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Evening star., 1949-03-11
Questions from readers:

Questions from readers:
A. O.. Lawrence, Mass: "Your
column of February IA said that
the pension for a veteran who has
a total and permanent nonservice-
connected disability is s72 a
month. I thought it was $50.
Who is right?"
You are-and so am I. What
I meant to say in that column
was this: When the veteran
drawing pension for total, perma-
nent. non-service connected dis
ability reaches his 65th birthday
his $50 pension jumps to $72
month.
It also jumps to $72 after the
veteran has drawn it for 10
straight years, regardless of his
age.
From Lawrence, Mass: I'VE
couldn't get CT bill loan to buy
our house with. We did, however,
get personal loan. Now we won-
der if we can get CT bill loan
to pay off the balance of the per-
sonal loan"
You're entitled to apply for one
only if you are delinquent in your
payments on the first loan. That
is, if you find you can't meet your
obligation on the personal home
loan then you can ask for CT
bill loan to cover your delinquent
Indebtedness. But you'd still have
to find a bank or other lending
agency willing to make the. loan.
From j. A. S., Johnstown, Pa:
my husband, though not injured
in service, was issued glasses by
the Army. He now needs them
changed. Is he eligible to get that
done by the VA?"
Probably not. However, if he
can show that his eye disability
is directly connected with his
service-was either incurred in or
aggravated by his service-thenE
he is entitled to treatment for
free by the VA.
From E. L. E., Butler, Pa:
please tell me when the draft
law started last year. and when it
ends. I was 19 when I registered.
Do I stay on the 19-year-old list
all the time or do they change
my age on the books as they go
along?"
The draft law was signed on
June "a last year and runs for two
years from that date.
Your date of birth, not your
age, is down on the record in your
local Selective Service Board, so
naturally you are not carried
along as a perpetual 19-year-old. |
From S. R., Newfane, N. Y: |
"My husband has been getting
regular annual dividends on his
two Government (World War y
life insurance policies. Will he
also share in the dividend you
mentioned in your column"
No. That dividend will go only
to past and present holders of
national service CWorld War IL
life insurance.
From P. w. j., South Bend,
Ind: us it true that the Army
Evening star., 1949-03-11
Droftees' and Veterans Guide
BY Moi. Thomos M. Mol

and Navy will take young men
who want to become doctors and
send them through medical school
with the provision that after
graduation they serve on active
duty for certain length of time?"
No, not true at all. That was
done during the war, but not
today.
You may Drite to Maj. Mai
in connection Dith your opn
erUice-connected problem. IN
close q Selt-addressed, stamped
PnDeL0ne
Evening star., 1949-02-04

Our furniture buyer out to make furniture histo He
vowed he'd soge sale the likes Of which we haven't
in many moon! And sure enough, he's done it! Here's
how! He trimmed the price all the costly materials
he cIstom-covered furniture He cooked beg
eed, pleaded and finally persuaded one Of our finest
manufacturers to these decorator fabrics his finest
sofas and chairs The result. you get custoquo|ity"
furniture at ordinary furniture prices. You get impress
sveN large lovingly tailored pieces for the proverbio
"song" Four different style sofas four style ehoirs
Some dripping with luxurious fringe All with spdney
boyont Tu|otex (rbberzed fibre backs and Platforms
Hurry in for yours. Remember more when these
} e gone
The Arizona post., 1949-04-15

bership go "all out" to entertain
the group. There is always sur
prise entertainment and, while
there is much "hush" about it,
guests can be assured of lots of
laughs.
Mrs. Michael Schaeffer is gen
eral chairman and has been dill
gent in planning for it. Mrs. Hy-
man Strikman and Mrs. Meyer
Cohen are in charge of entertain
ment. Assisting Mrs. Schaeffer
with other details are: Mines.
VIM. Appel, Meyer Berry, 1.
The Arizona post., 1949-04-15

Brand, Joe Diamond, Hyman
Epstein, Joe Fishman, Fannie A.
Goldenberg, Max Lukacs, Rebec-
ca Lohn, 1. Malinsky, M. Margo-
lis, Elias Messing, Nathan Pion,
Max Schapira, Louis Zeiden.
Those interested are urged to
make their reservations at once
w h Mrs. Schaeffer, phone
6-0O62.
The Arizona post., 1949-04-15
A. [. SiSterhOOd
Give and Get
Party April 2z

Anshei Israel's annual donor
affair, known as the "Give and
Get" luncheon will be held at
the Synagogue on April 81, at
1890 pm. 1t is the big-time
frolic of the year when the men,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
Additional Funds
On Durant Hospital
Subscribed This Week
FinoI Plans Require
Approval By Federal
And Stute Officials

The $500 additional funds
needed on Durant hospital, with
contract pending, has been do
mated from individuals from dis
trict two in Holmes county, it is
announced. Of the $4,000 of ad-
ditional funds needed to equal the
Lowest responsible base bid, the
$500 was the beat two quota,
and was met this week. The state
and federal government are
hoped to make up the remainder,
Funds for the appropriated
$250,000 hospital are being hatch.
ed with federal and state money
with beat two putting up approx.
imately one-third of the total
amount.
Sealed proposals were received
by the Board of Supervisors oil
Holmes county until II am, May
q, at which time the lowest res
ponsible bidder could not be &C.
cepted due to the $4,000 insuffic.
lent funds.
With the making up of the
funds, the contract is hoped to be
let on Monday. June 6, provided
the additional funds are approved
by the state and federal govern
ment.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
County Report Made
On Bond Campaign

Holmes county purchased $45,-
843.75 in u. S. Savings Bonds
through May 81, in its Oppor-
tunity drive which ends June 80
it is announced by Rex I. Brown
state chairman of the Savings
Bonds division for Mississippi
Mississippi sales were $2,986, 181
A colorful feature of the U. S.
Savings Bonds Opportunity drive
will be the display of an attrac-
tive red, white, and blue quota
map of the United States, display
ed on Pennsylvania avenue in
downtown Washington, D. C.
The map will be SO feet long
and Is feet high, and will reflect
the progress of each state to-
ward achievement Of quota as
signed and will be changed week
Nv,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
Board To Receive
Sewerage Bids

Notice is being posted today by
the Mayor and Board of Alder
men that the Board will receive
sealed bids at the office of the
City Clerk of Durant for construc-
ton of approximately 1855 linear
feet of IL inch sanitary sewerage,
13 brick manholes, and other mis-
cellaneous structures. Bids must
be in by 7:30 pm, Tuesday, July
5.
Work will be let to the lowest
responsible bidder, with the
Board reserving right to reject
any and all bids. Bidders are to
state in their proposals time in
which work will be commenced
and number Of days in which
work will be completed.
Each bidder, according to the
specifications, must deposit with
his bid satisfactory security in
not less than five per cent of his
base bid. Each successful bidder
will be required to furnish a per-
Torrance bond, with surety. in
the total amount Of the accepted
bid.
Copies Of plans, specifications,
and contract documents may be
secured from the Abbott Engin-
eerfng confpeny Of Greenwood.
by the deposit of $40 for one set,
the full amount of which will be
refunded to all actual bidders.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
Camp Rotkbrook
"Opens June oath

Camp Rockbrook, the Mississip-
pi District YWCA camp located
near Macon, will open for its
camping period June "a, Mrs. w
Nj. Smith. camp director. announ.
ces. Open to girls in Mississippi
the camp will be operated fol
four ten-day periods.
Qualified staff is being enlist
ed carefully and selectively. Al
Rockbrook the camp program is
used as a tool to promote the de.
veloping of an individual rather
than as goal for developing
skills. With this as a primary
goal, every effort is made to help
the girl become more skilled ir
the activities which are of part
ocular interest to- her.
A staff orientation period for
counselors is held prior to the
opening of camp in which they
are impressed with the need to
provide each camper with new
experiences in learning and liv-
ing.
The program is a flexible one
planned by the campers under
the leadership of the staff and
interest groups of dramatics, re-
creation, worship, crafts, music
are held each day.
The schedule of Camp Rock
brook, which is open to all girls
in Mississippi, follows: girls H.
Is, two ten-day periods, June "a
July 4, July 5-July IS; girls g.
IL, two ten day periods, July
1926. July 26-August 6. The fee
is $500. Further information
may be obtained by writing Mrs
w. M. Smith, camp director. 2l2
Millsaps building, Jackson.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02

famous Soils theatre in Monte
video which also houses the Ma
tional Museum and the Public
Library. Motion pictures seen are
more often American than not
The language spoken is Spanish
primary education is free and
compulsory. Military training is
also compulsory.
Uruguay is a pastoral land al
though only ten per cent Of its
land is in cultivation. Cattle and
sheep are raised and its principal
exports are meat, wool, hides, lin
seed. Also grown are corn, wheat,
citrus fruits. tobacco, rice, oats,
Wine making and the textile in
dustry are important.
Workers enjoy the benefits OF
progressive legislation written
into the constitution itself. Pro-
vided for are an eight hour day,
six day week with old age pen
sions, a minimum wage with spe-
cial consideration for women and
minors, workmen's accident in
surance, cheaper dwellings for
workers, free medical attention
for the poor, child welfare, state
care of mothers, and many other
social and welfare gains includ-
ing the right to strike and the
right to form labor unions.
Little Uruguay during two
World Wars took a fortnight
stand beside the United States
while her large and powerful
next-door neighbor Argentina
was not only neutral but during
World War II actually gave sane
tuary to our enemies.
She is looking to the United
States for leadership in this hemi-
sphere. In the words of her
youthful President Battle Berries:
please tell your people that
we look 10 them Tor strong lead
ership in the Western Henri
sphere. We are not interested in
loans or any of the mere mater
ial things you may offer us. OF
course, we would like to trade
with you, because we like your
products, and we cannot buy
very much from you unless you
buy from us.
''But more than anything else
we want your moral support,
your encouragement and backing
in our efforts to maintain the
same kind of free. democratic in
situations in Uruguay that you
enjoy in the United States, and
that you are so valiantly defend
ing in other parts Of the world"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
Johnny Dinus Wins
Degree At Duke

DURHAM, N. c. JOHNNY
Anastatious Dinas, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. K. Dinas, 312 Mulberry
| street. Durant, is scheduled to re-
ceive the BID. degree at Duke
| University's 98th commencement
on Monday, June at 1890 a. m.
in Dukes indoor stadium.
The local student is among
over 1000 who are candidates for
degrees at Duke University this
year.
Walter H. Judd, congressman
from Minnesota and an expert
on foreign affairs will be the
principal commencement speaker.
Brief addresses will also be given
by Hon. Kerr Scott, governor OF
North Carolina. and DR.. Hollis
Edens, president of the university
The full three-day program Of
commencement events will get
under way on Saturday, June a,
with meetings of the board Of
trustees, the University National
council, band concert, and an
alumni dinner and open house on
Saturday evening.
On Sunday, June 5 at HOO a.
m. the baccalaureate sermon will
be delivered by DR.. James T. Gle
land, preacher to the university.
This will be followed by class re-
union dinners. carlton and organ!
recitals, and outdoor receptions
for seniors and their parents at
900 pm. and a community sing
at 800 p. m. The awarding Of
degrees and the principal COM
mencement addresses will be
heard on Monday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
Two New Oil Fields
Named In State

Names for two new Mississip.
pi oil fields were announced ihi:
week jointly by the State Gas anc
Oil Board and the Mississippi
Geological society.
One decision ended a contro.
versy over Greene county's frs,
discovery; the other involved 9
name for the fifth field in Adams
county. discovered last week nea,
Wilkinson county line.
After considering protests OF
residents of Sand Hill, a small
community in northwest Greene
county, oil and gas supervisor H
M. Morse announced that the
board had agreed that the name
OF Humble Oil and Refining com.
pany's discovery near there
would be called sand Hill field. -
That name had been selected
by the nomenclature committee
of the biologists society, which in
the past has selected all field
names, choosing each time the
name OF the town, village or COM
munity nearest the discovered
well. The board at first rejected
Sand Hill as a name in this case,
since several wells drilled in that
area had been called the 'Piave
prospect" Biologists pointed out
that Sand Hill was only a little
over a mile from the discovery
while the town of Pave was five
miles away.
When Mr.. Morse declared that
"Sand Hip was not shown on
his Greene county maps, and that
the only Sand Hill in the postal
guide was in Rankin county, re-
sidents Of northwest Greene
pointed out that the community
had been there for years, has sew
eral stores and churches and a
well known consolidated school.
They added that the late Senator
Pat Harrison started his teaching
career at the school. In view OF
all this evidence Mr.. Morse gave
in and the board adopted Sand
Hill as the field name. The dis
covery well was Humble's F. ].
Hubbard No. and further tests
are already scheduled nearby.
Elleslie field was picked by the
biologists and approved by the
board for the fifth Adams county
strike, announced last week. The
discovery well is the G. w. Arm
strong No. /, drilled by Solo Pc
troleum Hunter Jones Kemp
Drilling company, jointly.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
Services Set Today
For {. {. Ditkard
Holmes Former, IS,
Had Spent Entire
Life In County

Funeral services for Christie
pher Emanuel Dickard, rs, Lex
ington RID farmer, who died at
his home Of a heart attack on May
81, will be held today at 2 pm.
at Harland's Creek Baptist church
with the Rev. c. M. Day in
charge.
Mr.. Dickard, who had been ill
for several months, was a mem
Der of Harland's Creek Baptist
church. He had spent his life in
farming.
Born in Holmes county October
18, 1873, he was married here in
1896, and had lived in the coun-
ty all his life.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Matte
M. Dickard, and a son. Norris
Dickard, of Coxburg; two bro
theirs, Jim Dickard of Lexington
RID, and Albert Dickard; ano
three sisters, Mrs. T. J. Terrell
Mrs. J. c. Chun and Mrs. Brady
Linderman; also number OF
nieces and nephews and one
grandson.
Southern Funeral home is in
charge Of arrangements. Active
pallbearers will be his nephews
with honorary bearers, his
friends.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
Eighth Graders Given
American Legion Medals

Saranell Nabers, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. l. w. Nabers of Du-
rant, and James Riley Rucker,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Rucker,
were eighth grade students given
the American Legion Citizenship
awards at graduation exercises
May 10.
The presentation of the award.
a medal, was made by Supt. N. C.
Hathorn, and was for scholar
ship, leadership, service and COM
partnership, honor, courage, and
character"
On the back of the medals was
inscribed, American Legion
School Award" with the citation
words. On the front of the me-
dals were patriotic designs.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
IOES Instruction School
Planned In Durunt

A school of instruction Of the
Order Of the Eastern Star for dis
trict eight will be held in Durant
at the Masonic hall on Friday
afternoon, June 5. at 2:30 pm.
Mrs. Floyd Durham of Durant,
Deputy Grand Matron for this
district, will be in charge and a
cordial invitation is issued all
members of the OES to be on
hand.
Worthy Grand Matron Molly
Bell Andrews of Natchez, and
Worthy Grand Patron Vernon L.
Riley, of New Hebron. will be
present.
Supper will be served.
Representatives will be present
from Lexington, West, Winona,
Walden, Carrollton. Slaughter,
Greenwood and Durant. These
chapters form district eight.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
Ply. Ed. Teacher Joins
Holmes Faculty

Miss Dorothy Thomas, Vaughn,
has been elected to head the
Girls Physical Education depart
ment at Holmes Junior college for
1949-50. Miss Thomas will teach
Health and Physical Education.
The new faculty member has
made an outstanding record at
Delta State Teachers college dur
ing the past four years. She COM
pleted her work at DSTC last
week, majoring in Physical Edu-
cation Health.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
Landscape Engineer
Visits Duront;;
To Beoutify 81

A landscape engineer, Mr..
Holmes, of Jackson, who is with
the State Highway department,
visited in Durant Wednesday for
the purpose of inspecting high
way 81 with view to beautifica-
ton Of same.
Mr.. Holmes was accompanied
by a local committee who is work.
ing on the project of identifying
the main highway through the
city which will contribute much
to the beauty Of the city itself.
Cooperation from Mayor Nc
Neer and members of the Board
OF Aldermen has been assured on
the project
Mr.. Holmes also visited Mizpah
cemetery and made some sugges-
tons for identifying it.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
Emmo Kcthryn White
Wins High Honors

Friends of Miss Emma Kathryn
White will be proud to know that
she won highest honors in her
nursing class in scholarship. Her
average for the three year course
was SO.
She received her diploma at ex-
ercises held at the First Baptist
church in Greenville Sunday eve-
ming. The exercises were attend
ed by her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. S. White, and brother, Sonny
White, of Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
VonKeuren Opens New
Store In Durunt

r. X. VanKeuren and Mrs. Van.
Keuren have opened beautiful
new appliance store in Durant
next door to the building former
ly occupied by them.
The new store is about twice
as large as the old one and has
been designed especially for the
appliance, paint, plumbing and
electrical supply business which
they operate.
The public is given cordial
invitation to pay the VanKeuren
store visit any time.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
Advertising Mon Added
To Durunt News Stuff

Bob Canzoneri of Lebanon
Junction. Kentucky, has begun
working in the advertising de-
partment of The DURANT NEWS
He is a graduate of Mississippi
college, Clinton, and last year
was a high school science and
speech teacher.
He is U. S. Navy veteran, and
is a Baptist.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
CONTRACT LET

A project for 1872 miles Of con-
struction work on state highway
between Mileston and Belzoni in
Holmes and Humphreys counties
went to Swilley and Wells, Jack
son, on a bid of $236,349, it has
been announced by the State
Highway commission.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
All Members Attend
Training Conference

Two Holmes county All club
members are delegates at the All
Junior Leadership Training con-
ference in session at Oxford June
IA. These are Jesse Carolyn Kit
chens of Lexington and Glen Cain
of Durant.
They were accompanied by
Home Demonstration Agent Miss
Joyce Williams, and Assistant
County Agent Lewis Garrison.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
Local Druggist Attends
Ole Miss Reunion

UNIVERSITY, June 2 - The
class of 1923 of the University of
Mississippi School of Pharmacy
will hold a reunion June 16 in
Oxford, according to announce
ment by w. H. Booth, Hollandale
druggist. The sessions will be
held at The Mansion, Oxford cafe,
with most of the 33 surviving
members of the class expected to
attend.
Included in the group is H. l..
Harrington of Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
Awarded Engineering Degree

John Sharp Williams, w, of
Goodman, was among State col
lege graduates in exercises held
Monday. He was among the six
graduates in the South to take
degrees in illumination engineer
ing.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
Memorial Weekend Is
Anything But Quiet,
Sheriff Wynn Informs
z Whites, 2 Negroes
Arrested; 5 Ruids
Made; Two Killings
A quiet Memorial weekend

A quiet Memorial weekend?
According to Sheriff Ellis E
Wynn, the all-but-quiet weekend.
which began early and ran late,
started on Thursday morning
when two county men were ar
rested for illegal possession of
whiskey. and were turned over
to Federal authorities, along with
the automobile owned by one OF
the pair.
On Friday both men, Frank
Cooksey, and a Summerlin, about
II, both of Durant, made $3.50
bond each and were released
from Kinds jail, to be tried dur
ing the next term of Federal
court, the sheriff said.
Automobile Confiscuted
The 1948 Pontiac automobile
owned and driven by Cooksey.
was confiscated by term
, Revenue men for illegal hauling
of whiskey.
1wenty-four gallons of liquor
was found in their possession, the
sheriff said, adding that three
men in Neshoba and Winston
counties were arrested by Federal
authorities in connection with the
Cooksey-Summ arrests here.
The men were thought to be
hauling for those arrested out OF
the county.
Five Raids Mode
On Saturday and Sunday, Sher-
iff Wynn said, raids were made
at five taxpaid whiskey estab-
lishments in the county with H.
quor found in two of the instan-
ces - although lust off the pre-
misses"
One of these was the Rainbow
garden, near Durant; the other,
the Ramage place at West, the
sheriff stated.
Two cases of taxpaid whiskey
and one-fourth case were found
adjoining the two places, respec-
lively. Raids netting no finds
were made on the Village inn
near Lexington. the Tillman
Branch place near Goodman, and
the Fred Hager place south Of
Lexington.
A killing occurred Saturday
night near Emory, the sheriff in
formed when a Durant route two
negro, Joel Blue, shot and killed
Kelly Thurmond, Kosciusko ne
gro, ir an alteration over a crap
game.
Lodged in Holmes Jail until
Tuesday morning, the negro who
did the shooting was acquitted
in Z. B. Guess Justice of the
Peace court.
A number of colored eye wit
nesses were present, it was stat
ed.
Stabbed To Death
About $50 pm, Tuesday, May
81, Durant negro Jason Bates died
enroute to the Lexington hospital
from neck and throat wounds in
flicted by Willie Carlo Gage,
negro also of Durant, with knife
shortly before. According to the
sheriff, the stabbing seemed to
be over a woman" and occurred
in what is commonly known as
THE Alley" in Durant between
Main street and Highway 81.
Arrested by Tom Ashley, night
marshal, the Gage negro Wednes-
day afternoon was being held in
Holmes County Jail with date for
preliminary hearing unset.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02
GRADUATES FROM sAHs

De Vada Pierce of Durant was
among high school students who
were raduated from Sunflower
Agricultural High school, in ex-
ercises Friday morning. May 20.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02

Miss Johnnie Lou Burrell,
Goodman, was named as second
honor graduate of the Holmes
County Agricultural High school
at Holmes AIS. and Junior col
lege graduation the past week
Miss Burrell is the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Burrell of route
two, Goodman. This is the sec.
ond consecutive year that sisters
have won top honors from the
Agricultural High school. Allene
Burrell, an older sister, won salu.
tatorian honors in 1948.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-06-02

Mr.. and Mrs. c. A.. Doster are
enjoying visit with relatives at
Cleveland, Ohio, and other points.