davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1950-04-04
Dicenniul Census
Sturts; On the Job ore
10 Enumerutors

Taking Of the seventeenth
biennial census began offici-
ally yesterday. Sixteen enume
rators have begun their work
under the supervision of the
Chief Enumeration, Administra
tive Assistant Albert Fabio.
There are five for the Chris
tiansted area-Mrs. Anita
Moorhead, Mrs. ELISA Dennis.
Mrs. ELISA Fabio, Mrs. Hilda
England and Leroy Henroy.
For the Frederiksted Town
area: Mrs. Johanna Rodri-
guez, Ezra Naughton, and Yer
non Clarke.
Those for the country dis
tricts of Christiansted and
Frederiksted are: the Hon. S.
Christian Chase, Gladwyn
Bryant, Eugene Schuster.
Charles Emanuel, Warren I.
Christian, Otis H. Brown, Mrs.
Eulalee Rivera and Mrs Beryl
g. Armstrong.
It IS expected that the towns
will be completed in two
weeks time and the country
districts By the 3Oth Of April.
de Jough and UlImont James,
Director nf pnpconnoI
, 1950-04-04
Personnel Mention

Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Cissel
are the proud parents Of i
baby boy. The little fellow ar
rived on Friday last. He
weighed eight and 4 half
pounds at birth.
Mrs. Cissel was quite iii but
has improved.
, 1950-04-04

de Jough and UlIrnont James,
Director Of Personnel.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
Contest Announced By
Soil Conservation Assn.

Mississippi farmers and small
ranchers can become eligible for
a national cash prize of $500 by
entering soil conservation speech
contest, according to A. B. Adams
of Clarksdale, President of the
Mississippi Association of Soil
Conservation Districts.
The Mississippi Association will
select one entry 70 represent the
state in the national competition
to be held at the 1851 National
Association of Soil Conservation
District convention at Oklahoma
City, February 20-22.
Speeches on the subject 'sWhat
My Soil Conservation District Has
Done For Me" should be type
written and not exceed twenty
minutes in speaking time (appro-
ximately $500 Words. They must
be sent to A. B. Adams, Box SIS,
Clarksdale, by December !.
The National Association en-
phasizes that facts, rather than
grammar or rhetoric, will govern
the selection of the winner.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
Stote Joycees Board
To Meet In Jackson

A board meeting of the Missis-
sippi Junior Chamber of Com
merce will be held in Jackson on
Sunday, November 5. Deck John
son, local Jaycee president, and
other members of the Durant jay
Gees are expected to attend.
Jack Howard, Monroe, La,
President of the Louisiana State
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
will be the featured speaker. He
will discuss the louisiana Plan,"
designed to show that the indivi-
dual can do something about what
happens to his government and
to stop socialism and communism
by arousing people to a militant
safeguarding of American free
doms and making them feel and
know their sense of responsible
ty as free citizens.
There will be regular meeting
of the Durant Jaycees on Monday
night at 7:30 pm. in the City Hall
All Members are urged to attend
and bring prospective members.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
March Of Dimes Workers
To Plan l951Cumpuion

A three-state March of Dimes
pre-campaign planning meeting
Will be held at the Robert E. Lee
Hotel in Jackson, Monday, Novem-
Der 6, according to announcement
by DR.. Felix J. Underwood, State
March of Dimes chmn. Volunteer
March of Dimes workers from Ala
bama. Mississippi and Tennessee
will plan the 1851 Fund Raising
Campaign for the county chapters
OF the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis. The nationwide
campaign will tax place January
1881.
Every county in the state is
expected to be represented at the
jackson meeting" DR.. Underwood
SAID. "A widespread polio out
break has struck in 70 Mississippi
counties this year with q history
breaking number of cases for the
first ten months. 327 cases were
recorded through October 81 as
compared to 800 for the same
period in l94s, the previous high
year. Never before has this enc
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
|Y-Teen Carnival
Rated Big Success 81, 1,

The Halloween Carnival spon-
sored by the Durant Y-Teens was
staged with much success Tuesday
evening at the school building
The activities began with pro-
gram given by the Y-Teens in the
auditorium at 7:30. Two plays
and several novelty numbers were
presented to large audience.
The carnival was held in the
gymnasium, which had been trans
formed to resemble an autumn
landscape, with corn stalks. bril-
liant fall leaves and flowers,
pumpkins, and orange and black
crepe paper festooned from the
ceiling. Y-Teen members sold.
sandwiches, cold drinks, cakes and
coffee to large crowd through,
out the evening. The coffee was.
donated by Mrs. Leila Guess.
Features of the carnival were a
House of Horrors, Freak Show
and Game Room. Square dancing
with Eugene Holmes of Kosciuskol
calling, was the main attraction OF.
the evening.
Proceeds from the carnival, es-
timated at about $500, will be used
to furnish the Y-Teen room in thu
Gymnasium. 81
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
10 Holmes Men Get
Induction Orders

Eighteen Holmes men have re-
ceived orders to report for in
duction into the U. S. Army on
November Is, according to the 10
cal Selective Service Board.
These men are, white: Robert
L. Melton, Route 3, West; Theo-
dore A. Dinas, Durant; and James
Willbus Chapman, Tchula.
Colored: Dock Anderson, Pick
ems; Isiah Smith, Route l, Cruger;
Cecil Johnson, Route 4, Licking
ton; Homer Saffold, Route 3
Lexington; Cleotha Johnson
Route 2, Lexington; Dennis Wade,
Jr., Route 3, Lexington; Andrew
Leon Grace, Jr., Route 6, Lex
ington; David Saffold, Route 6,
Lexington; Herbert Alleyne b.
wen, Route 2, Goodman; Theodore
Lewis, Route 3, Lexington; Will
liam Simon Owens, Route 4, Lex
ington; Joe Leonard, Jr., Route
2, Tchula; Tenny Wilson Tate.
Thornton; Booker Telliaferro
Bias, Route l, Lexington; Mark
Hammond, Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
MistrioI Is Declared
In Rogers Case;
$500 Bond Set

The Holmes County Circut1
Court declared mistrial in th1
case of the State VS.. Louis Good
Honey" Rogers when the jury req
ported Friday morning it was UNI
able to agree on a verdict. Roger
was on trial for his life, charged
with murder in connection with
the fatal shooting of Andrew De-
vine, Holmes county youth in y
Lexington cafe last MAY. The
case went to the jury about 500
Thursday night. The trial began
at HOO a. m, Tuesday. It had
taken a day and a half to get the
jury.
State witnesses examined
Thursday were E. E. Wynn. w. d
Ford, Ollie Jones, Hudson Tate.
and Joe Evans. Rogers took The
stand Thursday in his own de-
tense.
Jurors were Clarence Robert
son, Ray Campbell, F. c. "Buddy4
Bley, James Odom, VandaneA
Ellington, o. A. Cleveland, J. n
Thomas, Jr., ]. F. Sample, J. W.
Potts, w. B. Farmer, ]. w. O'Kel-
ley and G. D. Wynn.
Rogers has been released on
bond of $4,000 and the case has
been continued until the next
term OF Circuit Court in April.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
Pfc. B. D. Novel;
To Join Air Police

Pfc. B. D. Novel;, son of w. A.
NOVEL; of Durant, will graduate
Saturday, Nov. 4 with class OF
Security Patrol Air Police at Tyn-
dali Air Force Base, Panama City
Fla. These airmen have the job
OF preventing sabotage and pro-
tecting against attack the United
States Air Force bases.
For the last four weeks the class,
most Of whom came to Tyndall
Base from basic training at Lack
land Air Force Base, Texas, have
been undergoing a rigid course of
instruction including training in
the use Of weapons, field exer-
cises, security patrols and many
other phases of police work that
will insure protection of u. S. air
craft and air bases against enemy
agents.
This Air Police School is one OF
the most highly specialized cour-
ses of the approximately $50 types
of schools in the vast air force
educational system administered
by Major General Robert w. Harp.
err, commanding general os the Ali
Training Command.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
Lions Sponsor Visual
Tests For Children
Slim Scroeeins To
Appear Monday
At High School

A series of visual tests are be-
ing given each pupil from the
thlro through the twelfth grades
IN both the white and colored
schools of Durant to determine
which pupils should be referred
to an eye specialist for visual care.
This project was made possible
through the cooperation of the
kosclusko Lions Club, which
placed its Telcbinocular, an in
strument used in making the tests
at the disposal of the Durant
Lions Club.
President c. M. Day, along with
other members of the Duran
Lions Club, namely: Jake Idom
Bill Waller, Everett Carr, w. c
Landrum, Charles Strahan, Berry
Thomas, Raymond Dowdle, Ray
ford McNeer, Rex Buchanan
Louie Clements, Les O'Briant, anc
others, have held two cakewalk:
to buy glasses for underprivilegec
children.
Sum Scroggins To Appear
Monday night, November 6, a
the Durant high school at 7:30
the Lions Club is sponsoring {
program put on by Slim Scroggins
in person, and his Roaming Cow
boys. Slim Scroggins is heare
daily over radio station WRBC
Jackson. Turn out crowds are
anticipated from West, Goodman
Pickens, Camden, Sails, McAdams
Lexington and Durant for thi.
performance. The price of ad
mission is Csc and SOC. Proceed
will be used by the Lions Club t.
apply on this worthy project O
purchasing glasses for underprivil
eyed children.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
Earle N. Alexander
Passes Wednesday

Earle M. Alexander, well known
Lexington citizen, passed away
suddenly at his home early Wed.
nesday morning. He was So. Flu.
neral services were held Thursday
November 2, at 800 pm. in the
Alexander home with the Rev
Hayes Clark, pastor of the Presby.
terrain church, officiating.
Interment took place at Odd Eel.
lows Cemetery under the direc-
ton of Southern Funeral Home
of Lexington.
Mr.. Alexander is survived by
his wife, Alice r. Alexander, q
son, Earle M. Alexander, Jr., a
daughter, Mrs. John M. Kim.
brough. Jr. all of Lexington, and
a sister, Mrs. w. L. Campbell OF
West.
Pallbearers were L. ]. Hand,
John L. Mason, Marvin Shanks,
Clarence Minyard, Jessie Walton,
Howard Terry, A. P. Shepherd,
and Leon Armstrong.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
Holmes Men To Get
Perturbation Exams

rs Holmes men have received
orders to report for pre-induction
physical examinations for the U.
s. Army, according to the local,
Selective Service Board. Exami-
nations will be given on Tuesday,
November Z.
These men are, white: Andrew
Fultz, Floyd Thomas, James Thorn
as Gray, Frances Russell Rivers,
Robert Wayne McPhail, Raiford
Edward Harthcock, George Kenno
Breazeale, William Everett Col
lier.
Colored; Willie D. Young, Stea-
We Montgomery, Johnny Bolton,
Jr., S. P. Ode, Jr., John Henry
Guess, 7. j. Wade, Hugh Ellen
Norris, Lee Vinson Woods, Luther
Junior Norris, Floyd Redmond,
Sammie Lee Venable, Harris
Montgomery, Thomas jefferson
Davis, Claude Percy Harris, Nor
man Lee Booker, John Gibson.
Jr, E. L. Jordan, Charlie Sher-
man Whisenton, Lee Arthur
Weatherby, Joe w. Rodgers.
Charlie Willie Montgomery, Leon
McGrone, Albert Lee Wilkes.
Perry c, Ferguson, James Bush,
Edward Horton. Willie Lee Smith.
Willie Lee Smith, Willie Brooks,
Theophilus Smith, Robert George
Clark, Robert Austin, Rudolph
Davis, A. d. Vandiver, J. C..
Jones, Harris Sample, Henry Wal
ker, Herbert Gibson, Virgil Trof-
fer Allen Henry Montgomery,
Robert Albert Wright, Eddie Car
thorn, John Earl Berry, Leorn
Stephens, Jessie Smith, Percy
Holmes, Eddie Lenard, Lieutenant
Marshall, Marshall Holmes, w.
L. Snider, Earnest Deering, Char
les Freeman, Jessie Lee Culpep-
per, Richard Williams, J. d. Cole
man, James Larry, Herbert A.
Townsend, Tevester Brown, L. c.
James, Ray Robert Kyles, Hoskin
Brooks, James Cobb Simmons,
Moses Saffold, Jr., Alfred Brooks,
Brady Wright, L. A. Robinson,
William Conway, Otis Clemon
West.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
Blue Cross Cord Is
Ticket To Service

Thirty-nine million Americans
now carry the little Blue Cross
Identification card that is the key
to freedom from worry about hos
pital bills.
This card, which is being offered
to Holmes county residents dur
ing Blue Cross Enrolment Week,
plays an almost magic role.
Automatically it entities the
subscriber to comprehensive hos
pital care. The subscriber has no
forms to fill out, no claims to en-
ter, no deposits to make. He simp-
ly shows his card and gets hospital
service.
Behind the Identification card
however, a whole system of non
profit service which has been built
up for the benefit of the people by
Mississippi's hospitals. including
Holmes County Community Hos
piral and District III Community
Hospital.
When a Blue Cross card is pre-
scented at the hospital, the hospital
Immediately sends word to Missis-
|sippi Hospital and Medical Service,
the Blue Cross organization. In
turn. Mississippi Hospital and Me-
dical Service checks its records
and informs the hospital regarding
the services to which the subscrib-
err is entitled.
After the subscriber leaves the
hospital, the bill for those services
is sent directly to Mississippi Hos
pital Medical Service, which then
pays the bill.
The Blue Cross Identification
card thus becomes your ticket of
admission" to the hospital. A Blue
Cross member has no worry about
ready cash when an emergency
arises.
1t was to help make hospital
care easier to get in time of need
that the hospitals organized the
Blue Cross. Every effort is made
to serve this purpose.
Blue Cross surgical protection,
offered through the same organi-
cation, operates in a similar man.
ner. Mississippi Hospital and Me-
dical Service is endorsed by Mis-
sissippi doctors and also is non
profit organization. 1t makes pay
ment directly to the doctor or to
you.
Both the hospital and surgical
plans are being offered to residents
of Holmes county during this Com
munity Enrolment. Headquarters
are located in the banks and in
the two hospitals.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
Amendments Will
Be Voted On In
General Election
Congressman To
Win Formal Election
Tuesday, November 7

All Holmes county voters are
urged to 60 to the polls on Tues
day, November to vote for
Democratic Congressman elect
Frank E. Smith, and on three
proposed state constitutional
amendments. ~.
The first amendment on the
ballot, House Concurrent Resolu-
ton No. 10, would allow the wife
of a minister to vote, after hav-
ing resided in the election dis
trict six months. This is the same
privilege now accorded to the
ministers. a.
The second amendment,
Senate Concurrent RE O utiory
No. 81, would allow the State
Auditor to succeed himself in Of
flee. -..-,
The third proposed amendment
on the ballot, Senate Concurrent
Resolution No. 10, would increase.
the number of Supreme Court
Judges from six to nine.
These three proposed amend
ments were published in the Oct
ober 10 issue of this newspaper.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
kostiusko Man Will
FACE Charge OF Attack
On Night Marshal
Cuse To Be Tried
Before Circuit Court
During This Session

Charges of assault will be
brought against Bunyan Carter
Morgan of Kosciusko for attack
ing Tom Ashley, Durant night
marshal, on Thursday, October 26.
Ashley arrested Morgan for
drunken driving and brought him
as far as the door of the Jail
when Morgan is reported to have
attacked the marshal with a brick
and knocked him down. While
Ashley was helpless, Morgan is
said to have beat him.
The case will be heard before
the Holmes County Circuit Court
as soon as Ashley is able to ap-
pear in court. His condition is re-
ported improved.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
Blue Cross Enro|Is
Over 500 Members .
During First Week
Drive To Be Extended
Several LocoI Groups,
Many individuals Join

Over 600 members have been
enrolled in the Blue Cross Blue
Shield plan during the first week
Of the enrolment drive in Holmes
county. Estimated enrolment in
the county is now over 1000, &C.
cording to Morris Raines, special
representative.
The campaign has been extended
beyond the announced closing date
of November s, Mr.. Raines said
this week. The nine local repre-
sentatives report that with numer-
Gus requests coming in they need
more time in which to cover the
territory thoroughly.
Among the groups in Duran,
who have enrolled in Blue Cros.
are city employees of Durant, Du
rant city school teachers, the
Style Shop, Howell and Heggit
Drug Store, the Ritz Cafe, Low,
Wagon Co., Tommie's Cafe, Lew
is Grocer Co., Johnson Wigle,
Oil Co., Central Service Station
and other groups now in the pro
cess of being enrolled.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
james w. Wheeler
Serves On Carrier

James William Wheeler, chief
aerographer's mate, USN, hus-
band of Mrs. Mary Lee Wheeler
OF Goodman, is serving aboard the
recommissioned light aircraft car
rier USS Monterey.
The Monterey, which has spent
more than three and one-half
years in the "mothball fleet at
the u. S. Naval Base, Philadel-
phla, Penn, was returned to
sctive duty following appropriate
ceremonies conducted aboard the
ship at Philadelphia.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
NotI. Affairs Forum
To Be Held Friday.
November 3, In Jackson

Governor Fielding Wright, along
with members of the Washington
congressional delegation, will act
as a panel at the national affairs
forum to be held in Jackson on
the afternoon of Friday, Novem-
Der Bird, to which citizens of this
area are cordially invited.
Sponsored by the Mississippi
Economic Council, the forum will
get underway at pm. in the
Victory Room of Hotel Heidel-
berg. There is no charge, and all
persons interested in hearing
first-hand reports on national af-
fairs, as well as asking questions,
should attend.
Our Washington delegation
and Governor Wright will be per-
forming a real service to Missis-
sippi's citizenship by meeting
with large cross-section on No
vember 3rd to discuss trends and
problems in national affairs" A..
F. Chisolm, Laurel, MEG presi
dent, said.
This is the first statewide for
UNI OF its type ever held in Missis-
sippi, and we trust there will be
a large turnout from every sec
ton" s4s(
Members of the MEG national
affairs committee in charge are:
]. T. Brown, Jackson, chairman:
T. A. Lail, Lexington, vice-chair-
man; c. L. Alfred, Hazlehurst.
0. H. Barnett, Carthage; D. S.
Burnette, Tupelo; c. B. Cowden,
Fulton; E. J. Gilmore, Amory:
Marvin Gresham, Ashland; o.
w. Hammack, Natchez; Zed
Hawkins, Meridian; Thomas Fite
Paine, Aberdeen; J.. M. Skipper,
Columbia; L. P. Sweat, Gulf
port: T. B. Terry, Laurel; and
Fred c. Yates, Mt. Olive.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
Dr.. CunfieId Is New
County. Health Director

DR.. j. H. o. Garfield of Canton
Is now acting director of the
Holmes County Health Depart
ment, replacing DR.. r. c. Frazer
who has returned to his home in
Canada after serving as county
director for five months. DR.. Can
field assumed his duties on Sep
TENDER /.
DR.. Garfield is also acting di-
rector of the Madison County
Health Department, and he has
no regular scheduled appoint
ments in Holmes, calling only for
special medical conferences.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
Library Notes

AT the Holmes County Library
at Durant this week readers viii
lind w. L. Whites Bernard Ba.
ruch, Portrait of Citizen" ver
interesting biography of Bernard
Baruch, Thor HeyerdahPs 'Kon.
Tiki" is the enthralling story q
the Journey of six men who eros
sed the ocean on a raft. Also Of.
fered is some. outstanding fiction
two unforgettable historical no
vels River and Empty Sea-" BY
Louis Vaczek, and "Experiment
in Rebellion" by Clifford Dowdy.
In a lighter vein are .'Heaven Be-
low" by Terry Dean, Dawn Of
Romance" by Ethel Bangert and 4
very good western story "Dwtv
Boots by Lee Thomas.
Visitors in the library this week
were Mrs. M. Morris, JAcbon:
Miss Elenora Gralow, Jackson, and
Mrs. w. L. Merger of Chicago, III.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
Holmes County Bar
Favors Amendment
To The Voters Of Holmes Count,

To The Voters OF Holmes County:
We desire to present for your
consideration the following facts
regarding the proposed constitu-
tional amendment to be voted up
on in the General Election on
November z, 1850, whereby the
Supreme Court of Mississippi
would be increased from six to
nine members. sci ~. .-.r
Until the year 1916 the Supreme
Court Of Mississippi consisted of
three judges, when, by reason of
the States growth and enlarged
volume of work before the Court,
the membership of the Court was
by Constitutional Amendment
duly approved by the voters, in
creased to six.
For the past "a years the Courts
membership has remained at six.
However, because of Mississippi's
expanding economic development
and the discovery of oil and gas
IN our State, the work of the
judges has become so great that
the Court is now running about
one year behind with its cases.
To help relieve the ABOVE situa-
ton, the Legislature, at its last
session, passed an act creating
three Supreme Court Commits
sloners, and also adopted the a.
bove mentioned Constitutional
Amendment to be voted on by the
people on November 7, 1850, SO
as to increase the Court to nine
judges.
If a majority of those voting
vote in favor of the Amendment
then the three Commissioners will
be succeeded by three judges to
be elected by the people. AS the
three Commissions are now re-
ceiving the same salary as the
three elected judges would re-
celve, the approval of the amend
ment will not result in any in
creased cost to the State.
Because we believe that the
best interest of our state govern
ment and to the people of Mis-
slsslppl, we, the undersigned
members of the Holmes County
Bar, earnestly urge our fellow
Holmes County voter to 90 the
polls on next Tuesday, November
7th, and vote in favor of the a.
mendment.
Respectfully,
c. F. Drake,
S. r. King,
Calvin R. King,
w. E. Cresswell.
G. H. Marlborough,
d. T. Ruff,
PIP. Lindholm.
H. H. johnson,
E. T. Nelson,
Edwin White,
Pat M. Barrett,
B. M. Jones,
]. E. Berman,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02

my of our children struck so Sc
verely in two successive years.
March of Dimes money has been
used up in most counties and it
has been necessary for the Foun-
dalton to send $106,O0O.O0 to Mis-
sissippi Chapters this year to meet
the requirements for patient care"
More money is necessary and
we must plan a March of Dimes
campaign which will give every
citizen an opportunity to contri-
butte to this worthy cause" DR..
Underwood concluded.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-02
West FootbolI Boys
Honored With Supper

The West football team was
honored by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Maddox with steak supper at
Tommie's Cafe in Durant after
the football game Monday night
between Sails and West. 1890
Coach Montgomery and Mrs.
Montgomery were also guests
of the Maddoxes.