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Evening star., 1949-01-09
March Weddiug

Miss Miriam Helen Venezky and
Mr.. Jerome Wilmer, whose engage
ment has been announced, will be
married in March.
Mrs Venezky is the daughter OF
Mrs. Samuel Venezky and the late
Mr.. Venezky and Mr.. Wilmer Is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Wilmer.
He Is a graduate of Cornell Uni
versity and during the war served
with the Army Air Forces.
Evening star., 1949-01-09

Mr.. and Mrs. George Coryell OF
Lincoln, Nebr.
Miss ingalls, Is the daughter OF
the late Mr.. ingalls, and a niece OF
former Gov. Cary A. Hardee of
Florida. She Is a graduate of Chevy
Chase Junior College and the Uni
versity of Maryland.
Mr.. Coryell, who served five years
in the Army with duty in Europe
and was retired with the rank of
major, studied at the University of
Nebraska.
Evening star., 1949-01-09
Becomes Engaged

Announcement has been made by
Mrs. Justus Roberts ingalls, OF
Washington and st. Petersburg OF
the engagement of her daughter.
Effie Hardee, to Mr.. Glenn Coryell
of st. Petersburg, son of the late
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21
Polio And The House Fly
by w. H. WEEKS
County Heolth Officer

In the face of threatened epidemic us
use every precauton known
The Holmes County Health Department wishes to cali at
70 some OF the things should know about house flies
Did you stop to think where flies from?
those morning? Nice flies
weren't they? Seemed friendly
didn't they? Yes last
some stable pig pen manure pile garbage pile prvy with
IN the last ten days or two weeks
Here is their history in a nutshell Fly
OF couple
ey al Matched out into wgg white before night
hese little maggo squmed around the
fve days got tat and shell Once in shell these little
maggots start to growing legs everything that
goes to make up flies This job in five days
out comes rising generation of flies Their Shiny bodies
make for them crawl to the outside of the
they dry their wings take first breakfast then
Decline tor fly llne for kitchen and dining
Yes those the your
fast table That's their pedigree.
Now what you going to do about it?
Flies prize boarders They
minutes apart they them that often Flies dainty
eaters that hungry fly half its weight Of food
single meal
Nor is that all Their digestive apparatus simple that
through bodies
culous sputum and typhoid healthy tuberculosis
and typhoid shortly ateward Furthermore wefed
fly makes specks at the rate of so in "a hours.
But cheer You many specks Ninety five
pal germs of typhoid dyentery
of them practically invisible This the
rhoea tuberculosis hook probably polio and other
diseases to our food
The fly gentleman heard of fly washing
his hands and face before table unless the
compared to his specks.
The y bad table responsible for the death OF
many Mississippi babies every year
What you going anyway?
The be obviou-Destroy possible breeding
places for flies around your premises.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21
LIBRARY NOTES

The Holmes County Library al
Durant offers some new light and
entertaining reading for the hot
weather. Smoke Up The Valley
by Monte Barrett, is a historical
novel of Texas in the 1905:
"Beulah Land" by H. L. Davis is
a far-ranging, colorful novel OF
the covered-wagon days; 'The
Deer Stalker" is by the incom-
parable Zane Grey. In more TO-
mantle mood is His Best Girl" by
Bardon, and First Star" by Mary
Howard.
The younger readers are offered
a wide ranging selection, both
entertaining and instructive.
The smaller readers are re-
minded that there only remains
about month for reading in the
Fishing Contest"
Recent visitors at the library
are: George Cooper, Chicago, H.;
Mrs. Phela Eakers, Meridian; Miss
Ellen Claire Cakes, Kosciusko;
Miss Louise Baxter, Vicksburg;
Mrs. Gretchen Schenk, Washing
ton, D. c., and Miss Elenora Ora
low, jackson.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21
Mrs. Nellie 5. Doty
Rites Held Monday

Mrs. Nellie S. Doty, prominent
and beloved matron of Pickens
passed away at the Community
hospital in Lexington Sunday,
She was "A.
Final rites were held Monday
at the Methodist church in Pick
ems with the Rev. Neblett, Shelby,
officiating, assisted by the Rev.
Curtis, Pickens pastor. She was
a lifelong member of the Metho-
dist church, joining when a young
girl at Richland where she was
born. She lived all her life in
Holmes county and most of it in
Pickens. She had been active in
community affairs up until her
brief illness of about ten DAYS.
A wide circle of friends mourn
the passing of this lady whom
everyone in the community claim
ed as a friend.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. Ras M. Branch, Goodman.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21
Pickens Merchant Is
Taken By Death

John Thomas Lever, IS, Pickens
! merchant, died at the Baptist
hospital in Jackson Monday night
following a brief illness.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday morning at the Pick
ems Presbyterian church of which
he was a member with the Rev.
w. F. Mansell, Vicksburg, official
ing. Interment was in the Pick
ems cemetery.
Mr.. Lever came to Pickens from
Yazoo City and had made his
home there off and on for Is or
80 years. He formerly owned
stores in Mileston and Yazoo.
He became ill last Wednesday
evening at his home and was re-
moved to the hospital Friday.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Florence Crawford Lever, one
son. Crawford Lever, Pickens, and
one daughter, Mrs. Frank Simp-
son. Flora. One grandson, Frank
Simpson, Jr., and sister, Mrs. T.
S. Worrell, Alderman, also sur
vive.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21
Farm and Home Week
To Feature Church,
Community Program
Stute College Scene
Of Annual Event
August Ia

State College, (SpeciaD-A ru-
raj church and community pro-
gram will for the first time be a
major section of the annual Farm
and Home Week to be held at
Mississippi State college, August
IA, according to President Fred
T. Mitchell.
DR.. c. Morton Hanna of the
Louisville Presbyterian Seminary
will be principal speaker August
p at 1890 am. in Lee Hall audi
forum. Theme that day will be
1.-The Rural Church, Health and
Farm Life"
Ministers and lay people who
are active in rural church and
community work are urged to at
tend Farm and Home Week and
assist with the program. The ru-
raj church and community sec
ton will be active August / and
2, during which time many other
groups will also be meeting.
Registration for this section will
be August Lat 2:30 pm. The Rev.
E. E. Stidham, Corinth, will open
the afternoon session, which will
include consideration of 1.-THE
Rural Church in Mississippi
Whittier Bound?" Chairman will
be DR.. L. o. Todd. East Contra
Junior college. Others assisting
will include the Rev. j. A. Lind
sey, Jr., Florence; Miss Cora Lee
Glenn, Ashland: the Rev. H. c..
johnson, Meridian and the Rev.
G. M. Peery, Jackson.
A fellowship dinner will be
held that evening at z o'clock. Re-
servations for the dinner should
be made in advance to H. F. Kauf-
man, Box 1924, State College. Din
ner speaker will be DR.. Hugh
Birmm, Southern Baptist Con-
vention, Louisville, Kentucky.
There will be no registration
fee. Only expense will be food
Continued On Page Four)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21
.Hitch-hiker Dies OF
SeIf-InfIitted Wound

John Hoffmeier, so, died of a
self-inflicted gunshot wound, ac-
cording to the report of a coron-
er's jury summoned late Friday
afternoon to the l.. o. Spell home
near Lexington.
Mrs. Spell was alone in the
house where the tragedy took
place shortly after 600 pm. She
heard loud noise which sound
ed like fall and went to the
pack where she found Mr.. Hoff-
meier slumped on the cot in MIR.
Spells office where he had been
sleeping. The rifle was at his
feet. She summoned Mr.. Spell
who was coming in the front
door and he Immediately notified
authorities.
Mr.. Hoffmeier, whose home
was reported to be in Indiana.
had been living in the Spell
home since May 18th when Mr..
'PSh picked nlm up hitch-hiking
on highway 81. The man went
nome with him and asked to work
on the farm to pay for his keep.
he had been doing work in the
fields until Monday of last week
when he complained of having a
stomach ache. Since that time
ne had only been doing light
chores around the house.
The man was clean, well-man-
nered and orderly, according to
Mrs. Spell, and members of the
family liked him. He had told
them his father was a German
and his mother was born in Ire
land and that he had no family
except a wife who had children
by previous marriage. He was
a native of Freeland, Penn. His
wife is Mrs. Gertrude Mary Hoff-
meier.
The remains were shipped to a
brother-in-law, John Herlvn At
Newark, N. j., by Southern Fu-
neral home.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21
Local Business Firms
Make Improvements

"A number of Durant business
houses are making improvements
at the present time. Howell Heg-
gle Drug store and Towards cafe
are getting new front: Claud
Wilkes building is being painted:
the California cafe has let the
contract for air-conditioning to
Ramsey-Thurmond company, at
Lexington; Tommie's cafe is be-
ing enlarged, taking in Is feet
OF the adjoining garage building
and adding private dining room.
The Coca-Colar company build
ing has recently. been repainted as
have number of other buildings
IN town. The city hall office has
recently been enlarged and mod
ernized.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21
Holmes Should Be
Dairying Center
Says PET Official
c. n. WiIliums Tells
Lexington Roturiuns
About Milk Business

Holmes county is in what i:
destined to be one of the outstand.
ing livestock sections in thu
United States" said Rotariar
{. II. Williams, of the Pet Mill
company at Kosciusko, in Z
speech before the Lexington Ro.
tary club Tuesday.
Mr.. Williams said the natura.
advantages were great in this
section of Mississippi and the DOS
sioilitles in dairying here were
enormous.
When this will come about the
speaker said he did not know. bu,
OF one thing he was sure-that il
could be speeded up considerably
with intelligent planning by in
terested citizens and business
men.
Pointing out that everyone in
the community, farmers, business
and professional men, would be
greatly benefited with the addi-
tlonal income provided by wide
spread dairying, Mr.. Williams said
1t behooved everyone in the sec
ton to become dairy-minded.
Tupelo was cited as an example
OF what can be accomplished
when the business men of a COM
munity take hold and really pro-
mote their territory. He said
Missouri, Kentucky and Tennes-
see are fast becoming the dairy
section of the country and that
this situation was not true Is
yaers ago. He said the South was
definitely taking dairying away
from the north.
The speaker said the dairying
industry is founded upon people
who milk only four or five cows
and that dairying can be carried
along with raising beef cattle.
When people in the south be-
come pasture and feed-minded
enough we will begin to make
much greater progress in the
field. he predicted, and we won't
be dependent on cotton.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21
Charles T.. Cade
Rites On Saturday

Funeral services for Charles c.
Cade, prominent Attala county
farmer who lived all his life near
West, were held Saturday after.
noon in the home where he had
resided for more than fifty years.
He was 30 years old on January
9th.
The Rev. Curtis Ellis, pastor of
the Unity Baptist church of which
ne was a member. conducted the
rites and was assisted by the Rev
I. d. Clark, of New Orleans a
former pastor. Burial was in
Smyrna cemetery.
Mr.. Cade, son Of the late Felix
and Lou Thornton Cade, was a
successful farmer and civic lead
er in his community. He had
been i'll since March.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Laura Smith Cade, two sons,
Clyde and Smith Cade, of West;
four daughters, Mrs. Mary Dun
ming, Miss Katie Cade, both OF
West: Mrs. John M. Johnson,
Kingsport, Tennessee, and Mrs.
S. c. Mathers, Durant. A brother,
w. B. Cade, Memphis, also sur
wives.
Pallbearers were Lloyd Cade,
Fred Cade, Edgar Cade, Eddie
Gelston. Paul Gelston, Richard
Gelston, Lucain Gelston and Aa-
ron Gelston.
Lee Funeral home was in charge
of arrangements.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21
Holmes County Milk
Grades Announced

AT least every six months tbe
grades Of milk and milk pr0-
Ducts are announced in all towns
- ties that have adopted the
Mississippi State Board of Health
Milk ordinance.
The reason for announcing the
grades through the county papers
is that the consuming public has
the right to know the grade Of
milk it uses. The grades are de-
termlned by tried and proven
tests as required by the ordinan-
&c which was carefully devised
oy veterans of the dairy industry
and by the advice and counsel
OF physicians and veterinarians
AS of July 20, 1919, the follow
ing diaries producers and grades
are announced.
Humphries Dairy, Durant, grade
A raw for pasteurization.
Halls Dairy, Lexington, grade
"A raw for pasteurization.
Moore's Dairy, Lexington, grade
"A raw for pasteurization.
Russell's Dairy, Lexington
grace "A raw for pasteurization
Henry Dairy Products Co.. Ley
ington, grade A pasteurized.
Also Grenada Farms, Grenada.
Is selling grade A pasteurized milk.
ana milk products in Durant.
We are glad to be able to an
nounce that grade A pasteurized
mix can be bought in every in
corporated town in Holmes coun-
ty.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21

pie with cheese for DESERT ate
the cheese.
AS we were let into the prison
in small groups we read signs
which said: do Not Speak to
Prisoners" We saw groups of
prisoners in the visiting room
talking to friends or families
across the screen partitioned table.
We did not see the sleeping quar-
tiers of the men. Roy Best, per-
sonable warden Of the model pri-
son, is an outstanding penologist.
After lunch we were driven in
private cars to the famous ROYAL
Gorge, the worlds highest bridge.
which is only about twelve miles
from Canon City. Here the gran
lite cliffs tower more than 1900
feet above the Arkansas river and
the tracks of the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad below.
The Royal Gorge was fought for
by pioneer railroad builders be-
cause it was the only good pas
sageway to the west. Today it
carries many trainloads of the ma
TONS goods between east and
west.
The gorge is over a thousand
feet deep and at the bottom the
walls are very close together
the narrowest spot being only
thirty feet wide. The railroad
traverses this section over a hang
ing bridge because it was impos-
sible to blast roadbed from the
sheer cliffs. Steel trusses, set in
granite walls. span the river
which biologists saw carved the
gorge, and now rushes and roars
along a few feet below the rail-
road tracks.
After travelling over the bridge
at 1858 feet above the river. at
the top of the gorge. we went back
to Canon City and boarded our
special train. Leaving we went
/ through the gorge on the train.
, Looking up at the towering cliffs
from the bottom of the gorge is
even more impressive than view
ing IL from above. We literally
went through the Rockies--not
around them.
After a delicious dinner on the
train-all our meals were good
we enjoyed huge bowl of straw
berries through the courtesy OF
Don Hardy. The strawberries
were grown in Canon City; they
were absolutely delicious and
must surely have been the largest
Strawberries in the world. These
berries were nearly twice as large
as the largest strawberries I've
ever seen in Mississippi or Louis
iana-and that's some berries.
After leaving Chicago at five in
the afternoon. stopping at Denver
Thursday and going on to Canon
City for half a day we arrived in
Salt Lake City Saturday morning,
opening day of the convention.
| Next week I'll write something
on this beautiful city and the con-
vention-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21
Youth Revival Planned
At Baptist Church

announcement is made TODAY
by the Rev. c. M. Day that city,
wide youth revival will begin at
the Durant Baptist church OF
August z and continue for one
week.
I Preaching at this time will be
done by Newell Massey, director
of music of the Durant church. He
will be assisted by the following
Mississippi College young people.
Carroll Freeman, singer; Miss
June Richardson, piano; and Miss
Jean Dale Walden, organist.
All young people in the COM
munity and this entire vicinity
are given a most cordial invita-
ton to worship at these services.
Watch for additional announce
ments.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21
Holmes Deputy Game
Warden Arrested
On Shooting Charge
Thud Dickerson Is
Charged In Woundinq
Of Negro Youth

Thad Dickerson, Holmes coun-
ty deputy game warden of the
state of Mississippi, was arrested
Saturday night on a charge of
shooting with intent to kill in con-
nection with the shooting of Tom
mic Lee Teddy" Dodson, 16 year
old Negro boy, who was shot in
the right arm.
The alteration took place on
Wednesday afternoon, July 18th,
on highway IL in the Owens
Wells vicinity.
According to reports the Negro
youth, who has lived on the Joe
Taylor place near owens Wells
since he was about eight years
old, was walking along the high
way when Dickerson alegedly
drove up in a pickup truck and
stopped and asked the Negro to
accompany him to Kosciusko. The
Negro said he could not go and
Dickerson allegedlv got out of
the truck and tried to persuade
him to go. The Negro boy be-
came afraid and broke and ran
whereupon the man was said to
have fired two shots striking Dod-
son in the arm.
A hearing for Dickerson has
been set for Monday morning
August 1st, at ten o'clock in Judge
w. D. Ford's JP court.
He was released on arrest un-
der $4,000 bond.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21
Harvey Firm Lowest
Bider On Durant
Community Hospta!
Contract Won't Be
Let Until Federal.
Stote, Approval

l.. A. Harvey Construction Co.
has been designated as low bidder
on the Durant Community hospi-
tai. The contarct has not vet
been formally let by the Holmes
County Board of Supervisors and
won't be until the bid has been
approved by the U. S. Public
Health service and the State
Commission on Hospital Care
Federal and state cooperating
agencies.
The Harvey firm, now engaged
IN building the County Health
Center building at Lexington,
submitted bid of Sl35. 10000 for,
general construction.
Inc formal contract will not be,
made by the supervisors until
PROBABLY some time in August.
Sub-Contracts
Low bidders on other phases
OF construction and equipping Of
the Durant hospital have also
been designated but are also
awaiting Federal and state ap-
proval before being let officially
by the supervisors. These are.
Electrical work, Ramsey-Thur-
mond company, Lexington, $14,-.
19o'oo; Air conditioning, Bob
kremser, Clarksdale, 6,6O8.2O:
plumbing and heating, Industrial
Plumbing and Heating Co., Boz
nita, 32,348.00; kitchen equip
ment, Westbrook Mfg Co., Jack
son. 6:745.OO; surgical equipment
american Sterilizing Co., Atlanta.
4,353.00.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21
Revival MEETING Slated
For Ebenezer Choroe

Hebron-July 31-August S, the
Rev. 0. M. Brantley preaching.
Ebenezer-August TIP, the
Rev. T. A. Filgo preaching.
Liberty Chapel-August 21-26,
the pastor preaching.
Coxburg-August 28-September
z, the Rev. Wilson Ray preaching.
We will have our regular MORN
ing services at Hebron and after
noon service at Liberty Chapel
on Sunday, July "a. No services
will be held at Liberty Chapel on
July 81.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21
Rev. Johnny Dinos To
Preach Here Sunday

The Rev. Johnny Dinas will &C.
cupy the pulpit at the Durant Me-
thodist church at the Sunday
morning worship service. Every
one is given cordial invitation
to hear him, as this will be the
only chance this summer he will
have to preach in Durant.
Johnny has filled the pulpit in
Durant churches before and his
sermons have been a great in
spiration to those who heard him.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21
Patients At The Hospital

Mrs. j. E. Pinkard, Durant
Mrs. w. ]. Baughn, and daugh-
ter, Pickens
Mrs. T. L. Siddon and son, Lex
ington.
Mrs. Nick Helm and son, Pickens
Mrs. Ethel McRae, Lexington
w. 0. Culpepper, Sails
Mrs. r. w. Grantham, Cruger
Gerald Lynn McCrory, Lexington
Joan Chennault. Lexington
Colored TX,
Sally Wealthy, Durant
Louise Moore, Tchula
Jim Travis, Lexington
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21
Baptist Pastor Engaged
In Revival Series

The Rev. c. M. Day will be en-
gagged in number Of revival SER
vices during the remainder of the
summer.
On July oath one week revival
will start at Harland's Creek of
which he is pastor. The Rev. Day
will preach and Newell Massey
will conduct the singing. Services
will be held at 100 am. and 1880
pm. through Friday.
Pleasant Ridge
The Rev. Day will also preach
at revival services to be held at
Pleasant Ridge church of which
the Rev. A. H. Miller is pastor.
This revival begins August 7th
and continues for week with two
services daily at HOO and 7:3O.
Bowling Green
A revival has been continuing
at the Bowling Green Baptist
church this week of which the
Rev. Day is pastor. The Rev.
Paul d. Bragg, Lexington. has
been doing the preaching with
services held twice daily.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21

Hayes T. Parish has assumed
his duties as assistant county
agent Of Holmes county. Mr..
Parish came here from Horn Lake
where he taught veterans. His
home is in Noxapater.
Mrs. Parish and their daughter.
Barbara Kay, joined him in Lex
lneton last week and they are To-
Gated in the w. H. Fincher apart
ment on the Pickens highway
near the Country club.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-07-21
Medical Round-Up
For School Children
Announced Toduv

Parents are urged to bring all
children who will enter school as
beginners in September to the Du-
rant Health Center Friday, July
%, from $3.50 am. to 8 ON.
Evening star., 1949-10-24
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