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Milford chronicle., 1948-10-01
Seaford Will Hold
Halloween Fete
Annual Parade will Be Held On
Thursday, October %

A""udi EdEdue VIII BE Held On
Thursday, October %
Members of the Seaford BUSH
ness Mems Association have def
nitely set the date for their annual
Halloween fete as Thursday, Oc-
tOber 28th. Confirmation of this date
and the settling upon the Seaford
Eagles Ball Park as the site for
the finale of the parade were the
principal matters of business dis
cussed at the meeting of the Asso-
citation last Thursday evening.
The parade will start in SeafOrd
at p. m. and will proceed along
High street, the principal business
thoCc"Shfare, across Route f3 ana
directly to the ball park. Judging
OF floats, maskers and bands will
take place at the park, where
grandstand and lighting facilities
will make the spectacle available to
several thousand. High street will
be brilliantly lighted with overhead
strings to afford those who do not
wish to encounter the traffic at the
park an opportunity to see the
parade and hear the bands along
the streets.
continued on page IO)
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-01
Rhode Island Group
To Tour State Farms
Inspection Trip win Be Made On
October 5 To Z

Supervisors of Delaware's three
Soil Conservation Districts and the
Delaware State Soil Conservation
Commission will be hosts to a group
of Rhode Island Conservation Dis
trict supervisors and agricultural
officials October 81.
Richard Snyder, soil cOnserva-
ZIONIST of the Soil Conservation Ser
vice and Dean George L. Schuster
of the University of Delaware and
chairman of the State Soil COnser-
vatiOn Commission reveal that the
soil cOnservatiOnists from Rhode
Isiand will spend the three days in
Delaware to observe the program
Of soil and water conservation in
each of the three soil conservation
districts in the state.
Continued on page 13)
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-01
Kent InIDlWHizGtiOn
Program Completed
Will Be Held In Milford
On Wednesday,
October 13

ImmunizatiOn days are here
again, and according tO-Dr. Charles
r. Hayman, school children in Kent
County will be offered this service
on scheduled days during October
and November.
Protection against diphtheria
will be limited to children under
ten years of age, but vaccination
against smallpox is available to
anyone who has not been vaccinat-
ed since 1943. Teachers have been
asked to inform parents that the
same services are available to pre-
schOUi children.
(cOntinued on page l2)
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-01
National EmplOy-The-
Handicapped-Week

In an effort to locate as many dis
abled persons as possible in the
State of Delaware, the Delaware
rehabilitation Division will again
have certain days set aside during
National Employ the Handicapned
Week for concentrated case fnd-
ing and interviewing. October ? tn
has been proclaimed by Governo,.
Walter w. Bacon as Employ the
Handicapped Week" Inc Deiawsre
employers are urged to hire as
many disabled persons as possible
and all individuals and organize.
mons are urged 90 refer anv dis
anled person to Vocational Rebs-
hiliiation '''
tC11unget ou paee i7l
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-01
Fire Prevention Week
For Sussex Farmers

Sussex County farmers are urged
10 observe Fire Prevention Week
winch has been proclaimed by
PPresldcnt = Truman for the week of
October 8 to 9.
Fire prevention Week is sponsor
ed by the National Fire Protection
association with the cooperation of
,ll me u. $. Department of Agricul-
ne sponsors of Fire Prevention
w eek point out that 90 percent of
the fires which otherwise might
S'''Ne your farm or home can he
continued on page iOl
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-01
Couple Burned To
Death At Farm Home
Empty Pistol Discovered Beside
Bodies In Fire Ruins

Two persons, tentatively identi-
fed as a transient farm worker and
his alleged commOn-law wife, were
burned to death in a farm house
near Little Heaven, about eight
miles below Dover, late last SIT
urday night.
State police said the victims. who
were burned beyond recognition,
are believed to have been Willie
Frlnkley and Lilly Mae Brown. Ne
groes of Wilson, N. c., who came
TO the state at the beginning of
summer to work on lower Delaware
farms.
CONTINUED on page l3)
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-01


Entitled, "Christian Faith and
Life. a Program for Church and
Home" the new curriculum will
present the Bible, the life of Christ.
the history of the Christian Church.
The contents of Christian doctrine.
and other related subject matter i'm
an interesting and attractive form,
in which emphasis will be on life
centered material.
Parents are To have an impOr-
tant place i'm the new curriculum.
A feature of the course will be the
publishing Of a teaCher-parent mag
azine for both parents and children.
In which the materials and helps
will be presented i'm language which
the average parent can understand.
Thus the teacher and parent can
continued 9u page i2D
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-01
Return To NOrmalcy'
After Ball Season

With the departure from the To-
cal scene of the members of Mil
lords Eastern Shore League play
ons champions" the 194S edition
oi the Red SOX. things locally have
more or less reverted TO what could
oe termed a normal condition. "
once again. the community's rabid
baseball fans have replaced base
Tall talk with discussion Of of
season topics. such as the weather.
business. politics or the critical
huropean situation. virtually am of
THESE latter topics were forgotten
fcarl n rarr Cd.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-01

says N-t Sldle Board of
E8alfh.
a present aboHt six per cent of
Qhe aauon's dfty million school
children have hearing defects. sc-
ocu6ing 10 the Health Adriso~v
oouncl in E0ashinpuon. a. q
Ihe Delaware Board al uea1.l,
hss no clinics for zhe fesf br-
ugn Wdth spsech ffRr.1rsoe
r'eoaEe the BENEFITS oF au.sfrra,a-
rf given o. MISS Marian rl-
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M t1e ears thE1sslueE rrv her1fh
r1e.aiF. e1t alal tp treat anv 49,
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Milford chronicle., 1948-10-01
george e HurLs Vote
Buying Charges
Back 1t CarveL
HAVE AYE YOU ANY IDEA HOW
MUCH PAPER 1T TAKES
TO PRINT THIS ISSUE
OE THE CHRONICLE?

For those of you who are
statistically minded. it might
be of interest to you to know
how much newsprint is re-
quired to print this issue of
the Chronicle. If the print-
ed pages of this issue were
laid end to end the total
distance would be approxi-
mately 115 miles of paUer
with a width of 1715 inches.
In other words the paper u.s.
ed would be wide enough to
walk on comfortably north
from Milford almost to Tren-
ton, N. J. Or, if walking
south from Milford, the pa
per would extend to within
about Is miles of Cape
Charles, Virginia.
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-01
Presbyterians viii Improve
Church School Curriculum

An improved and enriched ctrrcI
Z De introduced throughout the Presbyterian Church in the U A.
OcIoe D. me curriculum is the manv wears of Den-
0n on the part OF leaders in the Christian dnca6n Of
Cnucn III lne u s A. in the Witherspoon Building
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-01
Child With Less Than Normal
Hearing Is Greatly Handicapped

Inc co who does not
tn can be done preserve hearing i'm childhood
years considerably the
lS Nno now are hard have avoided deaf
anu treated curing child
Milford chronicle., 1948-10-01
World War II Dead Return
Program Drawing To Il Close

me Army announced today that the
III "lcn z|362 Armed Forces
Vember 0""'0N "E 1ne Gnu Oh NO
remains OF all military personnel the I1ntoa
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-10-14
Services Are Held
For Mrs. R. {. Rodgers
Died At Hospital
After Short Illness

Rites for Mrs. Willie Brown
Rodgers, 70, wife Of the late r.
c. Rodgers, who died October 8,
at Community hospital were held
at Pleasant Ridge Baptist church
Saturday at 10 a. m. with the
Rev. A. H. Miller, pastor of Pleas
ant Ridge church officiating. and
burial in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Rodgers died after short
illness.
She leaves four daughters, Mrs.
Ed Tate, Mrs. Nettie Truett, and
Mrs. Lille Mcclellan, all of Lex
ington; Mrs. Herbert Williamson
of Glendora; four sons, r. A.
Rodgers, Lexington. Leroy and
Longino Rodgers, Belzoni, and
Cunningham Rodgers of Jackson;
also a number of grandchildren.
Born November 4, 1870, in
Holmes county, Mrs. Rodgers was
married on June IL. 1887 to Mr..
Rodgers, who preceded her in
death May II, 1913. She was a
member of Pleasant Ridge Bap~
fist church. i p ~
Pa1lbearers were jim Bevill,
Johnnie Bevill, Baxter Eubanks,
Dewitt Majors, Joe Taylor, and
Norris Parkinson.
Southern Funeral association
was in charge. ~ -.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-10-14
State Jaytees Meet
In Fall Session
Jackson Meeting Is
Attended By Durunters

The Board of Directors of the
Mississippi State Junior Cham
Der of Commerce in session at
their Fall Meeting in Jackson,
approved the plans to select the
outstanding young man of Mis-
sissippi. The Jaycees will launch
statewide campaign to secure
nominations for this honor and
will make their choice known at
a banquet in Jackson on January
IS, l949. President Harry w.
Clark announced that John Kuy-
kendall of Jackson will serve as
chairman of Distinguished Ser
vice Award Committee. Mr.. Kuy-
kendall is to contact the various
local Jaycee chapters in Missis-
sippi and receive their nominal
tions. This is to be followed by
a statewide campaign to secure
additional nominations from the
general public with the deadline
for all nominations being De-
cember IS, 1913.
Raymond E. Roberts, Editor of
Future Magazine, the official
publication of the National Jay
Gees, gave the principal address
at the luncheon session of the
State Board. Mr.. Roberts pointed
out the many services rendered
by the United States Junior
Chamber of Commerce to the
state and local organizations. He
is the staff member Of the nation
al group handling the search to
find the Nations Ten Outstand-
ing Young Men of 1913. Finalist
in the Mississippi contest will be
nominated for the national
award.
Other business Of the State
Board of Directors included dis
cussion on the possibilities of
setting up a full-time executive
office. The President was intro
duced to contact the leaders of
a group of Mississippi business
men interested in forming a state
wide commercial organization
and determine the feasibility of a
plan whereas the Jaycees would
assist in forming such group
Other business included formu-
lating plans for large attend
ance at the National Jaycee Con-
vention next year in Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
Members of the Durant Junior
Chamber of Commerce attending
the Board meeting were: Presi-
dnt Robert Ray, Miles Ray, and
Fred Strickland.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-10-14
Local Women Attend
BPW Convention

Mrs. Mary E. Phillips was re-
elected treasurer of district one
Business and Professional Wo-
mems clubs at it's annual con-
vention held in Jackson Sunday.
Attending from Durant besides
Mrs. Phillips were Mrs. Lucille
Truitt, and Mrs. Jessie Lewis.
Mrs. Mary D. Cain, Summit,
president of the Mississippi BPW
addressed the gathering of bust
ness women on the subject I'VE
Earn Our Future" in honor OF
National BPW week. The sessions
were held at Walthall hotel.
Another feature of the days
program was an open forum on
membership and "How To Or
ganize A Club" conducted by
Miss Lillian Heffner of Indiana
la, first vice-president of the
Federation.
Officers of the district reflect
ed besides Mrs. Phillips were
Mrs. Ivy Gibson, Kosciusko
chairman: and Mrs. Velma Rod
gers, Jackson, vice chairman.
Attending the convention were
state officers, chairmen and mem
bers of Canton, Capitol, Jackson
Kosciusko, Vicks burg, anc
| Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-10-14
Services Are Held
For West Resident

Funeral services for Theodore
Ernest Wigley, resident for many
years of West, who died in the
Greenville hospital Saturday af-
ter an illness, were held at the
graveside, Durant cemetery, at IL
a. m, Monday, with the Rev,
Curtis Ellis assisted. oy the Rev.
G. M. Day, of Durant, officiating.
Funeral arrangements were in
charge OF Jordan Funeral home.
Ee was 70, and a member Of
Unity Baptist church.
Active pallbearers were Lloyd
G. Cade, w. A. Henley, c. D.
Maddox, Fred L. Craft, Jones l..
Hand, John L. Mason, Smith
Cade, and E. L. Cade.
He leaves one daughter, Mrs.
Gladys McCollum, Leland; one
son. w. E. Wigley, West; one SIS
ter, Mrs. Vera Armstrong, Mem
phis; two brothers, T. S. Wigley.
West, and w. A. Wigley, Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-10-14
Oil Engineer Speaks
Before Durant Rotary
Believes Holmes Co.
Has Mother Pool


G. L. Morton, petroleum en-
gineer of Durant, spoke on the
county's oil-producting potential
tiles. as seen by him, at Fridays
meeting of the Durant Rotary
club, held in the dining room of
Hotel Durant. Clarence Robert
son was in charge of the pro-
gram.
Mr.. Morton is employed by
Martin Harris, contractor, who is
drilling the Gulf well in Yazoo
county, two miles west of Pick
ems. He expressed himself en-
Enthusiastically over the possibili-
ties that Holmes county may be-
come a major oil field in Missis-
sippi.
He repeated what he had said
in a letter previously, that be-
lief exists among oil men who
are in the best position to know,
that a mother pool shat can
mean to the Pickens field what
Smackover meant to Elorado,'
may exist in Holmes county, Civ
ing reasons for his belief.
Visiting Rotarians presen; were
Eugene Herman, Lexington; A.
L. Metz, Columbia, Miss; Joe
Browder, Fulton, KY; and Durant
High School student, ]. w.
Brown.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-10-14
Drive For Enrolment
In Maritime Service

The current drive for enroll
ments in the United States Mari.
time service in a specialized
six months training program
which prepares men for a career
in the U. S. Merchant Marine,
is still on.
To be eligible for this training
an applicant must be an Ameri-
can citizen. age 171s to IS years,
ninth grade education, pass a
physical and aptitude test. While
in training an applicant receives
SIS per month, with uniforms,
room and board furnished.
All eligible and accepted appli-
cants will be transferred to the
Unite States Maritime Service
Training Station, st. Petersburg,
Fla, within three week period.
An applicant enrolling will not
only benefit himself by preparing
for a career, but also will be
serving in one Of the most vital
essential industries, the United
States Merchant Marine.
For further particulars, all in
terested applicants should write
or contact The Enrolling Officers,
U. S. Maritime service, Room 10,
Custom House, New Orleans, La.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-10-14
State Medical Program
Exclaimed In Booklet

What the Medical Education
Program Means to Mississippi" is
the title of new publication is
sued by the Mississippi State
Medical Education Board. !,
Emphasizing the need for addi-
tional~ doctors in Mississippi is
the statement that Mississippi
has one active practitioner for
approximately $500 persons in
the rural sections of the State
at the present time. Although al
most half of the total number of
physicians in Mississippi are over
sixty, over half of the States
rural physicians are over sixty
This high age factor accounts in
part for the increasingly high
death rate.
According to State Board Of
Health records, between January
and May, 1948 Mississippi lost one
doctor per week by death, Oh
twenty-three doctors in twenty
two weeks! Net increase in mum
Der of physicians in Mississippi
during the period July l, l947
to July l, l94f was II.
Outlining what is available ir
loans to those who wish to enter
medicine in Mississippi, definite
steps how to apply for a medica
education loan, and what happen:
when loan is approved, thu
booklet concludes with section
entitled Zone Sure Answer tt
the Problem"
Mississippi Medical education
program is the only solution tina
makes sure that potential doctor
receiving this State aid mus
practice medicine in Mississippi
Mississippi has many potentia
physicians who lack funds will
which to complete training.
1.-THE State needs more doctors
Through this program Mississippi
can obtain more family doctor
for its rural areas and many Mis-
sissippi medical students can OBJ
tain needed financial assistance.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-10-14
Duront Boy On
40 Reveille Stuff

State College-Patricia Walton,
petite brunette from Beulah,
Miss, and vice president of the
Mississippi State College chapter
of the Chi Omega sorority, has
been appointed assistant editor of
the l949 Reveille by Bobby Dan
iels of Gulfport, editor of the
yearbook.
Bruce Baine of Duraht, and
John Walker of Abilene, Texas,
will edit the junior class section.
The fraternity editorial staff is
headed by Ruth Ogletree of
Shelby. Her assistants are Sue
Morgan of Satillo and Fred Shu-
man of Gulfport. The art depart
ment is headed by Bill Barnet of
Gulfport.
The organizations department
is led by Nan Carpenter of Hous-
ton. assisted by Marcia Stewart
of Kosciusko The military editor
is Winton B Cain of Virgins. He
is assisted by Louis Hathaway of
Vicksburg and Albert Anders of
Jackson.
The faculty section will be
edited by Johanna Smith OF
! Marks, Catherine Mcdonnell OF
! Biloxi, and Martha Swain of
State College.
Sam Simmons of Utica is
sports editor. He is to be assist
J ed by Leo Seals of Bay st. Louis
Bonnie Price of Laurel, and Carl
Long of Walden.
The feature editor is Elizabeth
E. Howard of Natchez, assisted by
Anne Showers of Natchez. The
class editor is Sylvia E. Marty Of
Sunflower. Senior assistants are
Sarah Ratliff of Natchez, Kathryn
McKeithen of Jackson, Maxine
Cole of Madison, and Lois Heg
wood of Greenwood,
Mary Jane Perry or Grenade
and Margaret Watkins of Jackson
will help with the sophomore
section. James Bedenbaugh O
State College and Garnsey Wade
of Memphis will edit the fresh
man section.
! The official photographer TO
the Reveille is Stanley Coumb,
of McComb, and the office boy
Gene Smith of Columbus.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-10-14
Last Rites Are Held
For Howard Resident

Last rites for John Marks, 81,
of Howard, brother of George and
Robert Marks of Tchula. and of
Mrs. Lizzie Powell of Durant,
who died in a Jackson hospital,
September 80, after three weeks
illness, were held at Liberty
chapel, October l, at p. m. with
the Rev. H. H. Wallace of Tchula,
officiating. Southern Funeral
home was in charge of arrange
mentS.
Mr.. Marks, a member Of the
Methodist church, had been in
i'll health for the past year. He
was unmarried.
Besides Mrs. Powell, and two
brothers, he leaves also one other
sister, Mrs. Emma Evans
OF Shreveport, La, and several
nieces and nephews.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-10-14
Durant Tigers Fight
Bitter, Exciting Game
With Benton, Friday
Lose By One Score;
To PIoy CorroIIton
There, Tomorrow Mite

The Durant Tigers lost a bit
terly fought and exciting game
Friday night to the powerful
Benton Bulldogs by a score of
z to 20. The game was closely
contested from beginning to end
and the winning touchdown was
scored on the last play of the
game.
Neither team was able to reach
pay dirt in the opening quarter,
as two evenly matched lines
slugged it out in mid field. How
ever, early in the second quarter,
Lonnie Pepper spun through a
big hole inside tackle and romped
As yards to score for Benton. A
successful plunge for the extra
point put Benton in front, z to O.
After the succeeding kickoff,
Durant swept down the field on
the churning legs of Glen Cain
and Rubber Lewis in a sustain
ed drive of 20 yards, which cul-
minated with Lewis going
through tackle for the score.
Hastings kick for the extra point
went astray and Benton led z to
6 at the end of the half.
Drive For Two Touchdowns
Coming back after the inter-
mission with renewed vigor, the
Benton boys drove for two touch
downs in the third quarter to
60 ahead by a score of 20 to 6.
The Tigers, however, roared back
in the fourth quarter to score
two quick touchdowns and tie
the score at 20 to 20 with three
minutes remaining in the game.
Durant's second touchdown came
when Sonny Ferguson caught
Gains short pass and outran the
Benton secondary to score stand
ing up after a so yard dash.
Moments later, Bishop inter-
cepted Benton pass to set the
stage for the final Tiger touch
down. Taylor, Cain, and Hastings
drove to the Benton three yard
line. Hastings then scored on a
smash at the line. Taylor's pass
to Ferguson was good for the
point that tied the score. Trying
desperately to score again in the
waning seconds of the game,
Durant attempted a long pass
which Benton's Lonnie Pepper
intercepted and returned to the
Tiger 80 yard line.
Mode Winning Point
With time remaining for only
one more play, Pepper rifled
pass to Waters on the Durant Is
yard line. Waters grabbed the
ball, evaded the clutching arms of
two frantic Tigers, and dashed
into the end zone with the Win
ming point.
Durant led Benton in first
downs, Z to S, but were unable
to consistently stop Benton's
speedy and powerful Pepper,
spelling the difference in the
two teams.
Durant journeys to Carrollton
this Friday to play the North
Carrollton team in night game.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-10-14
States Rights Group ID
Goodman, Subscribe
Entire Quota

Goodman States Fighters in a
strictly Observation-Disclosures"
meeting held Friday morning at
the Goodman Branch of Holmes
County Bank and Trust company,
not only met but made" their
quota of $500 toward the States
Rights cause, since no donations,
nor any solicitations had been
made prior to the meeting.
Main features of the meeting,
before the voluntary contribu-
tons were turned in. was talk
by former Fourth District Judge,
John F. Allen, of Goodman, who
made an appeal to the group "to
do something now" since prob
lens confronting the citizens OF
today are growing. At the end
of the speech, according to Good
man finance chairman, w. A
Thomas, the entire quota was met
by approximately 80 men who
attended the. meeting.
Mr.. Thomas said no convassing
had taken place but that the
funds were donated freely and
quickly, minus "a lot of talk
and Gin the good old-fashioned
way"
Wilburn Hooker, county fin
ance chairman, of Lexington
stated that the county quota may
be met within short time.