
mined origin. was discovered ar
bout 8:45 p. m, according to Clay
Gum, fire chief, and although
under control by the volunteer
fire partner within 80
minutes, the Robert Winters
home and another adjoining wood
dwelling house had been too far
gone before an alarm was sound
ed, and were burned to the
ground
The children who met death
by burning were: Rosie Winters,
6, and Bert Winters, 4, who ac-
cording. to Mr.. Gum were charred
past Identification. Asleep, they
had been left at home while
Winters, a Lewis Grocer en-
ployee, and his wife went to a
neighbours down the street, re-
ports said. The small wood
dwellings burned quickly, but be-
fore both had gone down, crowd
of spectators had flocked to the
scene.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
Editor To Give Talk
At Ole Miss Luncheon

Miss Hazel Brannon, editor and
publisher of the Lexington Adj
vertiser and Durant News, will
speak on Country Editor Abroad
at the second annual University
of Mississippi Editors Short
course at the closing luncheon
December IL. The meeting will
be presided over by James Ar
rington, editor and publisher of
the Collins News Commercial and
president of the Mississippi Press
association
Others on the program include
Edgar G. Harris, West Point
Times Leader; w. o. Rutledge,
New Albany Gazette; j. b.
Snider, Clarksdale Daily Press;
Lester Williams, Columbian Pro
gress, Columbia; Hal Spraggins,
Tate County Democrat, Senate
bia; and Sid Harris, Houston
Times Post.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
Urgent Need Told
For National Guurdsmen

There is an urgent need for
young men between the ages of
II and Is and one-half years of
age for the local National Guard
unit, it is announced by Second
Lit. Emmett Reese, executive of
ficer. Veterans with over 90 days
service are also needed. 1--WE must
have at least nine men be-
fore December / in order to bring
our strength up to required quota
If we cannot meet these require
ments there is possibility of
losing our local unit" 1t. Reese
said.
Anyone interested in enlisting
in Battery B, Hath Field Artillery
should contact Tommy Taylor,
Emmett Reese or Doty Porter inn
mediately.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
Services Held Today
For Joe D. Kea|hofer

Funeral services We're held at
$3.50 D. m. today at Durant Bap-
fist church for Joe Dyer Kealho-
fer, SO, State Highway patrol
maintenance man, Durant, who
died at his home of heart all
ment Tuesday following an ILL
ness of three months. The Rev.
c. M. Day was in charge. Burial
was in Mizpah cemetery, Durant.
Mr.. Kealhofer, who had lived
in Durant for the past three
wears, was born March q, 1895,
and was reared near Bowling
Green, the son of the late Floyd
S. and Lorraine Brown kealho-
fer.
BESIDES his wife, Mrs. Ruby
Self Kealhofer, Durant, he leaves
the following sons and daugh-
tiers. aries F. Kealhofer,
Durant; Mrs. James Mature, and
Mrs. Carl Wilson, Durant; an
a dopted son, Wayne Trultt'
Durant: two sisters, Mrs. j. M.
Tate, Lexington, Mrs. Ruby Wad-
dell. Memphis, and three grand
children.
He was member of Durant
Baptist church and was a work
er in the church,
Southern Funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were: Ray Camp
bell. Bill Burnley, Mr., knowell,
T L. Reynolds, Harry O'Cain,
and Lamar Hays.
Honorary bearers were: Marvin
Mcclellan. Hoyt Pass, Jack Myers,
Alvin Powers, Ivy Mcclellan,
Julius Guion, Phil Terry, H, L.
Harrington, Merton Hankins, j.
Nj. Winters, Charles Ray and
Robert Ray.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
Sheriff Raids Rainbow;
Get 17A Cases Liquor
Powell Released
Following Arrest;
Other Seizures Told

A raid by Sheriff Ellis E. Wynn
and his deputies Saturday after
noon resulted in the seizure of
II and one-half cases or taxpaid
liquor, discovered in private
room" of the Rainbow Garden,
Durant nightclub. Marshall
blackjack" Powell, owner, was
arrested, and later released with
date for hearing unset, according
to Sheriff Wynn.
County law officers also made
recent raids on the John Nc
Bride, Jr, establishment in
Durant, where one and one-half
cases of whiskey were found.
Mcbride pied guilty and was
fined 500 and costs in Judge
Raiford E. McNeer's court. One
additional case of whiskey was
found "off premises on property
south of Durant, Mr.. Wynn said.
Saturday night truck was
said to have been stolen off the
streets of Lexington, while its
owner was attending movie,
Mr.. Wynn said the vehicle, de-
scr.bed as 1910 Ford pickup
with l949 license tag 'F-5-11513,"
was owned by William Wigley
Coxburg.
Wigley stated that he found
the pickup gone from where he
had left it, parked in front OF
City Cleaners, while he attended
movie. The keys had been left
in the vehicle, thought to have
been stolen about $3.50 p m.
Mr.. Wynn said a Tchula negro
was allegedly shot by Lincoln
Leflore. also colored, Saturday
night north of Tchula. The in
jured negro was taken to Com
munity hospital, Lexington, ano
was thought by Mr.. Wynn no
to have been seriously wounded.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
Public Welfare Man
interviews Blind

The Honorable Icey w Day,
state representative from Alfalfa
county, accompanied by his sec
rotary, Miss Mary Flanagan, Kos
ciusko, Monday interviewed a
number of blind citizens of
Holmes county toward securing
aid for them.
The Honorable Mr.. Day is coun-
selor for rehabilitation of the
blind under the Department of
public welfare program. Three
white and five colored blind coun-
tians were interviewed.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
Services Held Today
For A. J. WaIdrup
Was Farmer,
Native Of County

Funeral services for Andrew
James Waldrup, as, Lexington
farmer who died Tuesday at 5
a. m. of heart attack, were held
at 3 D. m today at Beulah Bap-
fist church, with the Rev. A. H,
Miller, assisted by the Rev. S.
B. Harrington. in charge. Burial
was in Harlands Creek cemetery.
Born August 8, 1902 in Holmes
,county, where he had spent his
entire life, Mr.. Waldrup was the
son of the late S. K. Waldrup.
He married Miss Lillian Hester
December Is, 1925. He was q
m mber of Beulah Baptist
church.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. A j.
Waldrup, and mother, Mrs. 5. x
Waldrup, Lexington; one SON.
j James Rogers Waldrup, a daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Frances Waldrup
two brothers, B. M. and E. w
Waldrup, and a grandson, all OF
Lexington; four sisters, Mrs. j
l.. Mayo, Lexington; Mrs. c. II
Rodgers and Mrs. ]. r. Robinson
Jackson, and Mrs. F. E. Holley
Scott.
He was a former painter.
Pallbearers were r.. H. Gage
J. K Boatwright, Hilton Holley
Claud Marshall, and j. L. Mayo.
Southern Funeral home was II
charge of arrangements.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
LocuI VFW Post,
'AuxiIipry, Attend
District MEETING

Nineteen members of the Lex
ington post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, and auxiliary members,
attended a banquet meeting of
the ninth district VFW in Can
ton November is.
District officers present were
Ernest l.. Buttross, commander,
who served as master of cere-
monies, Mrs. Annette Davidson,
department president of the
Ladies auxiliary, Carl Weisen-
burg, department commander,
Allen Edwards, departnnent jun
Tor vice commander, Delos H.
Burks, department adiutant, Alex
Burnett, chief Of staff, and Wal
atr H. Sharp, deputy chief of
staff. Principal speaker of the
evening was MIR Weisenburg who
told of The work of the VIEW.
Members of the local post and
auxiliary who were present were:
Lester Bradley, Irby Ellington,
DR.. ]. ]. Kazar, Joe Maggie, L.
w. Rabb, Jr., Wiley T Powell,
Houston McCool, George Nc
Lellan, Doris McCrory, Mr.. and
Mrs. Marvin Shanks, Mrs. w. T.
Holder, r c. Holder, Mrs. Goldie
Rogers, Mrs, Doty Porter. Mrs.
Emmett Reese, Mrs. G.. r. Chen
nault, Mrs. E. w Ellison, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Sharp.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
Cruger Boy Serves
Aboard Navy Vessel

ward Triplett, steward,
second class, USN, son of Lee
Triplett of Route 2, Cruger, is
now serving aboard the destroyer
USS Willard Keith, which is TAX
ing part in the Second Tank Fleet
exercises being conducted in the
Northwest Atlantic.
The Second Task Fleet is COM
manded by Vice Admiral D B.
Duncan, USN, whose flagship is
the battleship USS Missouri.
Steward Triplett entered the
Naval service March "a, 1914, and
received his recruit training at
the Naval Training Center, Balm
bridge, Md.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
High School Girls
SING At Church

Eight Lexington High school
girls were in charge of musical
selections at the Methodist church
Sunday night. Accompanied by
Mrs. Doty Porter, organist, they
sang three numbers.
The girls were: Mary Arlyn
Young, Patsy Hearn, Betty Year
wood, Cecile Mason, Eleanor
Patterson, Ann Patterson, Gwin
Clack, and Blanche Legate.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
Services Are Held
For MeCurdyC Child

Funeral services for Billie Rose
McCurdy, nine weeks old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Richard
McCurdy, Eden, who died No
vember %, were held at Har-
lands Creek church at 2 today.
She leaves her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. McCurdy.
Burial was in Harlands ceme-
terry. Southern Funeral associa-
ton was in charge.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
TO BUILD CAFE

Fred Hager, owner of Fred's
place, purchased from A. l..
Jenkins the east end of the lot
adjacent TO his present location
and that of City Market, and is
planning to build a 20 by 40 foot
construction in the spring. The
new eating place win replace the
old one.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
Hoimes County Gets
Something For
Nothing, =" In Sheriff
Wynn Outlines Some
Of Many Cases
Sheriff Called On

The many odd experiences en-
countered by sheriff in connect
ion with his law-enforcement
duties were outlined by Sheriff
Ellis E. Wynn this week in an in
teresting address before the Lex
ington Rotary club.
Mr.. Wynn said that in the IL
months he had been in office, he
had been called upon to investi-
gate bank robbery at Goodman,
hunt escaped convicts around
Bowling Green and at Howard,
settle family fuses in three
widely separated points in one
day at Coxburg, West and south
of Lexington, alb of whom are
living together happily now.
Another odd call was making
a search in a mans garden at
Pickens for a dead dog which
turned up very much alive two
days later; an auto stealing case
in which the owner was worried
only about his guitar. In the
latter case the car was recovered
while the guitar is still missing.
The extortion case involving a
prominent Lexington citizen also
received a great deal of atten-
ton and a lot of undercover
work had to be done before the
mystery of the extortion letter
was solved. Cattle rustling has
also come in for a great deal OF
attention.
In the 322 days Mr.. Wynn has
been in office he has headed 125
searching parties for liquor
| whichS means raid every 1t
days. In more than so per cent
Of these cases he was unable to
get convictions. But in 80 pei
cent of the raids he made, he
found liquor either on the pre-
misses or on property Immediately
adjoining the premises. In addi'
ton he has destroyed % stills.
The speaker was presented by
H. H. Johnson, program chair
man, who said at the conclusion
/ of his address that the title o
Mr. Wynn's address, was Some
thing for Nothing" because tina
as a law-enforcement officer o
Holmes county Mr.. Wynn doe
/ not get penny for his services
further, that everything he doe
as a law-enforcement officer 1
done in addition to duties of ta'
collections, etc. which he is paie
to do, and that expenses for trip
involving raids and making in
vestigations when called by citi
zen all over the county came GU
of his own pocket. The only fee'
he gets from such cases are fee:
i on convicted case.
! Mr.. johnson concluded thai
the people of Holmes county are
getting a great deal of some
thing for nothing"
DR.. Lawrence Herring wa.
welcomed as new member
Guests were Clyde S. Kelly, guest
Of O l.. Ellison; George Turpin
4 guest of Wilburn Hooker, and
DR.. M. S. DO" Melvin, guest OF
| Edwin White.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
ATTEND vFW MEETING

Among local persons attending
a District VIEW meeting in Can
ton recently were Mr.. and Mrs
w. H. Sharp. Mrs. G R. Chen
nault, Mrs. Emmett Reese, Mrs
Holder, Mrs. Goldie Rogers, Mrs
E. w. Ellison, and r. c Holder
Doris McRory, George Nc
Lellan. Houston McCool, and Mrs
Dotv Porter.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
BONDS PURCHASED

Holmes county has bought
$525,940 in U. S. Savings bonds
since the first of the year, it is
announced by Rex l. Brown,
State advisory chairman. OF this
amount, $l5,606 in, bonds were
purchased in October.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
SPoRTSMEN KILL DEER

Deerhunters who have shot
deer since the season opened
Saturday, according to reports.
have been Vernon Rogers, Lex
ington RID, William Gnemi,
Ebenezer, and Bobby Pepper
Lexington
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
MT VERNON SERVICES

The Rev. A. H. Miller will
preach at Mt Vernon church,
Sunday, November %, at IL o.
clock, it is announced.
thing in his power to enforce the
liquor laws.
Mr. Wynn has lived up to the
trust we placed in him and we
feel We should let him know we
are proud of the record he has
made thus far in office.
He deserves the respect and
commentator of all the decent
citizens in Holmes county.
Let him know you're behind
him
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
IS INJURED IN GAME

Fred Rogers, member of Lex
ington High school football team,
who received a head injury Fri
day night during the game, was
admitted to Community hospital.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES

The Rev. Paul M. Watson,
Marks, will preach Sunday night,
November %, at o'clock, at the
First Presbyterian church, it is
announced.
Evening star., 1948-09-14

as airplanes. And here's what
clinched it: Gloria, daughter-in-law
of the late Mrs. Evelyn Hope d1a-
mond" Mclean, actually got up at
dawn to accompany Jimmy to the
airport the other morning to give
one of his planes look-over. Jimmy
gave Gloria a double-take then,
which now spells dinner" for her
with Jimmy.
X y r
Jack Benny is yelling like a boy
who's been did" And that's just
what's been done to him. Jack went
antique shopping in Paris and came
back with what he thought were
some genuine, very old antiques.
When he called in experts for ap-
praisal, he was told his treasures
were very, very new-not day over
thirty -eight-and probably thirty
seven years young. Jack didn't
even bother to bring the articles
back with him to America.
Larry Parks, in his New Columbia
Evening star., 1948-09-14

Bergman, not Miss Bacall, in Casa
blanca"
Miss Bacall did not come along
until couple Of seasons later when
she flashed to stardom playing oppo.
site Humphrey Bogart in ITO Have
and to Have Not" When Casa
blanca" was made, the current Mrs
Bogart was slim, sinuous girl max
ing the rounds of New York legiti-
mate producers Offices looking for q
job.
San Francisco's drama critics, q
sturdier lot who live closer to the
ocean air, have thrown their hats
even higher than their New York
colleagues over the performance o1
Judith Anderson in "Medea."
Miss Anderson is set for the tri-
umphal tour of the decade as she
makes her way back from the Pacific
Coast to the Atlantic where she
opened in "Medea" last fall.
There was time, when the Eurip-
ides drama was closing on Broad
way last spring, when it seemed she
would not be available for this years
road tour. That was when she and
the then producers of "Medea" were
feuding on lot of scores, none OF
which had anything to do with hel
Interpretation of Euripides' heroine
The new producer, Guthrie McClin.
tic, induced her to change her mind
Now, everybody's happy, most elo.
quently, the San Francisco critics.
Young Audie Murphy, the wars
most decorated soldier, who will
marry Actress Wanda Hendrix wher
he is making as much money in tht
movies as she is, should not have tt
wait long. He gets the top role ir
David o. Selznick's production ol
jet Pilot" q film which will be
made with the cooperation of the
United States Navy. That's the way
Hollywood decorates a man, witt
money.
Actual producer of the picture will
be Paul Short, wartime Navy flyer
who will distribute through Selznick
X X
Trans-Lux went on its school veal
schedule last Saturday morning with
the first of its children's shows. The
programs, which will be continued
throughout the educational year
consist of the regular Trans-Lu1
show, plus additional cartoons anc
films of special interest to the young
Evening star., 1948-09-14
Hollywood:
Metros Morale
Booming Under
Schary's Smile
By SheiIoh Gruhom

Humphrey Bogart is leaving for
Japan in a few weeks and he'll stay
fortnight. He's hopping over there
to take background shots-with the
Army's permission-for his next
movie, Tokyo joe" Baby" Lauren
Bacau stays here to tend to her
knitting for the expected Bogart
baby.
Gregory Peck now plans a re-
turn to the New York stage for two
years when his current movie COM
mitments are finished. THE stage
is the only place where you can
brush up on your acting" says
Greg.
Dore Schary has given a new lift
to Metro. Every time I go to the
MGM Studio and ask people like
Spencer Tracy and keenan, Wynn
what they're going to do next, they
reply happily, "Dore will take good
care of that" And now that Schary
is settled into the studio routine
you can expect to hear of new ano
terrific plans for some of the top
middle and not-so-big stars.
Rita Hayworth, when she returned
to Hollywood on Saturday, was met
not by a squadron of palpitating
beaus, but-more excitingly-by a
new convertible, the gift of her
studio. And, Oh, yes-the ace press
agent she loves professionally
George Lait.
Robert Taylor is the kind of actor
who prefers to earn his pay. The
boy is getting 5000 or so per week
(we1l just take the "or. so'D. But
at lunch yesterday he was telling me
"I've made only three pictures ir
the three years that I've been out Of
the Army. This not-working busi-
ness is driving me crazy" Anc
when he does work, he wants good
pictures, his employers might note
Jimmy Stewart seems to f1nc
Gloria Mclean about as interesting
Evening star., 1948-09-14
Film Makeup Man
Mad About Dimples
By the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Beatrice Pearson, Broadway stage
actress whose first screen appear
ance will be in "The Numbers
Racket" shies away from makeup
men now.
In preparation for her first screen
test she got an hour-long faclal
workout. When she looked in the
mirror she noticed that the makeup
man had given her a cleft in the
chin.
She asked him to remove it, but
he protested. Some time later she
learned why he considered the dim
pie SO important. He had just
married a girl with cleft in her
chin.
The studio took restrictive steps
before he put dimples IN every
bodys chinS.