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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
Ii. David ]. Crawford
Killed In Crash OF
Fighter Aircraft
Burial Was In
Arlington Cemetery
On June 9TH

Funeral services for First Lieu
tenant David j. Crawford, III,
member of a prominent Holmes
county family were held at
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
chapel last Monday morning.
Burial was in Arlington National
Cemetery, Arlington, Va, We'd
nesday morning.
1t. Crawford was killed in the
crash of his fighter aircraft June
2, near Eaton, Ohio. He was as
signed to the Flight Test Division,
Headquarters, All MaterieT Dfvi-
sion, in Memphis. 1t. Crawford,
like his father was a graduate OF
West Point.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Marjorie Crawford, and two
months-old son; his parents, Col.
and Mrs. D. j. Crawford, USA,
stationed at the Detroit Arsenal,
Center Line, Michigan.
Col. Crawford was born in
Durant, the son of the late Mr..
and Mrs. D. J. Crawford, and has
a large number of friends and
relatives throughout the county
who sympathize with the be-
reaved family.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
Lehman, HoI|oman
Chosen In City
Election, tuesday
Other Civic Officials,
CommitteemenNumed
Without Opposition

7. B. Lehman was~re-elacted
~Esn1arsi1Hi and M. Z. HoKoman was
elected alderman of Ward d IN
Lexlngton's municipal election
held Tuesday.
The races for marshal and Ward
: alderman were the only posi-
lions which Were contested. Three
other civic officers and five mem
bers of the Lexington Democra-
TIC Executive Committee were
elected without opposition.
Official count for marshal was
i. B. Lehman, 276, and Calvin
Ussery, 20 with a total vote of
346.
In the race for alderman, Hollo-
man received 48 votes to Al for
L. b. Miles. This race was double
checked by the election officials.
Other civic officials chosen
were mayor, Allie Povall; CITY
clerk, c. A. Glover; alderman,at-
Large, O.. L. Ellison. New Demo-
cratic executive committeeman
are D.. c. Lundy, Chatwin Jack
son, Lawrence Rabb, William
Moses and Herman Flowers
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
Firms Continue Support
OF LADA As New
Director Takes Over

Listing a comprehensive seven.
point plan for agricultural inn
provement in Lexington's terri
tory to be carried out in the next
year, E. H.. Gene Thurmond
officially took over as the new
diector of the Lexington Agricul-
tural Development Association.
Tuesday night at the LADA ban.
quet session held in the Gram-
mar School lunchroom.
With the keynote of the meet
ing sounded as Lets make every
farm a factory" the second year
OF LADA was begun with a good
representation of the SIS member
firms of Lexington present at tho
meeting.
Calling on all members to lend
enthusiasm and interest to make
the program a success" President
4. A. Lail, chairman of the
meeting emphasized the fact that
agriculture is Lexington's NUM-
Der n industry, and as such ie
should be developed in the most
modern and scientific manner. He
pointed out that the nam pur.
pose of LADA is extending az.
ricultural improvement service to
the small farms in the Lexington
trade territory and seeking to
raise the standard of living there
by.
Thurmond stated that in order
to made LADA a complete sue.
cess, its program must become
"a by-word with the farmers In
this section and the members of
this community.
The first step in the program.
the new director pointed out, is
becoming well-acquainted with
the farmers in this area and get
ting them interested in agricultural
improvements. He said that if Is
per cent Of the small farmers
would cooperate, a great differ
,!ence would be noticed in product.
ion and the quality Of produce.
Second in the program is to
work in close cooperation with
other agricultural agents in the
county toward the same goal, and
to follow up the program already
started in LADA.
The dairy problem was brought
out with special emphasis by
Thurmond. He stated dairyin8
could be developed on manv
Holmes county farms so as to pro-
vide year-round full-time emplov-
ment for more workers. He point
ed out that dairying conserves
the SOIL and that "a town is no
richer than the soil around it.~
Raising of beef cattle and other
livestock could be greatly i'm
Continued on Page Eight
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
{. N. Haffey Killed In
Auto Wreck Wed.
Hojmes-Fou
Be Buried In
Jackson This Week

Charles Murtagh Haffey, 81, of
Ebenezer, was killed "wednesday
morning when the automobile he
was driving overturned and
went over an embankment on the
road between Richland and Ebe-
nezer.
Haffey, a veteran of World
War II, was a service station
operator in EbeIexer.
He is survived by his widow
and infant son; two brothers, Leo
p. Haffey, of jackson. a n d
Thomas E. Haffey, Ebenezer, and
one sister, Mrs. Alice Hamilton.
Arrangements for the funeral to
be held at st. Peters Catholic
Church in Jackson are inccm-
plete.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
Named For
Supervisor
tuesday
Winner Will Fill
Unexpired Term Of
Late Joe H. Moore

Election officials have been
named to conduct the special cleo
tion Tuesday, June 10, to fill the
u%nexpired term of the late Joe H.
Moore as supervisor of District
One, according to the Holmes
County election commissioners.
Candidates for the post are Mrs.
Joe H. Moore and MI. Earl H.
Fowler.
In Lexington, managers will be
Roy Brown, returning officer, r.
0. Duke, and w. o. Thompson.
Clerks are Mrs. Walter Hooker
and Mrs. Chatwin M. Jackson, Jr.
Peace officer will be w. H. Roach.
For Acona, managers are X. F.
Downer, R. O., A. G. Anderson,
and Mrs. Jessie Walton. Clerks
are Miss Mary Steele and Mrs. J.
.. Parrish, and peace officer is
j. r. Booth.
Franklin officials will be Robert
Lipsey, r. O., Noel brennan, and
Mrs. j. M. Powers, managers; Mrs.
Robert Lipsey and Miss Mabel
brennan, clerks; andG. H. Love,
peace officer.
Members of the Holmes County
election commission are Mrs. A. J.
Heinrich, w. G. Lowe, and A. E.
Branch.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
Liberty Bell Here
Saturday; Sponsored
By American Legion
Famous Relic Touring
Stote In independence
Sovings Bond Drive

An exact replica of the famous
Liberty Bell in Independence
Hall, will be in Lexington from
1000 to HOO a. m. Saturday,
June II, sponsored by the DAN
lei w. Beall post of the American
Legion in connection with the
current independence Drive for
the sale of U. S. Savings bonds.
A program to which everyone
is invited is being planned by the
American Legion. All school
children especially are urged to
be present. A schedule of the
program will be carried in next
weeks Advertiser.
The Liberty Bell is the sym-
Dol of the 1850 savings bonds In
dependence Drive, which began
May Is and will end July 4. The
theme of the drive is Save for
your Independence-Buy U. S.
Savings Bonds"
The 50 Liberty Bells which are
touring the nation to help pro-
mote the sale of Savings Bonds
IN the current drive, are replicas
OF the original and were donated
by six leading American copper
companies.
The duplicates wese cast al the
foundry of the Sons of Georges
Jaccard at Annecy-le-Vieu in
the province of Haute Savoie h
France, from measurements taken
by DR.. Arthur L. Bigelow, bell
master and professor of engineer
ing at Princeton University. and
from detailed photographs of the
original bell, its wooden yoke and
the Wishbone-shaped supports
between which it swings in In
dependence Hall.
During the visits throughout
the country, millions of Ameri-
cans viii be able to hear what
the bell sounded like in pro-
claiming Liberty" to the people
OF our nation some liza years ago.
The duplicate bens-one for
each OF the 48 states, the District
OF Columbia, Alaska, Puerto Rico.
and Hawaii-are exact copies of
the original; even the crack in
the side is there.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
Mrs. J. R. Watson Chosen
AS B. and P. W.. Delequte

Mrs. j. r. Watson president of
the Lexington Business and Pro
fessional Women's Club a
chosen as one of the Mississippi
delegates to the national conven-
jtion of the B. and p. w. Clubs
TO be held in San Francisco July
%.
She was elected at the 26th
Anniversary Convention of the
state B. and P. w. Clubs held in
Biloxi, June pa, which she at
tended with Mrs. Inez Roach,
Mrs. Esther Russell, Mrs. Cecil
Mason, and Mrs. Alice Ratcliff,
members of the Lexington club.
At the convention the Licking
ton group was awarded the Ex-
tension Citation for a 20 per cent
increase in membership during
the club year 1880. The club
won third place in the state on its
yearbook.
Mrs. Watson presided over the
district breakfast held Friday
morning, June 2.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
Rites Held tuesday
For Mrs. Julia Evans

Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon for Mrs. Julia Wit
ty Evans who passed away at
Community Hospital following a
brief illness. Services were con-
Quoted at the home of her son,
T. j. Evans, with the Rev. E. B.
McKibben and the Rev. P. D.
Bragg officiating.
Mrs. Evans was preceded in
death by her husband who passed
away in March, l945. Survivors
include her son, T. j. Evans, Lex
lngton, and one sister, Mrs. Min
ME Castle, Kilmichael.
Active pallbearers were C. NJ.
Mcdaniel, M. H. Cade. George
Mcclellan Marion Mcclellan, Ed
win Ellis, and ]. M. Fryer. Honor
any pallbearers were her friends.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
Duranf Community
Hospital Furnishings
Bid Set Until July 3

Sealed bids for the furnishing
of furniture and equipment for
the Durant Community Hospital
will be received at the Holmes
County Courthouse until July 3,
according to Parham H. Williams,
Chancery Clerk.
All bidders will be required to
submit bids in accordance with
the instructions to bidders pro-
mulgated by the Mississippi
Commission on Hospital Care.
Copies of the instructions, plans,
and specifications may be secur-
ed from the Chancery Clerks Of
flee.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
HospitalBid Rejected
By Supervisors; More
Than Monies Allotted
Lexington Lumber Co.,
And Construction Co.
Are Low Bidders

The Holmes County Board OF
Supervisors Tuesday afternoon re-
jected all bids for the addition
and alterations to the Community
Hospital. All bids submitted this
week were higher than the mon
les appropriated for the work.
The Board of Supervisors will
meet again June 81 to see whether
the contracts can then be award
ed. In the meantime, the bids will
be considered by the Mississippi
Commission on Hospital Care and
the u. S. Public Health Service.
Lexington Firm Low
Bids on the general construction
work ranged from the low Of
$115,642 of the Lexington Lumber
Company, to a high of $l44, 764.
All bids exceeded the amount for
the work. Second lowest bid on
general construction was $126, 1902.
For the sub-contracts, low bid
der on kitchen equipment was
Westbrook Manufacturing Com
pany, of Jackson with $6,278. For
the electrical work, low firm was
Ed Doughty Eectric Company,
with $17,300.
Lexington Construction Company
Low bidder on plumbing, heat
ing, s~terilizers, air-conditioning,
and refrigeration was
The Lexington Construction Com
oany, with $46,847.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
Baptist Youth Rally
AT TehuIa, June 14th

The annual Young Peoples
Rally of the Holmes County Bap-
fist Woman's Missionary Union
will be held at the Tchula Bap-
fist Church at 2:30 O'Clock We'd
nesday afternoon, June IA
Radiant Youth" will be the
theme of the program which will
be presented by auxiliary organi-
cations of Tchula, Cruger, Durant,
Lexington, Pickens, and Goodman
Churches. The guest speaker will
he Reverend Guy Bellamy, South
wide worker among the Negroes.
Mrs. w. E. Hannah of Clinton.
the newly-appointed District
Young Peoples Counselor, will
attend the meeting.
An interesting feature of this
event will be the Stewardship Pos
ter Contest which is being pro-
NOTED by Miss Bell Stigler of
Lexington, the County W. M. u.
Stewardship Chairman. Each of
the Young Peoples organizations
is requested to have an entry in
this contest.
Mrs A. E. Branch of Durant.
the County w. M. u. Superinten-
dent, and Mrs. H. M. Terry of
Goodman, the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
of the organization, will be in
charge OF the business session.
Mrs. M w. Estes, Cruger, Coun-
ty Young Peoples Leader, will
direct the program.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
Stepp & Lott Send
Louis Temple To
Al Club School

Louis Temple, of the Howard
community, has been elected to
attend the annual forestry and
conservation school for All boys,
to be held at Roosevelt State Park
June 1915. He will be sponsored
by Stepp and Lott Lumber Com
pany.
The school will consist of a
study of forestry products from
the production and marketing
standpoints. Other conservation
measures will also be discussed.
Young Temple a member of the
Tchula All Club, will attend the
school along with Marion Brant-
ley, Durant, who will be spon-
sored by the Landrum and Pat
ridge Lumber Company of Dur
ant.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
supervisor Election
10 Be Held tuesday
Winner Will Fill
Unexpired Term Of
Late Joe n. Moore

A special election will be held
Tuesday, June Is. to elect a super
visor for Beat One to fill the un-
expired term of the late Joe H.
Moore. Candidates for the post
are Mrs. Joe H. Moore and Earl
H. Fowler.
A special election is necessay
because the unexpired portion of
the term exceeds six months. The
remainder of the term includes
the rest of this year and all of
1851.
Poll tax receipts will not be
needed for voting, as this is an
election and not a primary. All
qualified electors in Beat One are
urged to vote next Tuesday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
Rites Held Sunday
For Mrs. R. Mcclellan

Funeral services for Mrs. Rosa
M Mcclellan were held last Sun.
day at 10 a. m. at Mount Pleasant
Baptist Church, with the Rev. A
II. Miller and the Rev. H. c. Ellis
officiating.
Mrs. Mcclellan a member of the
Baptist Church, spent her entire
life in Carroll and Holmes Coun-
ties. She is survived by her hus-
band, W. c. Mcclellan, West: three
daughters, Mrs. H. B. Braswell.
Slddon, West; three sons, w. o.
Mcclellan and Percy Mcclellan.
both of West; and E. w. Mcclellan,
Walden; one sister, Mrs. F. B.
Caldwell, Littl Rock, Ark; and
nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Robert White.
Earl White, Henry McCrary, Joe
Bailey McCrary, George wilkins.
and Cohnly Wilkins.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
Vacation School To Be
In Methodist Church
Next Week, June r. Is

The INSTRUMENTATION Vaca.
ton Church School of Lexington.
thus year sponsored by the Metho-
dust Church, will be held June
1915 in the educational building
of the Lexington Methodist
Church. The school will be from
$3.50 to IL each Of the five morn
ings.
Five churches in Lexington r
cooperating in holding the school,
and all white children of the city
four years old and over are in
vited to participate.
Miss Mariana Kimbrough.
superintendent Of the school
states that many teachers have
been called for the school but
few have responded. Teachers ara
needed and applications are well
come.
Mrs. T. S. Craney will be song
leader and Paul Bragg, Jr., will
be pianist.
intermediate teachers will be
Miss Kimbrough, Mrs. Gordon
Carter, and Miss Nancy Rathell.
Teachers of juniors will be Mrs.
Tolbert Majors, Mrs. T. A. Lail,
Mrs. c. w. Comfort, Miss Barbara
Nabors, Miss Ann FAINT Davis.
Miss Ann Patterson, Miss Kathe-
rine Dale Temple, and Miss Nam
cy Hoover Williams.
Teachers of primaries will be-
Mrs. Goldie Rodgers, Mrs. Win
ME Edwards, Mrs Mack Elling-
ton, Mrs. E. H. Thurmond, Miss
Mason, Mrs. Dot Legate,
and Miss Blanche Legate.
Teachers of beginners will be
Mrs. Marion X. CHM, Mrs. Paul
Bragg, Mrs. Ad Rutledge, and
Mrs. o. A.. Cleveland.
Friday evening, June %, all
children will participate in a clos
ng program Those who have
lone satisfactory work viii re-
GIVE certificates. An offering will
We taken to help defray the ex-
lenses of the school.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
Lexington Agricultural Development Ass II.
Plan Second Year. Work AT Banquet Session
Extensive Program To Develop
Lexington Trode Territory
Alphabetically Will Continue
Bond Drive Underway:
Quote $4,000

Some $4,000. has been set as
the quota for Holmes County in
the current independence Drive
for the sale of government bonds
which will end July 4. The drive
began May Is.
With a total in E-Bonds for
the state set at $4,240, 600, Holmes
county ranks eighteenth in the
quota list among Mississippi's 80
counties.
The amount subscribed to date
is not yet definite. All citizens
are urged to participate in the
independence Drive and buy
United States Governments E.
Bonds.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
B & PW Meeting TO Be
Next Tuesday Noon

The luncheon meeting of the
Lexington B. and p. w. Club will
be held at the All Taxlms Nem0-
rial Home, Tuesday, June Is, at
IL noon. Co-h0stesses will be
Mrs. Sue Woods, Mrs. Elena Nor
quist, Mrs. Inez Roach, Mrs.
Maude Legate, and MRS. Hope
Murtagh.
All members are urged to at
tend this meeting.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
BEULAH BAPTIST SERVICES
WILL BE HELD SUNDAY

Church services at the Beulah
Baptist Church will be held Sun
day morning at IL O'Clock and
Sunday evening at 7:30, conducted
by the Rev. Vallie Scott, pastor.
Sunday school is at 10 o'clock
each Sunday morning. The public
is cordially invited to attend I'll
services.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08
Dance To Be Held At
Armory. Tomorrow Night

The public is invited to attend
a dance Friday night, sponsored
by the Ohio c. Byrd Post No.
2589, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
at the Lexington Armory, begin
ming at 9 p. m.
Music will be by Bobby Ber-
man and the Dixiekats. Admis-
sion is $1.50, couple or stag.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08

The ". F. W. Auxiliary viii
meet on Tuesday evening, June
Is, at 8 o'clock at the Alb Taylor
Memorial Home. All members are
urged to pc present.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-06-08

Cottage industries thrive inAPakistan, the new state carved out
of India Pottery making. weaving and spinning by hand beaut-
full materials, leather handicrafts and wood work are only a few
OF the home industries which give employment to thousands of per
sons and supply tourists with coborful and distinctive souvenir items
Below is shown an office set up outside the postoffice where
professional letter writers will, for a fee, write a letter in ay Ian
guage. for anyone to any point in the WORLD. This service is neces-
sary for the benefit of the thousands of persons who cannot read
or write. This is a familiar scene throughout Malaga, India and
Evening star., 1950-12-17

a relationship with the press
that has been of great value
to his Government in the
conduct of domestic and
foreign relations"
Mr.. McDermott meets daily
except on the one day a
week Secretary Acheson holds
a news conference himself
with reporters In the State
Department press room to
relay to them any news the
department wants to give out.
At most any other time
during the day he is available
in his Office to questioning
reporters. When the days
work Is done for most peo-
pie, the telephone at his home
at 1855 Upshur street NV.
keeps ringing with more
questions. He has a phone
beside his bed, in his recrea-
ton room and in his den
the last so placed that he
can get to it through the
window when he is working
in his garden.
Growing roses long has
been a hobby of Macs.
Evening star., 1950-12-17

His wife's name is Rose-the
former Rose Patricia Fuller,
who was working in the State
Department herself when she
became Mrs. McDermott in
1882. They have two chill
dren-Michael. jr. Mickey,
IT, a freshman at George
town University, and Patricia
Patsy, II, a sophomore at
Notre Dame Academy.
Mickey and Patsy recently
have taken up golf and in
duced their father to get out
the clubs he hadn't swung for
years to join them in an
occasional round. He always
is hoping to find more time
for such things.
Now Sc years old, Mac ap-
pears to have inexhaustible
energy-and patience. Few
people ever have seen him in
anything but good humor.
His most distinctive physical
features are a thatch of
snow-white hair and what he
calls the map of Ireland" on
his face. His hair has been
white since soon after, as a
boy of 10, he saw a bolt of
lightning shoot through his
Peabody (MassJ home. He
was born in Peabody about
10 years after, his parents
immigrated from Ireland.
AS a young man, Mac went
to business school-he still
makes good use daily of the
shorthand he learned there
and started working for the
Government as a clerk in the
War Department in 1917.
After World War I service
as a confidential clerk at the
Supreme War Council in
Paris, he settled down in the
State Department in 1920.
He was made assistant chief
of the old Current Informa-
ton Division in 1924 and
chief in 1927. Since a 1914
departmental reorganization,
his title has been special
assistant to the Secretary of
State for press relations.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-05-26

which is now used as living
quarters for ACS personnel.
In 1927, Seward became head
quarters for ACS in Alaska, and
remained SO for many years. In
late 1912, however, the ACS ia
cilities here consisted mainly of
the cable terminal and mux re-
lay point for the SeWard-Ketchi-
kan ocean cable, landline to
Anchorage and standby radio.
During the period from Janu-
airy 1913 to June 1914, several
small projects were inflated and
completed. Among these was
radio net to provide communi-
cation between construction
camps, harbor craft installations,
extensions and repairs on the
Post telephone system and re-
installation of ACS station equip
ment to serve ATS and the gov
eminent agencies remaining at
Seward.
In October of 1919, the Sew
ard ACS station took over all
the bookkeeping and handling of
telephone and telegraph for the
Railbelt between Seward and
Anchorage, enabling the direct
communication between the in
termediate stations and the out
side world. Recently telephone
call was made from Moose Pass
to Hawaii.
M/Sgt. Willie Williams, with
a record of % years service is
commanding officer of the Sew
ard installation. Quiet, conserva-
tive and efficient, he and his
personnel of three maintain the
indispensable service of COM
mercial communication between
Seward and the Outside, with
skill and competence, and have
become an integral part of COM
munity life.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-05-26
FOUND

PURSE WITH SUM of money. Call
Garfield 60 after pm. 1880
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-05-26
NOTICE

DR.. R. o. Sellers. City Public
Health Officer, advises the boil
ing of all drinking water until
further notice, upon receipt of
the following telegram:
r. O. Sellers
Seward, Alaska
Water samples May %, 1850,
contaminated. Boiling indicated
until contamination subsidies.
Will keep in touch.
VIM. L. Deering, Sanitarian
Territorial Public Health
Service
Anchorage, Alaska