The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-10-13
THROUGH
HAZEL.
EYES
BY Hazel Brannon

tomorrow friday afternoon al
LOO pm. for the dedication ser.
vice at the new $4,000 Holmes
County Health Center building
This beautiful new building is
an asset to the entire county and
all citizens are given cordial
invitation to be present. The de-
dication service will be at 200
pm.
Preceding the dedication there
will be a parade around the
square at loo pm. participated
in by members of the Holmes
Junior College and Lexington
High School bands, representa-
tives from the State Health De-
pertinent headed by DIR. H. C..
Kicks, members of the Holmes
County Board of Supervisors and
Holmes County Health Depart
ment, Lexington city officials, the
National Guard, Boy Scouts of
America, civic clubs and organi-
cations.
An invitation has been extended
to any organization or business
firm in the county desiring to be
represented in the parade cor
dial invitation to do so.
Lexington business houses will
close from 200 pm. until 800 p.
m. for the ceremony.
The days program is being
sponsored by members of the
Lexington Business and Profess
SIGNAL Women's Club as a part Of
observance of National Business
Women's Week in cooperation
with DR.. w. H. Weeks, director Of
the Holmes County Health De-
partment, and other members Of
the Department.
The new Health Center build
Ing is Apne Of the finest in the
country and it will house the
personnel Of the Health Depart
ment and all its services. It was
built at q cost of $4,000 with
Holmes county paying around
$4,000 Of the total cost. The re-
mainder was furnished by the
state of Mississippi and the Fed
eral government.
Citizens of Durant should be
especially interested in the dedi-
cation of the new county Health
Center since it is just matter
OF q few months before Health
Clinic will be built in Dwant. A
lot has already been purchased
far the building in Durant and
plans for its construction are
rapidly being finished.
The Lot Is located at the rear
OF the Durant Frozen Food Lock-
er plant directly across the street
from the office and warehouse of
the Lewis Grocer company.
The Holmes County Board OF
Supervisors has already appro-
priated $4,000 for the county's
share of the building which will
be financed by county, state and
Federal governments.
It was my privilege recently
to hear DR.. Henry Boswell, super
intendent of the State Sapatorium
at Magee.
DR.. Boswell is one of the out
standing authorities in this coun-
rty on tuberculosis and he has
done a splendid job down there.
AS a matter Of fact on June
3Oth DR.. Boswell completed forty
years of service to his adopted
state Of Mississippi-he is q ma
tive Of our neighborin8 state OF
Alabama. 4e~
The great progress that has
been made in fighting tuberculo-
sis is shown In the figures given
by DR.. Boswell. Only 81 years
ago there, were. around 5000
deaths every year in Mississip-
pi from T.B. Last year for the
entire year there were only POO
deaths from this disease-2O6
white and ,462 colored.
In spite of the fact that the
colored race is subject to TB.
more than the white race up un-
til the last session Of the state
legislature there were only 40
beds for Negroes at Sanatorium.
DR.. Boswell said the state has
under construction at Magee now
the finest hospital for Negroes to
be found in the entire country.
1t will be ready for occupancy
in a short while. This great pro-
gress establishing facilities to help
fight disease among the colored
race will be applauded by every
one.
DR.. Boswell said the greatest
fear of mankind now Is heart
disease-it is claiming too many
lives in this modern age. He sug-
gested that if we followed the
rules of health sensibly we would