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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
Virginia Smith Resigns
Home Agent Position

Miss Virginia Smith, county home
demonstration agent for the past
four years, has resigned, effective
the last of this month, and will leave
soon to take UP a home service adj
visory position with a Frigidaire
company in Houston, Texas.
Miss Olive Dowell, district agent
of Greenwood, Thursday, made the
following statements concerning
Miss Smiths resignation: I'VE re-
greet to ask the Holmes County
Board of Supervisors to accept the
resignation of Miss Virginia M.
Smith, home demonstration agent
of Holmes County, effective, Octo-
Der /.
Miss Smith has served the county
well for over four years. Her many
friends, and the farm families of
Holmes county will greatly miss her
helpful manner. During her stay in
the county she has visited personal
ly in every section of the county,
and she knows the girls and women
well. Her total membership is a.
round 900 members who meet once
each month with "a well planned
program.
"Some of the out of county trips
offered to All and Home Demon
stration club women during the past
year have been to Biloxi for four
days and to State college for Farm
and Home Week and All Club con-
gress.
"The Board of Supervisors agreed
that they regret to give up Miss
but home demonstration SER
vices will be continued in Holmes
county"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
Holmes Man Witnesses
High Speed Craft

T. V. Blaylock, owner of City
Cleaners in Lexington, reported this
week, seeing some fast-movlng
bodies in the skies which he thought
might be rocket ships or some other
experimental craft of the U. >.
government.
Mr. Blaylock spotted the craft on
September 10, about 900 in the
evening about eighty miles from an
army airbase in Mississippi.
In the following letter Mr.. Blay-
lock set forth his observations. We
quote;
Gentlemen:
"After the furore, last Summer
over the objects e flying at night
over Georgia, l can report hat the
so called rocket ships were not
lust spoofing. The evidence is con-
elusive that I saw one. My point
of observation was eighty miles
from an air base. I have two wit
nesses to what l saw in Mississippi.
'sThis craft was obliging enough
to pass between two points OF oo-
seryation which enabled me to plot
the speed by use of triangulatlon.
Since the elevation of the object
was necessarily 5000 feet or more
to attain its velocity, plus the fact
that the strata of clouds being flown
in is known to prevail at this aitl-
tude. the above figure was used N
the computations of elevation.
The other distances were measur-
ed. This object made 6 consecutive
passes between my points OF obser-
walton. On the 7th run i made a right
angle turn in three seconds and flew
beyond the clouds. The soeed and
maneuverability is surprising. Sucn
an object would be mistaken 0 a
meteor if it only made n run.
However, it left no lingering tran OF
light Based on the above data, the
speed of this object was conslderao.
" in excess of 900 m.p.h. | don't
believe that I should give the exact
figure for reasons of security. TINS
object NAV have been an expert
mental craft of the government
"The time of observation was 9:zo
p. m, September TO-"
r. ". BLAYLOCK.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
Factory Workers
Survey Completed

Questionnaires have been filled
out by 600 White women in the area
who have signified their availability
to work in a proposed garment fac
tory, which would be in Lexington,
it is announced by H. H. Thomas,
manager of the local Employment
office, who with the Chamber OF
Commerce this week completed the
survey.
Mr.. Thomas reported that the pre-
sident of the textile firm, I Jaffe of
the Meade Manufacturing company,
Maulden, Mo, has been contacted
by local Chamber of Comemrce pre-
sident, Joseph E. Berman, on Tues
day morning. Mr.. Jaffe informed
Mr.. Berman that a representative
from the company will be sent to
Lexington within two weeks for a
conference with the Board of Alder
men here
The overwhelmingly With
Industry board in Jackson is to be
contacted by Secretary of the Cham
Der of Commerce, Charley Glover.
Before final plans for the factory
are made, approval of the BAWI
board must be obtained, MI. Thomas
said.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
Services Held Sept. 8
For Haywood Mooney

Services for Haywood Mooney, 76,
of Lexington, who died September
7, at Montfort Jones Memorial hos
pital in Kosciusko, after several
weeks illness, were held Wednes-
day, September 8, in Kosciusko. Blu
rial was in Kosciusko cemetery with
Jordan Funeral home in charge.
Mr.. Mooney, who was born and
reared in Lexington and had lived
here all his life, was a night watch
man at Lexington Compress for
several years. For the past year he
had been in poor health.
Mr.. Mooney leaves four daugh-
tiers, Mrs. M. E. Perry, Mrs. Leslie
Faulkner, Miss Lily Mooney, and
Mrs. Belle Penny of Kosciusko; and
one son, Charlie Mooney, of New
Orleans.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
Fined $780,, And Costs
In Justice Peace Court

Total fines of 500 and costs were
paid by Rupert Ellard and wife Mrs.
Angie Ellard of Durant, for posses
sion of firearms, and pointing fire
arms, in a skirmish at Ellard's place
near Durant, which involved several
persons on August 80, as the result
of a hearing before Judge Raiford
E. McNeer of Durant, September 8.
Two men who were involved, Dupre
human of Durant, and L. B. Tucker
of West, were ~exonerated on
four charges made by the FL
lards against them of drunkenness,
disorderliness, assault with pistol,
and pointing deadly weapon.
Charges against the proprietor OF
Ellard's Hotel and Court, and his
wife, were like charges filed by
human and Tucker, which listed Mr..
and Mrs. Ellard each as possessing
and pointing a deadly weapon.
A jury returned mot guilty" to
the charges made by the Ellards "a
,~gainst human and Tucker. Mr. and
Mrs. Ellard were found guilty of the
four charges, and fined S25 in each
case.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
Aged TdhuIa Woman
Dies Saturday Al Home
Services Held
In Thomustown

Services for Mrs. Molly E. Buc-
hanan, 70, of Tchula, who died Sat
urday morning, were held Sunday,
September IL, at 2 p. m, at the
graveside in the Thomastown GENE
terry. The Rev. B. F. Odom, pastor
of the Baptist church and friend OF
many years, officiated. National
Funeral home was in charge of ar
rangements.
Mrs. Buchanan, who was near
ing her 80th birthday was born and
reared in Leake county. Since her
husbands death IA years ago, she
had made her home with her son,
E. A. Buchanan, of Tchula. She had
been in ill health for several years
She was a member of the Methodist
church.
She leaves one brother, John Bal
lard, of Thomastown, and the fol-
lowing daughters and sons, Mrs
Will Jordan. Camden, Mrs. j.. E.
Snow, Kosciusko, Mrs. l.. Ogle,
Greenville, Mrs. Paul Lisowski, Ia
coma, Wash, Mrs. M. j. Holler,
jackson, F. L. Buchanan of Green
vile, E. A. Buchanan of Tchula and
several grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
Mister Coon To Fight
Mister Dog In Wafer,
In Contest Wednesday

One hundred fifty dollars in prizes
/ will be awarded n of the win
ming dogs in the first annual dog
coon fight scheduled south of Durant
September %, it is announced. With
the day nearing, sponsoring officials
urge turning in of applications at
an early date. The all-day fight will
be in the water of the lake formerly
known as Eagles Nest.
Rules of the contest are: limitation
Of number of dog entries to 30; only
coon dogs eligible-no bulldogs,
%collies, or German police; coon viii
be on a log in the water, a few feet
from waters edge. One dog at a
time goes TO coon and scraps coon
until either coon, Or dog, or dogs
owner has enough.
Owner of dog stands on bank and
signals to referees in boat if he
believes dog has had enough; three
dogs making the best showing will
be selected by three experienced and
impartial judges. No responsibility
is assumed by the organization for
the safety OF welfare or injury of
dog; entrance fee per dog, five dol
lars
Applications will be taken by the
Durant Junior Chamber of Commerce
and the Durant Business and Pro-
fessional Women's club, sponsoring
groups, as fast as they arrive. Re-
freshments will be served on the
grounds all day of the fight. Admis-
sion will be charged
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
Holmes Bulldogs Face
Successful Season
Coach Johnson Gives
Prospects At Rotary
Club On Tuesday

The Holmes Junior College Bull
dogs won't be beaten badly this
year if at all was the opinion TX
pressed here Tuesday by Backfield
Coach Johnson in a speech made
before the Lexington Rotary Club.
Coach Johnson said the Junior
College had the three things neces-
sary for a winning team, namely, the
material, the coaching staff and the
spirit. He said the boys were in
terested and are going to be in good
physical condition and have good
training. He said that football is
a team game and not a game for
individualists.
The Goodman mentor coached
the first T formation team in the
south (1941).
The Bulldogs meet P%oplarville to-
night in what should be one of the
best games of the season.
Branch Presents
Athletic Director Frank Branch
introduced the speaker.
Mr.. Branch made an appeal for
public support of the Junior College
at Goodman as well as for its foot
ball eleven.
He said boys and girls are being
educated at Goodman for half the
cost of the same training at Ole Miss
and Mississippi state. All the teachers
are well qualified at Goodman, he
said, explaining that 10 teacher who
teaches college work has less than
a masters degree.
A cordial invitation was extended
Rotarians to visit the school and see
the splendid work being done by the
institution.
Burrett Is Director
Announcement was made Tuesday
that Will Barrett has been named
to the Board of Directors of the
Rotary Club filling the unexpired
term of the Rev. R. G. Valentine.
Guests present Tuesday were:
| Chancellor Williams, guest of H. H
| Johnson; Lawrence Rabb, Jr., guest
| of George Patterson, program chair
| man; the Rev Paul d. Bragg, new
| pastor of the First Baptist church,
Lexington, guest of j. F. Williams
and Jones Woodland, visiting Rota'
rian, of Kosciusko.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
Legion Auxiliary Meets,
Prize Winners Announced

The American Legion auxiliary
will meet at 1880 p. m, September
81, at Alb Taylor Memorial home.
All members are urged to be pre-
sent.
Among persons winning cakes at
the bingo ~party-cake walk Thursday
were Mrs. E. H. Skinner, Mrs. w. H.
Scott, Mrs. NJ. C. Catron, Mrs. Jack
Reed, Mrs. w. H. Fincher, Jr., Phil
Heinrich, Mrs. Flacie Stuckey, Mr..
and Mrs. Riggs, of Durant, Mary
Lynn Herbert, Sybil McRae, David
McDavid. Roberta Russell, Marilyn
Fincher, Ruth Roach, Mrs. j. G.,
Robertson, Mr.. and Mrs. Burwell OF
Ebenezer, and Mrs. Herman Diggs.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
Divorces Are Granted
By New Chancellor

Twenty-four divorces were grant
ed Tuesday by the Holmes County
Chancery court in its second day OF
session, with Chancellor c. D. Will
liams of Yazoo City, presiding. The
new chancellor, who has been ccun-
ty judge of Yazoo county for a num-
Der of years, is the nephew of the
late John Sharpe Williams.
Court was recessed Tuesday after
noon and was reconvened Thursday
morning.
The divorce cases tried were
smaller number than usual, Chan
Gerry Clerk officials said.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
Holmes Co.. Believed
10 Be Mother Pool OF
Pikens Oil Field
Petroleum Engineer
Sets Forth Opinion
In Report Today

II the conclusions drawn by pne
oil expert prove to be true, then
Holmes county is slated for intense
oil activity to the point of becoming
a major oil field in Mississippi; the
mother pool of the richly produc-
ing Pickens field.
G.. L. Morton, petroleum engineer,
who has made his home in Durhnt
for the past two years while exptor-
ing the Holmes county field, today
submitted a report which indicates
his conclusions and findings on this
county's situation which will be Of
interest to all Holmes fountains in
terested in oil development.
Is Expert In Field
Mr.. Morton is employed by Mar
tin Harris, contractor, who is drill
ling the Gulf well on the Bob
Bridgeforth property in Yazoo coun-
ty, just two miles west of Pickens.
He was with the State Conservation
Department of Arkansas from
1928 and is an expert in his field.
Mr.. Morton's report follows:
"One of the questions which COM
es up most frequently by those who
| visit the well and the field is, why
I feel so tremendously enthuSed
| over the possibilities of this (Holmes
county,
Having spent many years in the
oil business, looking after and the
bringing in of many wells leads me
to feel that this area has about
i everything. First, perhaps that
which holds the most interest for
all of US is the fact that approx
mateiy 350"wells have been brought
in in this general area, the gravity
of the oil is very high and the ac-
| feasibility to the field along with
transportation facilities is consider
ed excellent. With the wells that
have been drilled in the territory
and the amount of oil which has
been produced there is a deep be-
lief on the part of those who are in
the best position to know, that there
| exists in this area a mother pool
a mother pool that can mean to
! the Pickens field what Smackover
meant to Eldorado. There is a wealth
of geological information and geo.
| physical work which added to the
| conditions that have been revealed
by the drill bit, indicates that this
mother pool is north of the Pickens
field. Wells drilled south and west
Of the proven area have shown salt
water; south and east, the sand con-
ditions dwindle out. North of the
field thick sands have been encoun-
tered carrying both gas and salt
water.
Better Then Expected
when the discovery well was
brought in in the Pickens field in
1910, it was predicted at that time
that the life of the we'll would not
exceed a period of five months, but
these wells have now produced seve-
raj million barrels of oil and are
still producing today approximately
what they were. producing shortly
after they were brought in
This definitely indicates that Pick
Continued on Page Eight
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
WESLEYAN GUILD MEETS

The Wesleyan Service guild held
its regular meeting at the Educa-
tional building, Monday night at
7:30. Mrs. J. R. Patterson, vice-pre-
sident, presided. A short business
session was held following the guild
ritual. Due to the resignation of
Mrs. Leila Guess, president, Miss
Jean McRae was elected to serve
the remainder of the year.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
Home Comino At Oregon
To Be Held. Nineteenth

The Oregon Memorial church VIII
have its 10th Annual Homecoming
on Sunday, September 10.
The Rev Judson Chastain, former
pastor, will deliver the morning
message at 1870 a. m.
Lunch will be served at 1890.
The afternoon program will begin
at 2 o'clock with the Rev. T. H. Dor
sey, guest speaker.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
Third Child To Vicksburg
May Not Have Polio

A suspected third case of polio in
the county may be diagnosed as
spinal trouble by attending physi.
clans of Benny Lee Round, Jr, son
of Benny Round of Durant, who was
sent to the Vicksburg Polio clinic
last week. DR.. W. H. Weeks, director
of the Health department here, said
a definite diagnosis might require
several days.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
BOND SALES

Q. 5. Savings bonds sales in
Holmes county through August of
this year total S493,4 22. OF this
amount, S35,6s1 in sales was made
in August.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
ST. MARY's EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. Wilton Asger. Rector

Sunday, September 10
Church School-10 a. m.
Morning Prayer and Sermon IL a. m.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-12
NEWS und VIEWS


When AF President william Greer Green predicts Ss @ an uPfuge f of
strikes TINS nmme % & ne ha bd % ne enactmen g m Of the Taft
Hartley But also that unions negotiated oneyear
The AFL LEADERSHIP in Joint statement also condemned grow
ing interference with legitimate union activities asks
rather observes How anyone can expect unions 10 junction ao
with legal red tape is beyond and common
cost of labor legislation taxpayers Under the
single collective bargaining election sometimes costs much as
Unions had instances to great
square with the bureaucracy.
But to return to the man argument f Wheth b ran Gn OF & srs M
responsible for labor conflicts in recent
without repetition years industrial strife Similar views
have been expressed in manaeement % circles e
unfair features The IT, s. Supreme Court will have
ay Un p0 & aBe be on @ bo @ Go
need to be changed in the industrial peace might have
effect the public mind than general that merely
Simultaneous with these developments the American labor
0a Rn sd socae soe@ emp S Sn @ soS cnra a%9
Council of Trades Unions has instructed its aate principal
and special production bonuses specifically recommend
According sources average wage
dusa worker has increased nearly onehrd in 1947 real
and as Europe hardly this sort propaganda dr5e
rocton and work methods as evidenced b the many inventions
suggestions advanced by the themselves In the hpbulg
saving million ubles during first half 94 nearly
that of the entire preceding year.
These reports undoubtedly contain element think
and downright lying But there doubt that Russian labor
activities. At the meeting just reported questions arising
abolition Of raoGg currency reform and housing SHORTAGES also
share in formulating and enforcing the economic policies of the Kem
entire labor trend toward increased production great
The cat was Let out Of the bag by Russian
achieve the basis of higher labor productivity
output that would insure the fumen of the feyea plan in
This seppngup conforms policies Kremlin The
who are determined shorten the lag between Russian
would willingly accept
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-12
Organizing Is EverYbodY's Job

We have members in organization who honestly be-
eve that is the organizers Job to do all the organizing of
the unoganzed and will not do anything themselves because
they think these fellows getting paid to do the job.
This true The best any organizer do
is to assist people who already want to organize Organizers
where people ready to be organized If they go
where not ready the only way they be
full is through the help of the local people who know the
benefits of being organized Folks will listen to their neigh
bors much quickly than they will listen to strangers
Unions started by workers getting together and talk
ing ways to better their conditions then by going
is to help themselves. This went until unions became
in its continual campaign to organize the unorganzed work
in every community
No union continue to be progressive if its
bers become satisfied and sit down, because the members
the union. The life of union, well all other
unions depends ability to get members Stop this
of life and the road to death Some
local unions have organizing committee that makes
ports at meeting and makes talks the need for
ganzng This helps to encourage the membership to talk
to pottery workers who not organized and it does lot
of good.
There is way you do more for your felowmen
than TO convince him he should be in union. There
few members in almost all Of the local unions who
willing to give part OF their time to help out in this inn
potant job because they understand that union shops
benefited as well as the ones being organized.
Being obligated into union than just pay
ing dues There time when organizers needed
help from the members than they do If everyone
will give the organizers little assistance will all be
benefited
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-12
Are You a Sufe Worker?

Industrial safety is subject which deserves
Sderaon by member of organized labor throughout
the entire nation Labor whole has made splendid prog
in helping to eliminate many of the of unsafe
working conditions but is high time that each and every
individual member put serious thought to and
of making his or her job safer place to be.
Speaking from experience, know that it is not
usual for the empoye to take anagonstc and
Indifferent attitude toward most safety rules of the firm
for which he works but if take time to think about the
matter for just short time how foolish it is
for to attitude of Indifference careessness
If injured the job it true that the employer
loses but his lose in terms Of dollars and cents while the
loss of the injured not only measured in terms of dollars
and cents but in terms of suffering and prvaton well.
The injured and his her dependents really the
who suffer They really the who need efficient
safety program in every branch of American industry If
only give just bit of thought to the possible effects
accidental deaths lostme accidents it would effect
and our families then we would have gone long way
toward being a safer workman.
1t is very easy in Of accident to criticize the
poyer and find his faults in not having made the job safe
Many of them deserve criticism and but at the
time let take look and if have done part
Let be that doing part and then let
demand of the employer in uncertain terms that he do
his part for the benefit of us both.
Remember industrial safety is not a luxury, but
absolute economic necessity
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-12
The Little Things Count

1t is not always the great events that matter. Give
for real everyday life the little things the human frateS
which rarely find their way into newspaper columns Here
are some picked at random from our desk:
German woman has received 2,437 offers of marriage
in reply to her advertisement in local paper that she
cupied tworoom apartment and received two food pack
ages monthly from the United States
woman in Cambridge Mass, admitted she purposely
feeds whisky to her husband and turns his police each
time he is released from periodic drunkenness sentences The
explanation: Sober, free and industrious, he $50
week drunk and locked up he makes her and her children
eligible for welfare checks totaling about 500 week.
American housewives spend precious time mixing
yellow cooring into margarne-a job which the manufac-
tuerS handle without extra cost if the lawmakers would
only let them Margarine presently bought by 81 percent
of all American households roughly 81 million families Yet
every to repeal antmargarne legislation has been
pgeonhoed with results increasingly harmful to consumers
and the shrunken purses of the working people,
Here is life in the raw not the sort of insane make
believe which slick magazines dish out to the public
cety twisted within itself that thrift becomes vice,
wo-room apartment unattanabe dream and outdated
laws the of economic craftsmanship ought to take
good look at itself 1t might discover that of preven
ton still pays.