The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-06-24
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On my weekly trip over. there was
little activity. We had had one ct
our now frequent windstorms the
night before. Some Of the corn wos
flottened out-nothing serious that
the hot ruYs of the sun cannot cure
The cotton il small and needs
good dose Of vitdmin D to cure its
Ills and put II on the road to re-
coverY. Cows olong the way were
enjoying their regular rest periods
and were chewing their cuds in the
sun.
We had lunch at Mrs. j. E. Dol
lihite's boarding house, famous
for a table laden with good home
cooked foods. Cliff Mayfield was
off about the time / arrived so
took the place he vacted to join the
different ones that shall mention
In my column I. Mrs. l.. c. Lip
sey had recently returned from a
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Cranberry
in Jamestown :. Mrs. L. j. Wilkes
just back from several days in New
York, told about the places she had
dined at there and about the food
and how many shows she attended.
Miss Breland, former teacher OF
Durant High school, who now lives
in Washington, Joined Mrs. Wilkes
there for a short visit . Mrs. c.
G.. VanKeuren was dining out in
the absence of her husband who is
in New York for few days Z. :.
Clyde Hit took off soon after my
arrival E. w. Rainwater Of
Lexington, bookkeeper for Lewis
Grocery company of Durant, is a
regular customer there for dinner.
He commutes between Durant and
Lexington, every day :. While
there I learned that the Jimmie
Perrins, managers of the Ritz cafe,
had taken over the Durant Hotel
Coffee shop and started operation
on June 16 . Mrs. Zouella Ba-
con and Mrs. A. M. Stonestreet were
there enjoying the conversation on
current happenings
Ran into Ross Rhyme. Jr.. a chick
en- and turkey grower of Hoffman.
He reported having 4s3 turkeys a.
bout ? weeks old that weighs three
pounds. and s37 young chickens
which will soon be reudY for the
pot. spoke for q bid to ccame out
and dine as soon as they ere broil-
ing size -.
j. d. Cooper has taken to the
mourners' bench on Front street.
He was not alone by any means but
didn't know the other sitters ..
John Watson who travels by mule
express between his home and
Durant daily was feasting on cheese
and crackers at Preston Durham's
store I learned that Louise
Durham was in Detroit playing
bridge Ivy Mcclellan has
bought Cars Grocery Store on
Mulberry street and will operate
two stores -.
Ed Howell, and Sticks Herring
ton of Durant, Hugh Cowsert of
Goodman, and Dave Simpson of
Pickens, attended the State Drug
gist convention in Greenwood last
week. 1t was reported that there
were plenty of blondes but that
Ed couldn't do a thing about it
He said the only trouble was that
he didn't have enough teeth to
whistle.
/ spied w. c. Martin sitting at the
bar in Ritz cafe eating on double
decker strawberry ice cream cone
:. j. 0. Ritter was cycling from
head to toe the New Ford which
was on display at the Pan-Am
Service Station. Pate Johnson, EN-.
ployee of the Hand Motor company
of West. was right on the job j..
The "Old Rocking Chair" had Ru-
fus Taylor Believe it or not, she
was doing three things at one time:
rocking, drinking and watching the
rest of the world go by, while keep
ing shop at Red I. Service station
We chatted for a while and sug-
gested that we get the old gang
together for one of our famous bar
becues with Frank Calender in
charge of the pit. She agreed, Sc
gang, be thinking it over.