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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09
Hue Concludes 1850
Cage Schedule AT
Goodman Next Week

The final games of the 1949-50
Holmes Junior college schedule
will be played next week at
Goodman. SunflOwer comes to
the campus for a return series on
Tuesday night, February 18th.
The East Mississippi Lions of
Scooba move in Friday, February
II, and East Central of Decatur
will play the seasons final series
here on Saturday night, Febru-
airy 18th.
The Holmes sextet will play in
the State Junior College tourna-
ment at Kinds Junior college at
Raymond February 24-25.
~ sgaas.-~Ao,,. .A.sss..ssuent.z xxia1 be
played on the new gymnasium
floor at Pearl River Junior col
lege, Popularville, March "a.
Holmes has a good chance to 20
well up in the final play-off and
based on records to-date - sew
eral teams, both in boys and girls,
have about an equal chance to
come through" as champions.
From this point the writer won't
predict the winners, but will str
ing along with Hnids- Holmes in
the girls division. We must pick
Northeast boys at Bonneville as
a first choice, and Hinds-Holmes
East Central as the three top
teams in boys play.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09
Ford Announces Price
Reductions Up To $50
| In Truck List Prices &

Reductions ranging up to $50
in list prices of Ford trucks and
cut of $l48 in the list price of
the Ford va station wagon were
announced today at Dearborn by
l.. d. Crusoe, vice president and
general manager of the Ford di-
vision.
The reductions were made DOS
sible by engineering advances and
improved production methods, Mr..
Crusoe said.
Announcement also was made
of the addition of a six-cylinder
station wagon in the Ford line
with list price of 1885. a
This action in passing on our
savings to the nations truck and
station wagon buyers makes our
present high quality products the
best buy in the company's his
tory" Mr.. Crusoe said. "Today's
buyer gets more real truck or
station wagon for his money than
ever before" he declared.
The company produced 244,742
trucks in l949 and the growing
demand for Ford products. is ex-
pected to keep production at a
high level in 1850. There are
more than ITS models in the 1850
Ford truck line.
Ford has been the leading pro-
ducer of station wagons for many
years and almost half of all sta
ton wagons produced in 1919
were made by Ford.
Prices of passenger cars remain
ed unchanged.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09
Census Bureau To
Take Applications
Applications for employment

Applications for employment
ment as enumerators and crew
leaders for the 18th decennial CEN
sus of the United States will be
accepted in Lexington on Mon
day, February 18TH" Porter w.
Peteet, district supervisor for the
United States Bureau of the Cen
sus in Greenwood announced. APP
plications may be filed with a rep
resentative of the Greenwood dis
trict office at the city hall in Lex
ington from 900 am. through
400 pm.
1T is estimated that 800 emu
merators will be employed in the
counties in the district under Mr..
Peteet's supervision. OF these, ap-
proximately As will be from
Holmes county.
Applicants must be citizens of
the United States, have a high
school education or its equivalent,
be in good physical health and OF
excellent character. Age limits
are 81 and IS, with those between
25 and As being especially desir-
able. An automobile is required.
Pay for enumerators will be on a
piece-price basis, estimated to
yield an average of $500 per day.
with the work lasting from two
to four weeks during the month
of April"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09
Hue Girls Cage Team
Win 1885,; Boys
Lose 50-43

Holmes and Kinds cage teams
battled Wednesday night to break
even in two good games on the
local court. The girls game was
a thriller all the way; five points
was the widest difference in
score during the entire game.
Holmes led 17-16 at the end of the
first period, while Kinds enioyed
a thin 1927 half-time advantage.
Holmes was again up with a one
point lead at beginning of final
play period, 44-43. The game was
even on seven different occasions
in the final period,
Dot Harrison, elongated Kinds
forward, was high scorer with As
points. Rebecca Kinnigsworth
played well for Holmes and
scored IS points. Matte and
Jeanette Collins played well with
Rebecca. Faye Montgomery, Enda
Edwards, Betty Smith and Bet
thompson all played well on de-
tense for Holmes. Betsy Warren
was standout player for Kinds.
Gill Ray looked like very aver
age player and was able to score
only 8 points for Kinds. This was
the first loss in two seasons for
the visitors.
The boys game was case of
Too much Nick Revon. He led
Kinds with "a points, and handled
the ball well. Mickie Crossin.
Kinds center, played well on de-
tense. Howard Guthrie, Holmes
center and Sruman Allen, guard
played best for the locals.
Holmes was far off form and
both teams threw away MANY.
scoring opportunities. Other than
the scoring of Revon both teams
were below par. A large crowd
witnessed the double-header and
cheered throughout the final play
period.
Girls Come
Kinds (56) - Harrison As. Raw
q, and Morris 3, forwards; War
rem, Howard and Waters, guards.
Subs, Jones, forward and johnson.
guard.
Holmes 500 - Kinningsworth
SO, Matte Collins 10 and jeanette
Collins 5, forwards; Edwards,
Montgomery and Smith, guards.
Substitute, Thompson, guard.
Boys Game
Kinds (50) - Revon "a, and
Haywood IL, forwards; Crossin
3, center; Carnes and Black
stock 6, guards. Subs, Engleman,
3, forward and Hester, guard.
Holmes (4O - Free 10 and
Duke 5, forwards; Guthrie 9. CEN
ter; Allen IL and Hoffman 2.
guards. Subs, Wall 5, and White,
forwards; BEDFORD l, and Brock
way, guards.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09
Trees And Timber Talk
by c. w. Comfort,

The fencing requirements OF
farmers are increasing rapidly
This is due not only to new fenc-
ing laws in the South but also tc
the increase in diversified farm
ing. The sowing of winter cover
crops bring its greatest returns tc
those farmers whose fields are
fenced. The recent reduction in
cotton acreage will call for more
fencing for pasture and seed pro-
duction.
Now that fenie wire and staples
are again on the market in suf-
ficient quantities the problem of
fencing becomes one of securing
long lasting fence posts. Most
farmers realize that durable posts
will not only save them money
spent for replacement posts but
will also save the cost of setting
them in the ground.
A scarcity of the more durable
woods such as black locust, bois
dare, catalpa, cedar and white
oak makes them difficult to pur-
chase. However, good posts can
be produced on most any farm
out of such trees as pine, sweet
gum, and red oak. Most farmers
have a sapling thicket of some
of these trees or know where they
can get some from a neighbor.
OF course pine, sweet gum, and
red oak will not last in the
ground for more than a couple of
years unless given preservative
treatment. New chemicals and
methods of treatment make it
simple and inexpensive for farm
ers to produce treated posts for
their own use and for sale to
neighbors.
A new chemical now widely
used successfully by many farm
ers and commercial treating
plants is called pentacrlorophenol
or more commonly penta. This
penta is reasonable in cost and
not messy to handle. No equip
ment other than three oil drums
welded together is needed and
the posts are soaked in a cold So
luton of the penta overnight. A
post three inches across at the
top an six feet long will soak UP
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09
}. ". Cathey Buried
Al Durant

Funeral services for ]. w. Ca.
they, Memphis, age 70, who died
Thursday, January 26, were held
Saturday morning, January %
al 1000 am. at Durant, the Rev
1. a. Filgo, pastor of the First Me-
thodist church, Durant, officiat-
ing Burial in Mizpah cemetery.
Mr.. Cathey was born at Water
Valley in 1877. He moved to Du
rant from Water Valley and was
a Durant citizen for many wears.
Mr.. Cathey had been a railroad
employee for fifty years.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs Ella
Cathey of Memphis, one son. J. w.
-athey, Jr., also of Memphis, three
daughters, Mrs. H. E.Wood, Wis
Arizona; Mrs. William
Kraft, Ohio, and Mrs. llcCss.. OF
ilendora. I
Pallbearers were Carl Wilson. /,
Joe York, R. E. Roson, M. L.
Fowlkes, c. M. Blanton and w. S. |
Kicks.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09
Holmes FLA Members
Celebrate National
FLA Week Feb. 1875

Holmes county FLA members
Will join more than 5000 farm
boys in celebrating National Fu-
lure Farmers of America week.
February 1925, according to Gil
bert Bradley, president of the
group.
Special activities planned for
commemorating the occasion in
clude radio programs, banquets,
displays, and open house pro
grams. o. A. Cleveland believes
that through these activities FLA
members will develop greater in
terest in scientific agriculture and
good rural citizenship.
1T is satisfying thing to note"
said Mr.. Cleveland, that more
than 5000 farm boys in Mississip-
pi are studying vocational agri-
culture in the public high schools
to fit themselves to become good
farmers and to be more able to
solve the perplexing problems of
agriculture"
Gilbert Bradley states that the
F. F. A. as a national organization
is now in its twenty second year.
State associations are active in
every state and in Hawaii and
Puerto Rico. Future Farmers
were first organized in Mississip-
| pi in 1888, he said. The Lexing-
ton chapter was organized in l947
with John Lipsey as president
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09

about thirteen cents worth of the
solution.
Experiments by the U. S. Forest
service at Saucier, show that Sou
thern pine posts treated with pen
ia were still in good condition
after being in the ground eleven
years while untreated posts of the
same kind lasted only three years.
Among Holmes county farmers
who have treated posts by this
method are J. E. Chisolm, D. c.
Lundy and John M. Kimbrough,
Jr. will be glad to explain this
method in more detail to any
farmers interested in producing
their own treated fence posts.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09
Supervisors Consider
Fire Protection

The board of supervisors of
Holmes county met Monday, Feb
ruary 6, in the court house to con-
slider the establishing of a fire
control program in the county.
Under the present system of
county fire protection the land
owners will be taxed &c per acre
for unbelievable land. State and
government funds available for
such protection, plus substan-
tial increase due to the fact that
headwater control work is already
under way in Holmes county, will
provide a total budget for the
county of approximately 12c per
acre of uncultivable land.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09
Hue Takes State Frost
S-&; AIva Boys
Trim Durant 4O-25
BY r. w. ALMOND

Inc Holmes quint made il two
straight over the Mississippi state
freshmen on their home court Fri.
uay night. State took a 20 lead
and Holmes tied the score at "a
ana al this point took the lead to
stay IN front to finish 58-48. The
locals led at halftime 1928.
James Free, Holmes ace for
ward, led both teams with %
points. James Duke followed with
IA from the other forward posi-
ton. Elmo Branch led the State
frosh with Is points and PLAYED
the ball well from the back
boards. William Brockway of
Holmes and H. Robbins PLAYED
good defensive ball for Holmes
and State frosh.
MONIES was victorious Thurs.
nay night at Tchula over the Uni
vesity frosh, winning 1885 in a
benefit game. All funds from the
series went to the March of Dimes
fund. The Holmes girls won over
the Flying Fish six from Jackson
on the same card.
State freshmen (48) - Branch
10 and Clark IA, forwards; Far
rish, center; Robbins 8, and Ak
en- 4, guards. Subs - Blomely 2
ana Eaton l, guards; and Duplain
|, center.
Holmes (58) --s Free % and
Duke IA, forwards; Guthrie 8.
center; Hoffman 6 and Allen 4,
guards. Subs - Brockway, 4,
guard; Wall, center, and Nor
wood guard.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09

four trainedtoices, has n en-
cellent repution among mug
lovers all ovethe state. All the
members of e choir are conse-
Grated Chrisans whose talents
are dedicatedand consecrated to
the purpose oenriching the lives
of those who ear them sing. You
will thrill at ne Interpretation of
the message you listen to this
choir.
Soloists for.his concert will be
Miss Meta Sc Caudill and Miss
Martha Maxwell, Memphis; Miss
Geneva Davis Jackson; Mr.. Ern-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09
Noel Len Lee Buried
Monday,F February 6

Funeral serices for Noel Leon
Lee, age twese, of Cruger, who
died Saturda, February 4, at
Community bspital, Lexington,
were held Moiday, February 6, at
200 pm. at Rthel church, Leake
county, with he Rev. J. c. Wei
born officiating. Burial was in
Bethel cemetGy.f
Noel Leonhid been in ill health
for two years. and death was at
tributed to rheumatic fever.
Survivors are his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. w. {. Lee, Cruger, five
brothers and Jour sisters.
Lee and Craney Funeral home
had charge of arrangements.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09

The Chorale choir of Mississipni
roliege will be presented in a con-
cert OF sacred music at the First
Baptist church in Durant on Sun
dayday night, February12, at 7:3O
pm. The choir will be under the
direction of Professor Ellis Niece
Elsey, director of the Department
OF Music at Mississippi college.
Professor Elsey, who has repu-
tatlop as being one of the best
directors in this part of the coun-
try viii be assisted by Mrs. Grace
M. Elsey, dean of women at Mis-
sissippi college, at the piano.
This choir, composed of forty
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09

est Boiling and Mr.. Frank Stovall,
iii, of Clinton.
Quoting from a recent news
article from a local paper, re-
porter had this to say about the
singing of the Chorale Choir: 81
had not known what a musical
thrill was until l heard the choir
sing Shelley's "The King OF
Love My Shepherd Is" Although
not a brilliant number, the spiri,
of the word and music and the
simplicity of the composition car
ries home to the hearts of every
listener in the audience"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09
Conservation Service
Urges Completion OF
Land Inventory

Completion of detailed SURVEYS
to determine the capability and
conservation needs of the nations
farms at the earliest possible date
was urged today by Chief H. H.
Bennett in the 1919 fiscaI-year re-
port of the Soil Conservation SER
vice.
His report to Secretary of Agri-
culture Charles F. Brannan point
ed out that this information must
be provided before an ADEQUATE
conservation farming program can
be planned or executed for any
farm.
Although nearly 100000, 900
acres already have been surveyed,
the conservation head reported,
requests from farmers soil con-
servation districts for farm plan
ming assistance has SO taxed the
service that the soil conservation
inventory work recently has not
been able to move ahead as rap
idly as it should. He noted that
the country may not need as large
production of certain crops for
several years as the unprecedent-
ed production it had to have dur
ing World War II and immediate
postwar years,
Our soil conservation surveys
have shown" the report explain
ed, that we are now cultivating
many millions of acres that
should go out of cultivation into
permanent pasture or into quick
growing trees. This is important
to the individual farmer, because
it means efficiency in production
and, in the long run, will mean a
more stable income"
Chief Bennett also pointed to
other means for speeding the soil
and water conservation program,
such as further development of
conservation credit facilities.
The solid results obtained
from investments in conservation
farming, in terms of increased in
come, prove that such investments
usually pay for themselves and
thus provide a basis for sound
extension of credit to finance
Them" the report said.
Other needs mentioned includ-
ed more scientific research on
some special conservation prob
lens, intensifying conservation
education through all available
agencies and institutions, and en-
couraging and Strengthening soil
observation districts, which al
ready include more than three
fourths of the country's farms.
One Of the most important fac
tors DR.. Bennett emphasized as
aiding in speeding soil conserva-
ton work during the year was
the more extensive use of neigh
Dor groups in planning and APP
plying conservation.
These groups are generally
ideal for planning and carrying
out soil conservation work." he
said. '"They have demonstrated
innumerable times that they work
together effectively and take joint
action in the furtherance of soil
and water conservation"
DIR. Bennett reported "a con-
siderable spread of practices" to
adjoining farms, not included in
the reports figures.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09

Miss Edith Rhyme of Grenada
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
R. w. Rhyme over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Deck johnson left
Wednesday for New Orleans
to attend the Pan-Am convention
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09
Potients At The Hospitol

Mrs. r. L. Elliott and baby girl,
BlackhaWk
Miss Margaret Brumby, Goodman
Mrs. Sammie Robertson, Black
hawk.
Mrs. p. A. Thweatt, Goodman
Mrs. Foster Fowler, Durant
Mrs. w. H. Irby, Durant
Leslie Smith, Tchula
Colored
Johnny Mae Hodges, Lexington
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09
Cotton Ginning Report
Of Holmes County

Census report shows that "a, 1877
bales of cotton were ginned in
Holmes county from the crop of
l949 prior to January 16, 1850, as
compared with SLIP bales for
the crop of 1913.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09

turned home from Chicago Satur-
day. Mr.. Stokes went up for a
checkup. Friends will be glad
to know that he is much improv-
ed.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09

Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Streetman
spent Sunday in Greenwood visit
ing relatives.
Mrs. Walter Odom and Miss
Ruth Howard were Jackson Wis
itors Saturday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-02-09

Neal Rhyme of Jackson was a
weekend visitor with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Rhyme.
Miss Gertrude McCune of Jack
son spent the weekend with her
mother, Mrs. w. A. McCune.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1950-10-05
Labor Supply

A survey of major factory CEN
ters indicates that there are vir-
tually no reserves of skilled la
Dor, even though the present vol
ume of production; for the armed
services is, still very small. La.
Dor PIRACY" is beginning to be
noted as manufacturers try to
win workers from other COM
panies by offering higher wages
or other benefits. Employers,
labor unions and Government
agencies are all giving serious
thought to ways of insuring a de-
pendable flow of workers into es-
sential industries. The nation
now is said to be within 5,O00,-
600 of it's maximum potential of
66,200,000 workers.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1950-10-05

Jr., Worth Avenue; and Francis
U. Sullivan, Jr. Boston Street, Sill
yer Spring.
GAITHERSBURG YOUTH Sc
LECTS INFANTRY Training. .
John G. Jackson, former Junior at
LHS,choose the blue banners of
the Infantry this week and is now
being processed at Ft. George G..
Meade. Also reporting to Meade
during the week was Lafayette
Martin, son of Mrs, Florence Mar
shall of Spencerville. Martin, a
junior at Lincoln High, enlisted
for three years with the Army
Engineers.
ROCKVILLE, SERGEANT re-
enlists for six years. Sergeant
James Miller, son of Mrs. Nellie
Miller of POI Reading Terrace,
Rockville, was promoted to Ser
geant last month and reenlisted at
Camp Gordon, Georgia for six
years. Jim, radio radar instruc-
tor at the Signal School there, flew
a piper home over the weekend
but had to ground the plane at
Richmond due to bad weather. An
ardent airman at heart, Jim re-
ceived his private pilot license at
Augusta while attending training
undcv the GI Bill. The Sergeant
and his wife, former Goidie Dob
bins, of Rockville, together with
their two children, reside at 14O
West Hancock Drive, Augusta,
Georgia. if
ON BORDER PATROL in Aus
tria. /. Johnny Carter, SON of
Mr. Thomas C. Carter of Rockville
is: on occupational border patrol
duty somewhere. in Austria. "A
former member of the Et. Knox
varsity baseball league, he enlisted
at Rockville in August OF. .'49.
FLYING TO HAWAII. Pfc.
Wilfred Poole, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
lessee Poole of Damascus, now;
stationed at Boiling Field, is re-
ported to have flown to Hawaii last
week on a special three-month as.
signment. Three other brothers
are also serving with the Air
Force. Thurston, a corporal sta
TONED at Boiling, is an airplane
engine mechanic. Harvey, a vet
eran Of IL years, is on duty at
Andrews Field as a fight engineer,
while Grabill, parachute rigger,
is stationed at the Wright-patter-
son Field in Cleveland.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1950-10-05

Sgt. BT0t0n tive duty with
the &SRegulars. Corporal Carter en-
listed. at Rockville in 1946 and
served with the 9Th Division in
Korea for Is months. He is now
on military leave from the tele.
phone company. Another local re-
servist to leave this week for
Camp Campbell was Pfc. Jack
LyttUn, son of Mrs. C. B. Lytton
of StoDestreet. Avenue, Rockville.
Jack, separated from active serv-
: Ice in March of this year, was on
-eccupati0nal duty in Japan for two
wears. William E. Fresch, son of
Nh. land Mrs. Erwin Freseh of
sRoute- l., Rockville, was recalled to
duty for 2l months and will report
to Ft, Eustis, Virginia ON the 7th
of October. On the same recall
order were three other veterans
from the Rockville area. They
were Blair Ballanger Of Westmore,
Joe Taylor of Honnors Lane,
johnny Mercer, Route /, and Sam
2 ukf >. Auxier of Route 4, Rockville.
: 8 COLLEGE STUDENTS EN-
: LISF.s.k- This weeks enIstments
at the Recruiting office in Rock
vile, included a sophomore at
: Maryland University; a graduate
.. of Montgomery Junior College; and
"a junier at George Washington.
John NJ: Warner Of 1882 Piney
Branch Road, Takoma Park, a
former Maryland U sophomore,
volunteered Monday for the u. s.
Air. Force and left the same day
for San Antonio, Texas. Richard
Parkinson, 6313 Oakridge Avenue,
0heyv Chase, former C. w. ".
.'1nhi6r. choose the Airborne Infah-
stsy- Wednesday morning and re-
ported TO Fl, Meade for processing,
iSwDrnsinr as an, Aviation Cadet
:pAdRy was John r. Calhoun, son
~ Mr. and Mrs. John s. Calhoun
~ Edganhoor, Bethesda. A, grad
glate Of MIC, Cadet Calhoun left
last Tuesday for Conley Air Force
Base, Waco, Texas, where he'll
Eo9lnence pilot training He is a
4prbsF'gHduate Of BCC, class Of
.Sampel IF. ,Madert, Jr.. Of S6l5
Gnrheld Street, Bethesda, and
George +. Tillman, Jr., of Old
Georgetown Road, are now in their
ihrsty week of training at San An
teaio. Graduates of Bethesda Chevy
Ghasr High School, they, both
signed. up last Friday for The Air
Force. q Another Bethesda lad
to join the Air Force was William
l.. Hawkins, former Marine Reser-
visit, of 1912 Overbrook Road.
Is; FORMER BLAIR GRAD Enters
Air Force. Harold A. Fravel.
Jr., of Silver Spring, volunteered
this fweek for a four-year enlist
ment Others from the. Silver
Spring area to enlist during the
past ten days were: Vincent l..
Freeman, West Branch Drive, Rob-
erts Henderson, Third Avenue;
Coprui f. Shakley, Queen Arms
Drive; George l.. Ronk, Chicago
A~sWae; Robert M. Brooks, Luz
zerne Avenue; George W. Dove,
sffsss. 60 v