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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-17
Mayor Raiford f. McNeer Issues
statement Asking For Reelection
Voters Are Urged To
Consider Experience,
Troining

Mayor Raiford E. McNeer is a
candidate to succeed himself in
the Municipal Primary election
Tuesday, August %.
MIR. McNeer made the follow
ing statement today:
TO the voters of Durant:
i would like to take this op-
portunity to ask for your vote
and influence in the Democratic
Primary election Tuesday.
The office of mayor is an inn
portant office and have tried to
the very best of my ability to give
the city of Durant good, honest,
efficient government without
showing favoritism of any kind
and to keep your taxes down.
1 believe the experience have
had as mayor, and my experience
as member of the state legislat-
ure before l became mayor, is ex-
perience that is needed in this
office p and your mayor certain
~ needs to have working know
ledge or background of the law.
Your consideration of all nv
qualifications is asked and will
De appreciated - whether or not
you vote for me.
I am a graduate of Goodman
High School and Holmes Junior
College and the Bowling Green
kenturky) Business University.
Prior to becoming your mayor l
served four years 1.-TWO terms) in
the Mississippi State Legislature
and five years as Justice of the
Peace in Beat Two before resign
lng to run for mayor of the CITY
OF Durant. / have served in thu
office for the past two years and
am a candidate to succeed myself.
During the time I have been
mayor a number of improvements
nave been started or completed.
The sewer lines have been COM
pleted as well as the Community
hospital and the school gymnas-
1um. Many of the streets have
been improved in the city and
small wooden bridges have been
replaced with concrete tile.
Il have tried to use nv influ-
ence in every way possible for the
petterment of conditions in Du-
rant In every way in the way
the city's affairs are run, in law
enforcement and in every way,
all designed to give you the best
government possible at the least
cost to the taxpayers.
There are many things which
heed to done. Some of our
streets and sidewalks need i'm
provement as well as our colored
school. We need for our water
to be improved. l hope and trust
that all of these improvements can
be made within a short period of
time at no extra cost to the az
payers.
If you see fit to reflect me as
your mayor l pledge you my best
efforts in every way and just
like l promised you when l was
[lrst elected mayor the city's
business is YOUR business and it
is wide open to every citizen of
Durant.
My position has always been,
and still is, that / am in office to
serve ALL the taxpayers and no
one special group and as such am
always open to suggestion or con-
criticism. l have al
ways tried to be a good citizen as
well as a good public official.
Il call your attention to the fact
hat Durant has the lowest tax
rate of any city its size in this
section, and perhaps in the whole
state. l pledge you my about eff
forts To keep your taxes low con
slstent with good government.
Your vote will be most sincere
ly appreciated.
Yours respectfully,
~
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-17
Formhoven Singing
Convention Set

Sunday, August ~, the Farm
haven annual Singing Convention
will convene in the Farmhaven
Methodist Church, which is oppo-
site the high school on old high
way 16, Is miles east Of Canton.
All singers are cordially invited.
Lunch will be served to everyone.
This is an annual event. and a
great singing is expected. Many
singers will be here from differ
ent parts of the state. d i
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-17

Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Smith and
Mrs. j. o. Ritter spent Tuesday
in Jackson.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. N. Beyette
spent the weekend in Laurel with
her mother, Mrs. Essie Hunt.
Mrs. D. M. Barranco was a Kos
ciusko visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. J. E. Dollahite spent Fri
day in Lexington as a guest of
Mrs. Walter d. Smith, the former
Hazel Brannon.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-17

Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Doster have
as their guests Mrs. Doster's bro
theirs, Mr.. T. F. Gafford of Mem
phis, and Mr.. j. A. Gafford, of
Tucumcari, New Mexico.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-17

Of great interest to everyone
in beat two is the announcement
that contracts have been awarded
for the purchase of the equipment
for the beautiful new hospital in
Durant.
The equipment has been pur-
chased at a price in excess of $685.
500 and will be of the latest and
best type on the market.
Delivery has been promised
within from 60 to 80 days.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-17
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
BY Hazel Brannon Smith

This week for the first time in
many months we are not. writing
about faraway places-Hawaii,
Japan, Hong Kong, Malaga, Egypt
or Europe.
The travel articles are over and
by finishing them we feel that we
are now really at home-ready
to settle down for a spell. More
than likely by the time we're able
to make another trip readers of
this column will be awfully glad
for they'll probably be tired Of
reading of the happenings at home
by that time.
But we are at home now and
want everyone to know it. We
expect to devote ell our strength
and energy toward giving you
the best paper possible and want
to ask your cooperation.
If you know any news don't be
bashful or hesitant about calling
us. We want to publish every
thing possible Of interest to you
and your friends In the community
-. whether it's front page story
or a local item.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-17

A large crowd should turn out
Saturday night to the political rail-
~ and cokewalk in Durant on
Front Street.
Two of the three candidates for
Congress have said they will be
here in person. Lomax Lamb and
Frank E. Smith, and Oscar O.
Wolfe, Jr., the third candidate
for Congress, is expected to come
or send a representative.
Local candidates will be allow
ed time to present their qualifi-
cations to the crowd.
Durant Boy Scouts of Troop 70
will profit from the proceeds de-
rived from the cakewalk spon-
sored by Branch 1872 of the Ameri-
can Federation of Hosiery Work
ers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-04-27

rem, Mountain Dale, w. Va, Sunday
evening, at 1870. The program is
sponsored by the Sunday School, Mr.
Ralph Swauger, superintendent.
Mrs. Bessie Bishoff, of Oakland,
spent the weekend with Nh and Mrs.
Hobart Bishoff.
Mr.. and Mrs Logan Wengard,
Grantsville, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ross Speicher, one evening last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Schlossnagle
and two children, and Erwin Echert
were guests at birthday party for
Werner Weissbott, at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Martz, near Meycrsdale,
Pa, Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Harvey and
family, North Glade, and Mr. and
Mrs. John Achcson and children,
Akron, O., and Mr.. and Mrs. Emory
George, Accident, and Mr. and Mrs
Arthur Lewellyn, Elder Hill, were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs. vii
liam Enlow.
Miss Venia Kellar, University of
Maryland, Miss Eleanor Dearborn,
Oakland, and Mrs. Raymond McCul-
Tough, Jr., Homecoming, were Friday
evening dinner guests of Mr.. and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-04-27
HOYES

The Hoyes Homemakers club met
last Tuesday at the home of Mrs.
Clark Schlossnagle, with Mrs. Mon
tell Friend, assistant hostess. There
were fourteen members and two
visitors present. Miss Dearborn gave
an interesting demonstration on
Color in the Kitchen" A report on
the Window Treatment School" held
in Accident was given by Mrs. w. w.
Dewitt. Mrs. Glotfelty gave a talk
on How to Make Corsages." Some
sewing for the County hospital was
distributed. r e f + e h m n is were
served and meeting adjourned until
May with Mrs. w. w. Dewitt, and
Mrs. James Vitez, assistant hostess.
Mr.. Hubert Friend and Mrs. w. A.
Custer accompanied Mrs. Charley
Rush to Memorial hospital, Cumber-
land, last Thursday. Those visiting
her Sunday were Charley Rush,
Claude Rush, Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert
Friend and Mrs. Boyd Paugh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Weiss and
daughter and Mrs. Bowers, Washing
ton, Pa, were Sunday guests of Err
win Echert, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs Clark Schlossnagle.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Stup, Gath
ersburg, were weekend guests of Mr.
and Mrs. w. w. Dewitt, Saturday
evening. They were all calling on Mr..
and Mrs. Foster Yost, Accident.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Frazee, Oak
land, visited Miss Icie Friend, last
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Collins,
Uniontown, Pa, Mr.. and Mrs James
Wilburn and Buphl Wilhurn rere
Sunday evening supper guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Merrill Wilburn.
Mrs. Clark Schlossnagle attended
a State meeting of the Associated
Women of the Farm Bureau, in Bal
timore, last Thursday.
Members of the Y.F.C. choir, under
the leadership of Rev Ross Speicher,
will sing at the Church of the Breth-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-04-27
Cast Is Chosen For
Play Foot Loose

During the previous months, the
present Senior Dramatic Club has
been hard at work. They, along with
the Senior High Glee Club, presented
the Christmas Assembly and now they
are practicing on Foot Loose"
comedy in three acts, written by
Charles g. Burdette. The play will be
presented by the club on May 10th.
The cast is: Richard Early, George
Moats) Vice President of a suburban
bank; Emily, his wife, Norma Jean
Leg; Hope, their daughter Shirley
Stockman); Dick, their son, "a,
senior medical student, David FulD
Mary, another daughter, II, mildred
Biser); Bob, their son, composite
of adolescent tendencies, George
Hanst); Delphie, general maid and
adviser, about 60 years of age, (Helen
Harned).
Other characters are: Randolph
Brandy" Cunningham, Mary's friend
and next door neighbor, (Joe Dist
mone); Jenny Malloy, Dicks sweet
heart, 10, and very charming, emily
MARTINI; Buzz Daily, Bob's chum, II,
Harry Beckman); Miriam Walker,
Mary's friend, II, eva McIntire);
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-04-27
Welfare Board Pays
$23,869 In March
Eight Hundred Thirty-five Per-
sons Received Aid During
Month

Eight hundred thirty-fve persons
in the county received $23, 1863 46
through the County Welfare Board
for March, according to report of
the State Welfare Department.
The total amount was divided as
follows;
Two hundred ninety-two persons
received $9,595.73 through the old
age assistance program, for an aver
age of S32.86 per person. During the
month eight applications were re-
ceivcd, four were dropped from the
rolls and two were added
Under aid to dependent children,
1873 families or 43S children received
$10,57O.81, for an average of 1914
per family or $24.13 per child. During
the month there were six new appli-
cations, nine were dropped from the
rolls and five were added.
Six blind persons received 1921 40
for an average of $4,000. Under
received $2,794.G7. or an average of
S34.93 per person. During the month
ten new applications were received
three were dropped from the rolls and
four were added.
Under the category of board for
children, 10 persons received $626.85
for an average of S32.99. The county
board certified 26 cases to the County
Commissioners for work on county
financed work projects, it was stated
The total expenditure for the month
did not include expenses of the local
welfare office.
Throughout the state there was an
expenditure of $1,3O5,335 during
March, an increase of II percent
over February, 1850, and also 3.8 per-
cent over March, 1919
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-04-27
Elementary Pupils
Give Talent Program

Around two hundred fifty persons
attended the Oakland Elementary
Parent-Teacher association meeting
last Friday evening in the high school
auditorium to hear a program of
songs and skits by the pupils who
were declared finalists in a talent
program carried out in the school
during the past few weeks.
In the competition for high honors
quartet of boys who sang Rag Mop,
including John Brown, Harland Vet
ter, Eddie Fry and Jimmie Pike,
were declared winners; with second
prize going to Elinor Vetter for sing
ing Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy;
and third prize to Carol Phillips for
an acrobatic dance.
Other features on the program in
Guided selections by a toy orchestra
from grades 2 and 3, six Little
Ducks" from the LIST grade; piano
solos by Lonnie Naylor and Ethel
Seibert; a skit, prince Charming; a
vocal duet, Il Said My Paiamas," by
Joan Leighton and Romano Hersh
man; solo by Sharon Liller; a solo by
Carol Dusc; "A play, "The Bad
Dream" a dance by Barbara Stickel,
a vocal sextet by Rita Holler, Anice
Friend, Peggy White, Carolyn Dusic,
Marie Snes, Carrie Wolford; toe
dance by Linda Pritts and Patricia
Gortncr; a quartet by Peggy Cal
houn, Joan Leighton, Bobbie Kitz-
miller and Richard Leighton, a trio
by Marie Sines, Peggy White and
Carrie Wolford; a duet by Romano
Hershman and Barbara Morris; and
solo by frankie Dewitt.
The meeting was in charge of Mrs.
Bceson Snyder, P.-T.A. president.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-04-27
Asks Interest In
Keeping Forests Green

Remember the Maine! In October,
1947, a disastrous forest fire swept
over $4,000 acres of forest and resi-
Dental land in Maine. This is an area
roughly the size of Baltimore, Carroll,
and Kent Counties combined. Damage
to timber and personal property ran
into the millions, and sixteen people
were killed.
Fright now Maryland forests are
exposed to fire conditions which could
easily lead to a similar disaster"
says Joseph F. Kaylor, Director of
the Departments of State Forests and
Parks. He points out that no appreci
able rain has fallen in weeks. Winds
have dried the forest floor cover, and
the vegetation is still not green
enough to resist fire-the conditions
are eXplosivei
An unprecedented string of Glass 5
fire days have occurred so far this
month. A Glass day presents the
most dangerous conditions possible
for the starting of fire. A lighted
match tossed by the roadside will
start fire easily. A spark from some
brush burning could readily ignite a
woodland.
Mr., Kaylor requests all citizens
interested in conserving the forests
and its wildlife to refrain from brush
burning entirely, until this critical
period is past. The farms as well as
the forests need a good rain. The CO.
operation of everyone is necessary to
keep Maryland Green"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-04-27

Jack Milford, college sophomore, 90,
(Thomas Wainer); suave, very self
assured, Sanford Welles, very
young attorney, 27, Erred Thayer) !;
Mrs. Forester, a cranky old widow,
(Susan Turner).
Oakland High Acorn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-04-27

Mrs. W. W. Dewitt.
Evening star., 1950-12-13
Way Open for Economies
Costly Methods of Handling Mails
Shown in Survey of Railroad Charles

they finally were dug out. Con-
sequently, the railroads recently
joined the Post Office Department
in a stipulation which was ap-
proved by. the Interstate Com
nlerce Commission. The ICC has
jurisdiction under the railway
mail pay act.
Clear Showing of Costs.
For the first time, there is now
a clear showing of costs and all
that enters into them which offers
a basis for future rates for car
rying the mails. The way is
opened, likewise. for additional
economies and improved methods
which means saving to the tax
payer, beyond those provided
under the stipulation, itself.
Among other things, the stipu-
lation eliminates hereafter So
called round-trip pay that
included payment for the return
trip of empty "dead-heads" that
had carried mail one way. Tha'
resulted in compensation for serv-
ices not actually performed, ex.
cessive costs, and in payments
without adequate checking. The
payment for empty returns. alone
is estimated at $30,0OO,0O0. Mail
pay for "empties" was higher than
revenue for other types of freight
In the future rates will be on q
one-way basis, with the cost OF
empty cars necessary for trans
portation of mail included in the
one-way rate.
The agreement put into effect
by ICC order also provides &
new rate structure for the future
which will be more equitable anc
economical. At present railroad,
in congested areas have heavy
terminal costs due, among other
things, to handling parcel post
mail, which is big and bulky
Such roads are Disseminated
against as compared, for instance
with Western roads that have few
terminal operations. Much lost
motion was found in handling OF
mail at many terminals. so that
operations are wasteful. Railroads
are doing a job that could better
be performed by trucks.
Evening star., 1950-12-13
THE EVENING STAR Washington D. c. A-13
,

will automatically pull up their
trousers to their knees when they
cross their legs, and will wear
shorts even when reading a novel
about the tropics. "
How to choose a hat: Men with
square heads should never wear a
round hat. It shows OF the edges
of their skulls and creates most
chic effect. If your head is
square. a Homburg shaped diving
bell is the most fattering. If your
head is pointed, a ten-gallon cow
boy hat preferably five sizes too
large. will effectively mask it. II
you are one Of the real beauties.
whose head is star shaped. shift
attention from it by wearing skis
at all times.
Care of the skin: If your skin
is too smooth nothing is better
Cor more expensive) for roughen-
ing it than an old-fashioned
cheese crater. Just before retiring
massage your face briskly for five
minutes.
Look for the book, Beauty for
Men Who Are Falling Apart"
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1950-12-13

1ldo o1lC1fCO V1lO
resolution sponsored by the United
States on December S, that China
be declared an aggressor. That
resolution, in the opinion of
Asiatic and Middle Eastern coun-
tries was loaded with dynamite.
India's delegate, Sir Bengal
Rau, who has spearheaded the
appeasement movement at the
United Nations, has been active
since the Chinese Communist
delegation arrived in New York.
The actual terms of the Peiping
government for cease-f1re agree
ment have not yet been disclosed.
Conditions Reported.
But. according to reports from
the United Nations headquarters,
they originally contained the fol-
lowing conditions:
Cd All foreign contingents,
except those of Asiatic countries,
to be withdrawn from Korea. This
would mean that the Western
forces would be recalled, leaving
only the Thailanders. Filipinos,
Turks and South Koreans below
the 38th Parallel. Chinese Com
munist troops. being Asiatics,
could remain with the North
Koreans above the parallel.
(2) The questions of Formosa
and the seating of the Chinese
Communists in the United Ma
tions to be settled Immediately.
The Peiping government is re-
ported to have insisted that the
U. N. make declaration that the
island of Formosa is part and
parcel of the Chinese Peoples
Republic and refrain from any
intervention when the Communist
armies decide to take it over, by
force if necessary.
go The United Nations should
Evening star., 1950-12-13

ty in power who thereafter, Incl
dentally, continued to devote con-
siderable time to the party's po-
litical business. Jesse Donaldson
is not only career man. He be-
gan at the bottom as letter car
rier hoofing it about Shelbyville.
nj. AS he rose he learned about
the widely ramifying business.
Mail Pay to Railroads.
One thing, among others. about
which something needed very
much to be done, he found, was
the mail pay to railroads for haul
ing the mails. Nothing had been
done about the system and meth
ods since the 1916 railway mail
pay act, despite the changes that
have come over the Nation mean
while.
Deciding that a thorough study
should be made, he drafted Arne
M. Wiprud, formerly an expert
on railroad operations for the JUS
tice Department antitrust divi-
sion. who left his private law prac-
tice to return to the Government
as Associate Solicitor of the de-
partment for this special task.
Mr.. Wiprud and an expert staff,
after a two-year exhaustive in
vestigation into costs and their
bases, much of 1t in the field,
came up with a mass of evidence
showing the lack of clear cost
accounting by the railroads and
obsolescent and costly methods of
handling mail. All of that resulted
In excessive payments by the Gov
ernment which, in the end, comes
out of the taxpayer. This railway
mail operation is a big business.
Total railway pay by the Govern
ment to the roads in 1949, for
example, was $222,771 900. -
The railroads baked at the
investigation, displaying an unco-
operative attitude at first. But the
facts spoke for themselves when
Evening star., 1950-12-13

Ter 1--WE
known Father Time so long you
call him by his first name.
Isn't it about time that some
one did column which will ad-
wise middle-aged men how to fight
off erosion and come bouncing
forth each day looking as if they
should be wearing a freshman cap
and a fraternity pin instead of a
double e-breasted suit and button
shoes?
Desperate Reading.
I'm so desperate for beauty after
40. that even after I knew Miss
McLeod's column was for women
only. read a lot of them just in
the mad hope that she might drop
a hint or two for us men. But
didn't get much help out Of Corset
Control. Leg Lure, How to Use a
Blue Rinse, Dramatizing Gray
Hair, Bosom Beauty, and Facial
Shapes and How to Treat Them.
| Take her words of wisdom on
the care of the hair, for example
Most women, after 49," she
says, look best with the hair up
and off the neck, especially if
they are inclined to weight"
Most men. AFTER 40. have more
hair on their necks than they do
Evening star., 1950-12-13

on their heads. so what is the
smart, chic, adorable, fascinating
and glamorous thing for them to
do with their hair?
Shucks, I might just as well
start writing beauty advice for
middle men right now. Let's
consider hair, first thing.
Men of 40 and above with lots
of hair can makes themselves
awfully attractive by keeping on
their hats at all times. Attractive
to men who are bald or partially
bald, that is. Nothing so saddens
the heart of a man whose hair is
but a memory than the sight of a
friend whose head resembles the
hind leg of a poodle.
When To Wear Shorts.
Leg lure: Men with spindly legs
should never wear ordinary hose.
They should wear the heavy type
stocking worn by football players
in extremely cold weather. 1t is
smart to wear hose in your school
or reformatory colors.
Men with well-turned legs don't
need to be told what to do. They
Evening star., 1950-12-13
Calls for Acts, Not Words
Non.Partisan Citizens Group Forms
Committee on the Present Danger

tion's womanpower. DR.. Bush re-
called that the British operated
their entire World War II radar
network with women.
The general objective of the
committee is to force a mobiliza-
ton of manpower and resources
"cn scale great enough to meet
the real and present danger ano
that scale is very great indeed
1t thus affords advance backing
for the appeal which the President
it about to make to the country
The kind of universal service il
favors is genuinely universal with
no special treatment for the eco
nomically privileged who might
otherwise attend college. All are
included except the really unem-
ployable. They will get support
for this general principle from
Chairman Vinson of House Armed
Services who has long complained
that selective service makes toe
many exceptions for the so-called
upper classes.
While the aroused citizenry was
gathering behind the President,
his party was having a meeting
too-a big Embarrassing dinner in
New York at the Waldorf Astoria.