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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26
Pupils To Help
Dimes Drive

The 1850 edition of the March
of Dimes coin card for school
children is ready for distribution
in Holmes county, Mr.. M. B..
Brown, director of the county
campaign committee, said today.
The coin cards will be distribut-
ed in schools in the county by the
March of Dimes School committee
in cooperation with local board
of education authorities.
The red, white and blue card,
attractively illustrated, depicts "a
little red schoolhouse" and is
slotted in the center to hold five
dimes. These are distributed to
pupils by their class DON teach
ers, returned when filled, then
handed over to the county March
of Dimes organization.
This year, Mr.. Brown said,
"the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis is emphasizing
the participation of Sabotage
groups in the March of Dimes.
Children, particularly those in the
elementary grades, have a vital
interest in helping other children,
and it is character building to
participate in an activity Of this
nature"
In a direct appeal to parents, he
said: when little Johnny comes
home with his March of Dimes
school card, please encourage his
interest in the drive. Help him
understand what it is and why
his contribution is important.
Make him feel that he's doing his
part - along with people OF all
ages, races, creeds and colors-in
a national crusade against a com
mon enemy"
Mr. Brown said that infantile
paralysis, while showing a recent
trend toward affecting a greater
number of adults, still takes its
greatest toll among children un-
der Is.
Describing the 1949 polio cpl
demic in which over 10000 per-
sons were stricken, as a national
calamity" he said the country's
best defense against the disease is
and since 1888 has been - the
annual March of Dimes.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26
W. F. Barnes Speaks
At Rotary Meet Tues.

w. f. Barnes, Jackson, of the
state commission of public well
fare, guest speaker at the Rotary
club meeting and luncheon at the
grammar school Tuesday, told of
his experiences and impressions
during a recent trip to Munich,
Germany.
c. w. Carr, president, presided
at the meeting and recognized the
following visitors and guests. L.
W. Rabb of Lexington, Bert John
son of Greenwood and Lewis
Gregory of Kosciusko.
Wilburn Hooker made a report
on the LADA meeting that took
place at the Lexington court house
January 16 and made a motion
that the Rotary club appoint dele
gates to work with the 14-man
committee chosen at that meeting
for the purpose of studying the
fire protection set-ups in neigh
boring counties. The motion was
carried and Norman Weathersby
and w. E. Thurmond were chosen
to represent the Rotary club.
Mr.. Barnes, in his address, told
of the widespread destruction OF
German cities, of the many mis-
placed persons camps in the coun-
try and of the economic differen.
ces between Germany and the U
S. "The Germans are Industrious
intelligent, brave and clean peo'
pie, but the trouble with then
Is that they need a leader. They
do not think for themselves as {
group" he said.
Mr.. Barnes said that many Ger.
man people didn't care to live be.
cause they had built their live.
around human things that vanish
away, and the war had destroyed
these things. He stated that hi
was glad to be back in the Unit
ed States around service to hui
manity and love - which never
fails"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26
Funeral Services Held
For John I. Bishop

Funeral services for John r.
Jack" Bishop, 26, of Durant, who
was killed early Friday night at
the Hillside Inn near Durant, were
held Sunday, January %, at Zoo
pm. at the First Baptist church in
Durant, the Rev. CO M. Day, Of
ficiating. Burial was at Mizpah
cemetery.
Bishop was fatally shot and
died before medical aid could be
summoned, according to Sheriff
Ellis E. Wynn of Holmes coun-
ty at Lexington. Sheriff Wynn
said that Buford M. Brister, Jr.,
about 81, of Durant was being
held in connection with the shoot.
ing.
Sheriff Wynn was still investi-
eating the case "Wednesday, and
said that Bishop and Brister had
gotten into an argument and that
the shooting followed.
Bishop is survived by his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Bishop
of Durant.
Pallbearers we're Ben Kille-
brew, Ernest Robertson, Jr., C.
H. Blanton, Jr., Lewis O'Quinn,
Leon Englemann and Curtis Les
lie.
Southern Funeral home was III
charge of arrangements.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26
Scheduled Waste
Pik-Ups To Start
February 1st

Mayor A. S. Povall announced
today that laws concerning the
pickup of refuse in the city will
be effective February /, 1850.
The schedule for refuse pick
up is as follows: Business district,
daily; Residential district, MON
DAY and THURSDAY for all re-
sidences east of a line running
from Black creek bridge north
through the center of Yazoo street
to Court square, thence north
along the center of Carrollton str.
eet to the city limits; TUESDAY
and FRIDAY for all residences
west of the above described line.
MI. Povall urged those who
do not have a covered garbage can
to obtain n by February /.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26
James H. Harthtock
Passes AT TchuIa

Funeral services for James
Henry Harthcock. Tchula, age 10
who died Monday, January % al
his home, were held Tuesday
morning, January "a, at 1000 a
M, at the Horseshoe Baptist
church, the Rev. Curtis Ellis of
ficiating. Burial was in Malone
cemetery.
Mr. Harthcock had been in i'll
health for three years. He was
born in Louisiana March "a, 1876.
He married Willie Malone De-
cember 20, 1899 in Holmes county.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Willie Malone Harthcock; six
sons, j. d. Harthcock, Tchula; w.
H. Harthcock, Tchula; Claude
Harthcock, Tchula; Raft Harth-
cock, Lexington; Earl Harth-
cock, Lexington and Captain ely
de A. Harthcock, u. S. Army; two
daughters, Mrs. Henry Mclean.
Tchula and Mrs. Bill Mcclellan,
Lexington; four brothers, ]. R.
H~arthcock, Lexington; w. D. Kill
Hebrew, Ebenezer; Ben Killebrew,
Lexington; and Frank Killebrew
of Canton; two sisters, Mrs. Allie
Hood, Midway and Mrs. Matt Bur-
rell, Midway.
PaIbearers were Henry Nc
Lean. Jr., Norman Mclean, R. E.
Harthcock, Bobby Harris Harth-
cock, H. w. Copeland and W. o.
Rodgers.
Southern Funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26
Emmett Cunningham
Services Held Friday

Services for Emmett King Gun
bingham, At, who died Wednesday
night, January Is at his residence
at Mileston, were held in Yazoo
City Friday morning, January 20
at Stricklin-King Funeral Home
chapel, the Rev. j. V. Stewart,
pastor of the Tchula Methodist
church, officiating. Burial was in
Odd Fellows cemetery at Lexing-
ton.
Mr.. Cunningham had been in
i'll health for several years. He
was a member of the Methodist
church.
Surviving are his son, Wilson
King Cunningham, Mileston; one
uncle, Jim Cunningham, Tchula;
and four aunts, Mrs. Maude Gwin,
Lexington; Mrs. r. L. Peaster,
Thornton; Mrs. Leslie Johnson OF
Lexington and Mrs. Cal Purvls
of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26
Red" Walls Services
Held Here tuesday

Funeral services for j. w. Red
Walls, Al, prominent contractor
of Lexington, who died at st. Do
minics hospital in Jackson SUM-
day, January %, we're held in the
chapel of the Southern Funeral
home at 800 pm. Tuesday, Janu-
airy "a, the Rev. L. V. Benson, of
Jackson, officiating. Burial was
at Odd Fellows cemetery at Lex
ington.
MI. Walls died as a result of in
juries received when his pickup
truck left the road and overturn-
ed on highway IL near Lexington
Wednesday, January 4. The cause
of the accident is as yet undeter-
mined.
Mr.. Walls was taken to the
Community hospital in Lexington
and from there to ST. DominicS
in Jackson. He did not regain
consciousness.
Surviving are his wife, Rose
Devine WALL two sons, Jones Da-
vid, 8, and Johnny, IL, all of
Lexington; his parents, MI. and
George Walls; two brothers.
Thomas and Virgil, and one sister,
Mrs. Roy Sneed, all of st. Louis.
Pallbearers were sons of Mr.
and Mrs. L. o. Spell, Udonnel,
William Ward, Duray, Zeblin
and L. o. Jr., all of whom were
fellow members of the organiza-
ton, Woodmen of the World, of
MI. Walls was a member.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26
RED CROSS OFFICIALS TO
ATTEND DISTRICT MEETING

Officials of the Holmes county
chapter of the American Red
Cross have been called to a dis
trict meeting in Jackson January
26. This meeting will be presided
over by headquarters director and
national representatives. Plans
and purposes of the March fund
campaign viii be the topic for dis
cussion.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26
L~exingtoniuns Attend
State Joycee Meet

Plans for the State Jaycee con-
vention in May, two MAJOR pieces
of state legislation, and accom-
plishments of the past year were
discussed at the board meeting
OF the Mississippi State Junior
Chamber Of Commerce held fol-
lowing the DSA banquet in Jack
son Saturday night.
Those attending from Lexington
were Lawrence Rabb, John Mar
tin, Emmett Reese, Paul Koran,
Emmett McCool and Dr.. NJ. S.
Melvin.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26
.HJC-NE Cage Match
Slated For FH-Sat.
Jan. 27-2S AT Oman
by r. w. Almond

The Holmes boys and girls will
exert every effort to avenge the
defeats suffered last week at
Bonneville by the N'east teams.
The Northeast quint is undefeat-
ed in ten conference games and
are rated the team to beat for the
1850 junior college crown. The
team is composed of former all
state performers from Baldwin.
Wheeler, Bonneville and Mace
donia.
The Northeast girls team is led
by jeanette Clark of Belmont, an
all-state performer on the cham
pionship high school team of
l948. This is her final season at
Northeast and she is among the
best performers ever to play in the
girls division.
Coach Frank Branch can well
match the Northeast girls with
such stellar performers as the Col
Inns sisters, Matte and jeanette at
forward. Rebecca Kinningsworth
completes the starting forwards,
and has been one of the leading
scorers in the conference to-date.
Edna Earle Edwards is a stand
out guard. She is ably assisted by
Bettye Thompson and Faye Mont
gomery.
The games here this weekend
should prove to be the best series
on the home court this season.
Certainly no boys team can be
rated over the Northeast quint.
Kinds. East Central and Holmes
are all strong contenders and any
one can come through if they
have a good night. In the girls
division we must give the Kinds
Eagles the edge at the mid-season
stage of the conference. Holmes,
Ittawamba, and Northeast are all
well up in the top bracket in
standing along with the ions six
from Ellisville.
The first series this season be-
tween Holmes and Kinds will be
played in the city auditorium at
jackson on Tuesday night, Janu-
airy 81. This game is a change
from the regular schedule which
called for a series at Goodman VS..
Kinds. The Eagles and Eaglettes
will come to the Holmes campus
for a return series on Tuesday
night, February 7th instead of
playing at Raymond as originally
scheduled. This is the only
change in the conference games.
Holmes will meet the Univer-
sity freshmen quint at Tchula on
Thursday night, February I'd. The
Holmes sextet will play the Fly
ing Fish Six from Jackon on the
anne bill at z pm. All proceeds
will 60 to the March of Dimes.
The State freshmen will play a
return with Holmes on the Du-
rant court on Friday night, Feb
ruary Sd. Holmes defeated the
State frosh five at State college
sin the barn" just prior to the
holidays, score 51-40. The game
will match Howard Guthrie of
Holmes and Elmo ''Tree Top
Branch, a former Binford high
ace. Both boys r .Tangy and
play "the spot" for their respec-
tive teams.
The treat of the season will be
on the campus on the night of
February 9th when Hazel Walker
and her Arkansas Travellers meet
the Holmes quint. The game is
scheduled to get underway at
800 pm.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26
Bishop Duncan Gray
To Preach Here Sun.

Bishop Duncan M. Gray will
make his annual visit to Saint
Mary's Episcopal church Sunday
morning, January 29th and will
preach at the 1900 am. service.
Bishop Gray is not a stranger in
Lexington and his many friends
are given a cordial invitation to
come to this service.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26

Friends of Mrs. John Gwin will
be sorry to learn that she is IN
Community hospital.
Mrs. Neil Uranium and daugn-
ter were Greenwood visitors
Monday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26
St. Moy's
Episcopal Church

Rev. Robert c. Donaldson. Rector
Sunday, January 20
Church School-10 am.
Holy Communion and Sermoa
IL am.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26

Governor Gordon Browning of
Tennessee who played a major
role in defeating the powerful
Crump political machine in that
state in 1913 was a visitor in New
York City last week. He spoke at
the Tennessee Society in New
York and | had the pleasure of
hearing him deliver a moving adj
dress setting forth the fine pro-
gress of his state, and urging the
United States to meet Russia'S
unfavorable attitude with a de-
termined show of force. Talking
with the governor, | was impress
sed by his sincerity and friend
illness. He told one story which /
will repeat here: 1t seems a young
man was to give a major speech
and I'm preparation for it. he read
ali the classic examples of ora
tory he could find. But when it
came time for him to speak, he
was so full of his study that he
got it mixed up. Said he upon
being introduced: Il feel just like
Napoleon when he stood on the
banks of the Rubicon looking over
into Jerusalem, and he said to
the advancing troops behind him,
e pluribus unum, My God, My
God, why hast thou forsaken
me'?"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26

A young veteran of % wrote
Leslie Gould, financial editor OF
the New York Journal-American
and asked what kind of work
should he 60 into. Gould thought
it over and came up with the fol-
lowing reply: If l were % again
(what a happy thought I'd first
take the aptitude test given by
the Stevens Institute of Hoboken,
New Jersey and then get into
what appeared best on the basis
of that. Gould further recon-
mended that the young man
might well consider selling or the
resort business or any other field
which is not over-unionized.
A firm in this town is an ex-
ample of ingenuity and taking
advantages of opportunity-to say
nothing of being able to e OPP
portunity when it arrives, some
thing all of us can't invariably
do. 1t is the Color Production
service, a firm which started out
as newspaper representatives and
were doing all right until they
wanted some one to make up and
service comic-strip type of adj
vertisements, but found that no
one did that sort of thing. The
firm promptly went into that bu-
siness itself and now does nothing
else but handles comic ads for big
advertising agencies and related
organizations.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26

MIR. and Mrs. w. H. Fincher
were Memphis visitors Tuesday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26

F.. Mrs. Roy Young visited her bro
Their, T. E. Walters and family in
Laurel last week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26

Television is booming but it has
been slowed. The reason: too
many stations could clutter up the
air just as radio has almost done
already. There are now about
two million television sets in the
U. S. and it is expected there viii
be twice that many by the end of
the year. But the Federal Com
munications Commission, con-
cerned with the rapid increase in
this new form of entertainment
and It's possible overlapping, has
SO far given permission for only
eight new television stations to be
opened in 1850. These are to be
at Portland, Oregon, Lansing,
Michigan; Nashville, Tennessee;
Ames, Iowa; Stocton, Califor-
MIA; Peoria, Illinois; Norfolk,
Virginia; and st. Petersburg,
Florida.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-26
1alhlflnaAelkI
NEW YORK
By NORTH CALLAHAN

Many Of us have felt kinda sor-
" for the poor a washer folks
here who r being forced to 90
out Of business because of the
water shortage. However, there
is one such operator who wouldn't
be stopped by a little thing like
a shortage of city water. A
friend of mine who drove his
dirty car into town last week was
amazed to find this car-washing
station over at 46th street and
18th avenue. He rolled in and had
his car washed in less than five
minutes = then learned that the
resourceful owner of the place,
when faced with the prospects OF
being closed down, simply went
into his small back yard and drill
led a well, from which he is get
ting all the water he needs.
The Nome nugget., 1950-04-05
False Advertising or Cigarettes Must Be Stopped

WASHINGTON, CP)-The gov ernmcnt today ordered a crack down on what is called false and misleading advertising by some major cigarette makers.
 The Federal Trade Commission directed two of the largest com panies to halt certain claims that one brand of cigarettes is superior to another.
 The so-called "cease and desist" orders were against R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.,, makers of Camel Cigarettes, and the P. Lorillard Co.,, producers of Old Colds.
 ETC said it also is considering similar action against the Ameri- can Tobacco Go. and its Lucky Strike cigarettes as well as Philip Morris, Ltd, and the cigarettes which bear that company's name.
 "All cigarettes contain varying amounts of nicotine and throat ir- ritants,' the commission said in announcing it's action, "and there is no reliable basis in fact for ad- vertiSing claims that one brand is superior to another in these re- SpectS."
 FTC's action against the cigar cite makers was the outgroWth of proceedings started in August, 1942.
 Its order that Camels and Old Colds halt what ETC found to be false and misleading advertising" represents a final decision on the part of the commission. The com panies may appeal to the courts, however.
 Aside from the contemplated action against Lucky Strike and Philip Morris cigarettes, the com mission said in its 4,000-Word statement that it is studying the advertising practices of Pail Mall cigarettes, made by American Cigarette and Cigar Go. of Dur ham, N. C.
The Nome nugget., 1950-04-05
ALASKA ARMY COMMANDER TRANSFERRED TO STATES

WASHINGTON, CP)-Maj. Gen. Stanley L. Scott, the army'S com mander in Alaska for the last two years, is coming home shortly to take an undisclosed post in the of flee of defense secretary Johnson.
 Scott is expected to leave Alas ka about April l2. He will be sue ceeded in Alaska in June by Brig. Gen. Julian w. Cunningham.
 Scott was chief of staff of the Persian Gulf command during World War II. He became deputy director for demObilization in the army service forces early in 1944 and later became director of the planning division of the army service forces.
 Cunningham is now deputy di- rector of the army'S organization and training division. During the war he served in the Southwest Pacific area and commanded the task force which seized and occu- pied WOodlark Island.
The Nome nugget., 1950-04-05
Little Change In Ice At Nenana

NENANA, Alaska - There is a very little change if any la condi- tions of the ice here The ice is about forty inches thick and what warm weather we have been hay ing has had very little effect on ice or snow. The snow has settled some but there has been no run off of water anyplace and the cold weather we have been having lately, it looks from here, we won't have an April oreak-up as many have predicted, myself in- cludcd, unless it turns warm sud denly and stays warm.
 Slim Avery.
The Nome nugget., 1950-04-05
News of the World At A Glance ---
(Continued from Page One)

NSODLlnueu rom rage One) of the State of East Indonesia.
 Sultan Hamid II of West Borneo was rushed off to jail charged with being the brains behind the West Java rebels led by Capt. R. R. P. CTurk Westerling. He was a cabinet member in the central government and president of the State of West BorneO.
 In CzechoSloVakia a Roman Catholic clergyman was sentenced by Prague court to life imprison- men on charges of high treason and spying for the Vatican. Nine other of the clergy, similarly charged, were given sentences ranging from two to 25 years.
 It was the biggest mass proSecu- tion of churchmen since the com munist-led government enacted a law last year setting up state con- trol over all churches.
 Britain's Labor governme t with a slim three-Seat majority in the House of Commons hopes to gain another seat today in a spe- cial election in the Needsend dis trict of Sheffield. It is a Labor stronghold which gave Laborites a 3-1 margin in the Feb. 23 cleo ton.
The Nome nugget., 1950-04-05
CATHOLIC CHURCH HOLY WEEK SERVICES

Wednesday, Evening Dcvotions-7.30 pm. Holy Thursday High Mass-6.0O am. Alteration of Blessed Sacrament all day until Midnight Holy Hour-7:30 pm. Good Friday Mass of Pre- e-Sanctified-
 6:30 am. Seven Last WordS-12 noon to 3 pm. Stations of CroSs-7:30 pm. Holy Saturday. Services begin at 6 am. Confessions to 5 p.m., 7:30 to 800 pm. Easter Sunday Masses 8 am. and 10:00 am. No Mass at Base.
The Nome nugget., 1950-04-05

The sap of the coconut palm, called toddy, is a favorite drink in many Pacific Islands. accord ing to the National Geographic Society.
The Nome nugget., 1950-04-05

Let's have a deposit insurance law that will insure our having bank deposit.