The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-10-13
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
BY Hazel Brunnon

BY Hazel Brunnon
Every citizen of Holmes coun-
ty is invited to visit Lexington
tomorrow friday afternoon at
100 pm. for the dedication SER
vice at the new $47,0 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 ZOO
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-
tiyes from the State Health De-
partment headed by DR.. 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. EN-
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
sional Womsn'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 one of the finest in the
country and it will house the
personel of the Health Depart
ment and all its services. 1t was
built at a 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 slsuuld be
especially interested Ia DE dedi-
cation Of the new county Health
Center since it is just a matter
of q few months before a Health
Clinic will be built in DGlrant. A
lot has already been purchased
for the building in Dwrant and
plsns 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.
1t was my privilege recently
to hear Dr. Henry Boswell, super
intendent of the State Sanatorium
at Magee.
DR.. Boswell is one of the out
standing authorities in this coun-
rty on tuberculosis and he has
done splendid job down there.
As a matter of fact on June
30th DR.. Boswell completed forty
years of service to his adopted
state Of Mississippi-he is ma
tive of our neighboring state of
Alabama.
The great progress that has
been made in fighting tuberculo-
sis is shown in the figures given
by DR.. Boswell. Only 80 years
ago there were around 5000
deaths every year in Mississip-
ri from T.B. Last year for the
entire year there were only 668
deaths from this disease-206
white and 462 colored.
In spite of the fact that the
colored race is subject to T.B.
more than the white race up un-
til the last session Of the state
legislature there were only 40
beds for Negroes at Sanatorium.
DIR. 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 q 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