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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
HJC To Open
September 5th
First Teachers
Meeting Toduy;
Faculty Complete

GOODMAN, September l -
Holmes Junior college will open
its 37th session on Monday, Sep
tember 5th. The faculty will
meet tonight, September l. A
large group of students r now
on the campus trying-out for the
1949 football squad. Coaches j.
w. Patrick and B. j. Oswald will
hold two sessions daily, through
Saturday, September 3.
The faculty as announced by
President c. w. Torrance is as fol-
lows: G. j. Everett, dean and edu-
cation; S. F. Allen, business man.
ager and commercial; Spiva l..
McCullouch, commercial; How
ard Morton, band director and
commerce; Miss Lellon Barlow,
commercial; F. B. Branch, his
tory; Mrs. F. B.. Branch, foreign
languages; Billy Montague, his
tory; Mrs. Billy Montague, Ii
brarian.
Mrs. G.. j. Everett, GEOGRAPHY; D.
L. Mcconnell, trades; j. w. Pat
rick, coach and physical educa-
ton; Bobby j. Oswald. physical
education and social science; Mrs.
Martha MCKEE, music; Mrs. c.. w.
Torrance, music; Miss Lottie Peeb-
les, home economics; R. W. Al
mond, vocational agriculture; Hill
larry O. Thomas, agriculture; Miss
Jessie Van Osdel, English; Ernest
Wilson, mathematics.
Mrs. Mary Phillips Robinson,
mathematics; Miss Dorothy
Thomas, girls physical education
and health; Jack M. Witchen,
science; c. f. Moore, trades; Mrs.
Noble Bingham, dean of girls;
Mrs. Zilpha Ellis Mansel, hostess
boys dormitory; Mrs. Bernard G.
Messer, secretary to president;
Miss Sara Lou Blanton, secretary
to business manager.
DR.. Hal M, Terry, college ply
sician; i. Mrs. Bernice Rodgers,
dietitian; Raymond Jones, trades;
Benny A. Mcbride, maintenance.
Instructors in vocational depart
ment with institutional on-farm
training program include: Rex
Buchanan, Durant; Frank Gwin,
Jr., Tchula; John Agie Kille-
brew, Goodman; and Benny
Junes, PickenS.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
Services Are Held
For Goodman Woman

Services for Mrs. r. w. Elkins,
"a, mother of Mrs. c. w. Torrance
of Goodman, who died Tuesday,
August 80, were held Wednesday
at 10 am. at the Baldwin chapel
in Jackson, with the Rev. Mr.. Ell
lison of the Flora Methodist
church officiating.
She leaves four other daugh-
tiers, Mrs. John L. Moss, Jackson;
Mrs. Rosalie Roberts, Sulphur,
Louisiana; Mrs. l.. P. McCallum
Norfolk, Virginia; and Mrs. Fred
l.. Russell. Norfolk. Alto two
sisters, Mrs. Dave Williams, Como,
and Mrs. o. L. Brumfield, Pine
vile, Louisiana; and a brother,
DR.. John B. Hawkins, of Flora.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
Holmes Native Dies
In Phoenix, Arizona

Joseph Samuel Stigler, 81,
Phoenix, Arizona, brother of Ed
S. Stigler of Tchula, and a native
of Holmes county, died August
26 at Muskogee General hospital
in Phoenix. He was born October
81, 1857 but had lived in Okla
homa for 81 years, and was one of
the founders of Stigler, Okla.
He drove the first stage coach
from Muskogee to Fort Smith and
served for five years as deputy
u. S. marshal under the famed
hanging judge" of Fort Smith,
Judge Ike Parker. He establish
ed the first post office in what is
now Stigler and delivered the
mail on horseback at his own ex-
pense. He served as postmaster
for six years, during which time
he was said to have used a bu-
reau drawer to file his mail.
He constructed one of the first
brick buildings In the otigier
area and established the first per-
manent home there. He will in
strumental in persuading the Mid
land Valley railroad to construct
a line through Stigler.
Services were conducted at
Stigler Methodist church Sunday,
with burial in the Stigler Gene
terry. He leaves besides Mr.. Stig-
Ter of Tchula, two sons, Congress
man w. G.. Stigler and Edward B.
Stigler of McAlester; a daughter,
Miss Lee Stigler of Chicago: two
grandchildren, Denyse and Elaine,
both of Stigler. He was the bro
Their of r. A. Stigler who lived
here for many years.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
Local Theatre To
Observe Anniversary
Free Passes To Be
Given Sept. 3rd- 10th

Anniversary week will be OBJ
served by the Center and Strand
theatres in Lexington September
$40, according to Charles Nor
gan, manager. who recalls one
year ago when the local theatres
underwent a change in owner
ship.
To express his appreciation for
the patronage given the theatres
by Holmes county people, owner
Leon Rountree invites the public
to help celebrate the anniversary
of the change n ownership. Free
admission to pictures at the Cen
ter theatre during Anniversary
week will be as follows:
Persons whose last name be-
gins with ABCD, will be admitted
free on Sunday; EFF, Monday: Oh
IJKLM, Tuesday; NOPQRS.
Wednesday; TUVWxYZ, Satur-
day. No free passes are available
on Thursday and Friday, cash
nights.
Movies to be shown during An
niversary week are: September
3-5, Its A Great Feeling" with
Dennis Morgan, Doris Day, and
Jack Carson; September 81, ed
ward, My Son." with Spencer
Tracy and Deborah Kerr; Sep
TENDER 80, "Take Me Out To The
Ballgame," with Frank Sinatra,
Esther Williams, and Gene Kelly;
September 10, James Stewart and
June Allyson in 'The Stratton
Story"
Within the past year the Cen
ter and Strand have been reno
waited and equipped with modern
sound machinery. Improvement
has also been noted in the quality
pictures that are now shown.
The theatre owner has shown
his interest in the community by
his contributions toward its prog
ress. On various occasions he has
loaned his place of business for
worthy drives: has given many
free passes to school children,
and has on several OCCASIONS given
parties for children-1
His cash nights h been at
tended by large crow.
A free matinee for children
Wizard of Or" will be shown
Thursday afternoon during the
Anniversary week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
Clock Electrified By
Mrs. Hooker As
Memorial

Citizens of Holmes county WIS.,
ting Lexington for the past sew
eral months have been ENJOYING
the identification of the clock in
the tower of the county court
house.
Few have known that the cleo
trification of the clock was done
by Mrs. Martha Wilburn Hooker
as a memorial to her HUSBAND
and son, the latter who was killed
in France during World War II.
A bronze plaque was installed
Tuesday, August 80, on the west
door of the courthouse with the
following inscription:
Nathan Berry Hooker
Husband
Nathan Berry Hooker, Jr.
Lieutenant World War II
Son
Town Clock Electrified By
Martha Wilburn Hooker
1949
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
SocioIized Medicine Is Entering Wedge For
Naturalization of Other Business In United States
Says Dr.. Paul B. Brumby To Rotary Club

those on relief and
those too old to work. Thus 20
per cent of the American people
who need medical care would not
be included in this figure-only
those who were wage earners.
The cost would be paid by on
tributions Of one and one-half per
cent each Of income by both en-
ployer and employee. Self-em-
ployed persons would contribute
two and one-fourth per cent of
their incomes up to $4,000 per
year.
Some Of the many other OBJ
jectionable features of the plan
include a blanket authority to use
all or any part of the resources Of
the u. S. Government to carry
out this program; doctors in effect
would have to practice where the
government assigns them; doc
tors would actually have no say
so about coming in on the gov
ernment's program-they would
have to be in or quit practice;
each doctor would be limited in
number to about 1000 patients a
year and could treat no more than
that-a feature that would be par
ticularly bad in areas of the coun-
try where there is an acute short
age Of doctors including Missis-
sippi.
Finally Control Medical Colleges
Under the program advocated
the Federal government would
! Continued on Page Four
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
Ground Broken For New Beat 7 Hospital By
Mrs. J. N. Howard. Wed; Galloway Speaks
w. L. Soils Receives
Higher Position

w. L. Sails will begin work
September 6, as FILA supervisor
of Washington county, Greenvil'e
it has been announced. Mr.. Sal
lis recently returned to his work
as assistant supervisor of Holmes
county, aft serving four months
as actina~HA supervisor in
Greenville.+ His duties during
that time were due to the death
of Jesse l.. Haley, former coun-
ty FILA supervisor there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sallis and child
rem are planning to move to
Greenville. They have been &C
tive here in the Methodist church.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
Health Dept. Bldg.
kears Completion
Work On Interior
Moy Require Until
Mid November

The s45, 900 County Health De-
partment building, under con-
struction on China and Andrews
streets for the past several mon
tbs. is nearing completion on the
exterior, though interior work
may take another two months, ac-
cording TO a report from the
Health department Tuesday. 1t
was hoped that moving into the
new building could be enabled
not later than the middle of No
vember. 81
According to Mrs. Hal Gillian,
public health nurse, the attractive
modern brick construction will
have five offices, two clinic
rooms, an x-ray room, two wait
ing rooms, and an assembly room
to accommodate AS persons, besides
dressing and storage rooms, and
closet space. The interior is be-
ing done in pale green.
Plastering, painting, sewerage
work, installation of heating
equipment, and plumbing, is be-
ing done to the interior of the
building. An estimated $1,000 in
new equipment will be added.
Mrs. Johnnie bridge, superin-
tendent of the Lexington hospi-
! tai, told that DR.. v. D. Galloway,
secretary of the State Hospital
board, and Architect Powell Hall
for the commission on hospital
care, with Mr.. Gates and MI. Bir-
| chett, architects for the building
| all of Jackson, spent the after
! noon at the hospital here recent
ly.
DR.. Galloway said 1t was hoped
that contract for the $150,000 OF
additions to the Lexington hospi-
! tai could be let by December, and
construction work underway by
January, 1850.
The $1,000 Durant Health cen
ter building is still pending, with
paperwork to be completed, Mrs
/ Gillian reports. 1t will be located
ed between the Frozen Food
Locker and Central Laundry In
Durant, facing Lewis Grocer COM
pany.
A ground breaking ceremony
for the new beat two 25-bed hos
pital at Durant was held Wednes.
day afternoon, August 81, at the
hospital site. DR.. Galloway was
chief speaker.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
USO Begins Money
Raising Compoign

In two months the USO will
begin a nationwide Embarrassing
campaign to extend facilities and
programs of the peacetime USO,
according to Edmund Taylor,
State Chairman for Mississippi.
The Holmes county quota in the
campaign is $1050.
A total 100 boys and girls are
enlisted in the service from this
county, of the total 21,036 from
Mississippi.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
Patients At The Hospital

Baby Girl Thomas, Lexington
Mrs. Dave Burrell, West
Mrs. Aubrey Pierce and baby
girl, Lexington
Mrs. ]. w. Dale and baby daugn'
ter, Goodman
Mrs. Fred Hager and baby
girl, Lexington
Miss Lucy Fritz, Lexington
Ralph H. Henry, Ebenezer
James Fox, Sails
H. J. Johnson, West
Helen Seay, Lexington
Betty Jean TUCKER, West
Mrs. Sharp-Ratcliffe. Lexington
Colored
S. L. Wade, Durant
Sylvester Redmond, Lexington
Catherine Williams, Walden
West Burns, Jr., Thornton
| Glenda May Middleton, Tchula
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
Touchdown Club
Being Organized

The Holmes County Touchdown
club will hold its first meeting
Friday, September 8, at z pm,
with a barbecue and organiza-
tional meeting at Lexington Coun-
try club. Carl Walters, sports edi-
tor of The Jackson Daily News
will be main speaker.
All men interested are invited
to make reservations ahead. Tick
cts will also be available on that
night.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
Dickerson Resigns
As Come Warden

Thad Dickerson's resignation as
game warden has been accepted as
of August 81, according to a let
ter received by the editor from R..
M. Freeman, director of conserva-
ton of the Game and Fish Com
mission of the state of Mississippi.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
ATTENTION

Where are you going to attend
school this fall? We want to
know, and your friends viii too.
Call THE ADVERTISER and tell
us your future alma mater and
what class year you will be. Do
this soon, as the list viii be pub
lished before the fall term begins.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
Insurance Forms
Received In
Red Cross Office

The Red Cross office has on
hand application blanks for spe-
cial dividends to be made by vet
Grams or servicemen. The Red
Cross worker will be glad to assist
in filling out and mailing these
applications to National Head
quarters.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
FIRE TRUCK CALLED

The fire engine was called to
the home of T. ". Blaylock Aug
ust Is around 10 pm, during an
electrical storm when lightning
struck the electric stove. accord
ing to w. A. Rathell. fire chief.
No damage was caused, he said.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
MAKE FARM TOUR

w. E. Strider, Emmett Reese,
John Holditch and t. B. Fatheree
made a tour of about 300 colored
FILA projects near Mileston on
Thursday of last week. The oc-
casion was the annual Achieve
ment day of the colored farmers.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
Plans Are Announced For Holmes County Fair
October 31-Noy. 5; Consultations Listed
$1,000 Cash Prizes To Be Offered; Work
Begins On Site: To Have CurnivoI

Plans for the first annual eoun-
ty fair in Holmes county, to be-
held October 31-November 5, are
this week announced by Emmett
Reese, president of the Holmes
County Fair Association. Grading
work started last week on the
city property site east of Lexing-
ton on the Drrant road. j. A.
Gentch shows of Winona and Nat
chez have been engaged. The
sum of $1,000 will be offered in
prizes. Classifications are an
nounced.
According to Mr.. Reese, entries
will be restricted to Holmes
county residents. Competent
judges are to be announced at a
later date. Work has begun on
fair catalogs, which are expected
to be released around September
Is. Further information on the
general classifications may be had
from ither Mr.. Reese or John
Holditch, and in the women's divi-
sion from Miss Joyce Williams.
Committee members, who have
already made notable progress in
getting the grounds in shape are
w. E. Strider, chairman; c. c.
Taylor, and Kelly Criscoe. Free
contributions have been made
both in work and in premium do
nations, Mr.. Reese said.
Classifications for the awarding
of prizes are announced as fol-
flows:
General Classificutions
Junior DdirY Show (Registeredp
neutrality-suspicious. in this
department is open to all All
club and FLA members. Regis
tration papers must be shown.
Lot l. Heifers under two years
old. 2. Cows two years old and
older.
Duirying-Senior :
Eligibliity-Competition open
to all people who are not members
of All or FLA. Registered and
grade cattle will be shown in this
division but not in competitions
with each other. Papers must be
shown on registered cattle ;
Registered
Lot: /. Heifers two years old
and under. 2. Cows two years
iold and over.
Grade
Lot: /. Heifers two year old
and under. 2. Cows two years
old and over.
Junior Division
Beef Cattle Registered. Either Sex
Lot: /. Beef calves 600 pounds
and under. 2. Beef calves 600
pounds and over. Group show
ing-3. Lot of three calves 600
pounds and under. 4. Lot of
three calves 500 pounds and over.
5. Best individual COW two years
old and older. 6. Bulls one year
and under. Z. Bulls one year
but not over two. 8. Bulls over
two years of age.
Junior Division-Grude
/. Beef calves 600 pounds and un-
der. 2. Beef calves 600 pounds
and over. 8. Lot of three calves
900 pounds and under. 4. Lot
! of three calves 600 pounds and
over. S. Best individual cow
two years old and older. 6. Bulls
one year and under. 7. Bulls
one year but not over two. g.
Bulls over two years of age.
SENIOR DIVISION
Raef C0fflo-Ho0isfored
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
To Resume Night Services

Night services at Lexington Me-
thodist church, discontinued dur
ing the month of August, will be
resumed Sunday night, Septem-
Der 4, according to the Rev. c. T.
Floyd, pastor.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
CHARTER GRANTED

Charter for the Lexington Mu-
nicipal Concert association has
been granted, it is announced.
Seasons tickets have been re-
ceived by Lexington members.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01

Hazel
EYES
BY Hazel Bsannon

Several hundred small land
owners in Holmes county have
an untapped source of income in
$4,000 acres Of land which now
lie idle.
This land, if planted 10 Seeding
trees this fall and properly man
aged, which means keeping the
fire out, within 10 to IL years
would begin to yield 100000
to $250,000 per year and would do
50 for every year thereafter for Is
or 80 years. In addition there
would be around $4,000 per acre
in timber that could be harvested
at the end of the period and still
leave a young forest for continu-
GUS production.
If you have any Of these idle
acres you should contact any agri-
cultural worker and investigate
the possibilities of planning a for
estry program for your own farm
to bring you in extra income in
the future-with little outlay OF
time and effort.
Seeding trees can be obtained
at rs cents per thousand and the
AAA pays $500 per acre for
planting them. The farmer has
nothing to lose.
We invite and urge your atten-
ton to an editorial on Missis-
sippi's Forests in this issue-page
four.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01

If you have been wondering
what's been planned in the level
ling off of the Lexington city
property, on highway IL, Durant
road-here it is.
The first annual Holmes county
fair will be held at this site Oct
ober 31-November 5, according
to announcement of the Holmes
County Fair Association of which
Emmett Reese is president. There
will be $1,000 offered in prizes
and entries restricted to residents
of Holmes county.
A full list of classifications in
the various divisions is carried
else where in this paper and it is
hoped to have a large number of
entries in every class.
The Fair is being organized in
order to stimulate interest in the
various types of farm endeavor
and to recognize outstanding con-
tributions and progress in the
agricultural life of Holmes county
among adults and juniors.
The Fair is a worthwhile enter
prise and deserves the interest
and support of the entire county
which it will undoubtedly have.
Other counties much smaller
than Holmes enjoy extremely fine
fairs which have materially aided
in their progress in many ways.
There is no reason why we can't
do as well or better.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01

Lexington's citizens have en-
joyed the identification of the
clock in the courthouse tower this
year. 1t has been a pleasure to
look at the clock and know it was
the time the clock said it was-a
great Improvement.
This was made possible by the
efforts of Mrs. Martha Wilburn
Hooker who had the clock elect
rified as a memorial to her hus-
band, Nathan Berry Hooker, and
her son, 1t. Nathan Berry Hooker,
Jr., who was killed in action in
France during World War II.
It would be hard to imagine
anything that could be of more
service to more people in the
community than the identification
Of the town clock-we literally
live by it.
1t is a fitting tribute to a fine
husband and son who will always
be remembered and loved as long
as the hands of the old town
clock move-and any of us are
around to see them.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-09-01
SENIOR DIVISION
Beef

Lot: l. Beef calves 900 pounds
and under. 2. Beef calves 900
pounds and over. 8. Lot of three
calves 900 pounds and under. A.
Lot of three calves 600 pounds
and over. 5. Best individual
COW two years old and older. g.
Bulls one year and under. T.
Bulls one year but not over two
8. Bulls over two years of age.
Beef Cattle-Grude
Lot: l.. Beef calves 600
pounds and under. 2. Beef calves
600 pounds and over. 8. Lot OF
three calves 600 pounds and over.
5. Best individual cow two years
old and older. 6. Bulls one year
Continued on Page ~
Montgomery County sentinel., 1949-08-18
Mrs. James Schroeder

Gaithersburg had an exceed
ingly heavy electrical storm on
Friday evening and we find that
while it caused no severe damage,
a number of local housewives were
Inconvenience with the ovens and
top burners of their electric ranges
during and after the storm.
Besides the debris from the
storm over the weekend, several
country" cows decided to spend
Sunday morning "nipping" on the
lawns of residents of Montgomery,
Maryland and Walker Avenues.
Because we are the proud, and
sometimes talkative, owners of
several registered Jerseys, we re-
ceived number of phone calls
before Sunday School asking if we
had lost two cows. The most anus
ing part of the incident were the
varied descriptions given on the
black and white and red and white
heifers before they were retrieved
by their owner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest T. Fortin
and Dawn of Shady Grove Road
have just returned from a motor
trip to New York State and the
Thousand Islands. During the
trip they visited Mr.. Fortin's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Fortin
of Ogdensburg, N. Y. Mrs. Forth
tells us that the crops in upper
New York State are in very bad
shape as there have been only one
or two light sprinkles of rain in
the past fifty days. Heat and
drought have just about dried up
everything.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fox have
just returned from Atlantic Beach
at Moorehead City, North Carolina,
where they spent two delightful
weeks while the rest Of us swell
tered in the heat of Maryland.
Mrs. Edmund Codwise is visiting
her brother, T. A. Parkin at Carl
bou, Maine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustus Welcher of
Battle Creek, Michigan, are the
house guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1949-08-18
Bv BETTY BARCLAY

Picnics and potato salad +.
they're as popular as baseball!
Here, the winning hit" is in the
dressings. Versatile, too, for other
salads and with leftovers as sand
wich spreads. ,,xa
Potato Salad
6 medium potatoes, freshly boiled
l cup thinly sliced onion
/ cup sliced celery
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
l teaspoon salt
Il cup zesty French Dressing
Y cup Egg Dressing
Combine diced potatoes (there
should be about cups), onion,
celery, parsley and salt. Add
French Dressing and n cup Egg
Dressing, and mix together lightly.
Cover and chill thoroughly. Just
before serving, add remaining Egg
Dressing. If desired, add three
cooked frankfurters, sliced thin
Serves G.
old-F ashioned Boiled Dressing
3 tablespoons corn starch
l tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons dry mustard
2 teaspoons salt
Is teaspoon pepper
Few grains Cayenne
" teaspoon paprilIa
IL cups milk
2 egg yolks
4 cup vinegar
1sf cup salad oil
Mix first Z ingredients in small
amount of the milk to make a
smooth paste. Add remaining milk.
Cook over low heat, stirring con-
stantly, until mixture thickens and
boils. Boil minutes, stirring con-