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Evening star., 1950-01-21

VINO is Wiling TO plC MS sense OF
fitness against that of any critic
at any time, never seemed surer of
himself. With Susan Hayward
and Dana Aandrews as the lovers,
his picture spins a tale of wild,
errant romance that misses not of
the cliches OF, its type but rather
strings them end to end in a
polished mosaic.
Spectators who look beyond the
mere bright surface cleverness of
it. no doubt do so at their own
risk insofar as Producer Goldwyn
is concerned.
X X
Wartime romance is the theme
of "My Foolish Heart" its script
the work of Julius j. and Philip
Epstein based upon a story by j.
D. Salinger. It begins, artfully.
In a postwar setting which shows
the failure of a marriage.
This marriage was doomed from
the beginning because Miss Hay
Evening star., 1950-01-21
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Evening star., 1950-01-21
Road Continues

Tobacco Road" the Jack Kirk
land adaptation of Erskine Cald-
wells novel. being presented by
the Negro Drama Group, started
its second week at the Howard
Theater last night. Powell Lind
say plays Jeeter Lester and EVELYN
Ellis plays his wife. Miss Ellis
also staged this production of the
plav
Evening star., 1950-01-21

that matter is Miss Hart, IN her
fashion.
X X X
The Monroe stage show is a
fairly conventional example OF
that sort of thing, but it is
smoothly done and moves along
with pace. The orchestra is used
principally to provide a musical
background for parade OF
song, dance and speciality turns
provided by the Moon Maids, the
Moon Men, Cece Blake, ziggy
Talent and others. And there is
a lot of Mr.. Monroe's baritone,
too, of course. including Mule
Train"
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Hayden Returns

Phil Hayden, Washington dance
director, returned here this week
to start the second session of his
Connecticut avenue studios. Since
last June he has been in Cali
fornia, where he opened Pasa-
dena branch of his Washington
school.
Betty Bigelow, who has been
with Hayden since 1886 and di-
rected the studio during his war
time absence. is conducting the
local school,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12
Mrs. Bankhead
Passes Al Goodman

Mrs. Florence Bankhead passed
away at her home in Goodman
Thursday morning, October II af-
ter an illness of five weeks. Mrs.
Bankhead was rs. She was a
member of the Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at 200 at her
home in Goodman with the Rev.
Mr.. Robbins, pastor of ire Baptist
Church and the Rev. Mr.. Curtis.
Methodist pastor, officiating. Bur
ial will take place at Hillcrest
cemetery under the direction of
Southern Funeral Home of Du-
rant.
Mrs. Bankhead is survived by
pne brother, w. J. Hollum of
Goodman; three sisters, Miss
Wayne Hollum and Mrs. Corrie
Carter of Goodman, Miss Ann
Hollum of Columbus, Ca; two
nieces, Mrs. Bryan Hamilton Of
Harpersville and Mrs. Pete Gar
rett of Benton; and one nephew,
s. j. Carter of Jackson.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12
Serial Bond Issue OF
100000 Approved
For Holmes Jr. GYM
Sole Of County Bonds
To Begin November 6

The Board of Supervisors of
Holmes county has set November
IS as the date for the issuance of
100000 serial bonds for the pur-
pose of constructing and equipp-
ing gymnasium and improving
existing buildings for the Holmes
County Agricultural High School
and Junior College at Goodman.
The resolution Of the board was
adopted after receiving 3 state
ment from the Board of Trustees
of the school that it has no suit,
able building for gymnasium and
that it is necessary that one should
be built and that some of the
school Findings be repaired at an
estimated cost of 100000. Since
the institution has no money with
which 10 do this work il. appears
necessary that bonds Of the reun-
ty be issued and sold.
The bonds will be in denoreina-
tons of $1,000 each and the in
terest will be payable semi an
nually. They will be dated No
vemher q. 1850, and will mature
in sums of $4,000 from 1852
through 1861.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12
Marines Will Accent
Men With Dependents

Young men are now being ac
eepted for enlistment in the U. S
Marine Corps regardless of then
dependency status, T-Sgt. Elwooc
w. Cooley, recruiter in charge q,
the Northern Mississippi area an.
nounced today.
Previous to this change, only
men with prior Marine Corps ser.
vice were eligible for enlistment
if they claimed dependents.
Those enlisted with no prior
Marine Corps service who have
dependents will be assigned to the
Reserve and ordered 70 active duty
in excess of 80 days.
This new change, In addition to
the new short term enlistment of.
fered by the Marine Corps and the
reduced dental and physical re.
ouirements. is expected to swell
the ranks Of accepted applicants
for this area. Sgt. Goley said.
For further information. see
your Marine representative who
will be at the post office here in
Lexington on Friday of each week
from 800 am. to 1900 noon.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12

The Churches az Durant are
sponsoring a School Of Alcohol
Education during October 18th 20
18th. Rev. W. 5. Cameron, execu-
tive secretary II the Mississippi
Church Council for Alcohol Edu-
cation will direct the study. Rev.
Cameron Is graduate % the
Yale School Of Alcohol Education
and will present the facts dlscov-
cred through scientific study of
the effects of alcohol upon the
mind and body of people. His
method is to reveal the facts and
let the listener decide for himself
as to the best method Of dealing
with alcohol as a beverage. The
lectures will be given in the Me
thodist Church beginning Sunday
evening az seven o'clock and con-
cluded Wednesday evening.
Everyone is invited. This is a
public and individual problem in
our day. Here is help offered. All
we ask Of anyone is 90 come and
see for yourself.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12
.Dodors To Register
For Draft Monday

Monday, October Is has been
set as the date for the first special
gIs'ration under which all me-
dlcai doctors, dentists, and vet
erinarians within the first and
second priorities as set out below,
VIII be required to register with
the Selective Service Board.
The first priority includes those
who participated as students in
the Army specialized training pro-
gram or similar programs admins
tered by the Navy, and those per-
sons who were deferred from SER
vice during World War II for the
purpose of studying medicine or
dentistry or allied professions. II
applies only TO those who have had
less than 90 days of active duty in
some branch of the service.
The second priority applies TO
those who have had less than 81
months of active duty in some
branch of the service.
All doctors under the above
priorities are required to register
regardless of whether or not they
have previously registered under
the Selective Service Act of, 1913
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12
Holmes j. Plans 81
Homecoming o.. IA
VIII! ,,
w." Meet ltowombo
II Canton Oct. 49, -

Homecoming at Holmes Junior
college will be celebrated on SAT-,
urday, October IA. A full after,
noon and night of activities have
neen planned for the many formss,.
students and alumni who win be-
on the campus for the weekend
The football game befwa..s
Holmes and the Jones Bobcats Viii
De the highlight of the evening
at 300 pm. A student ah,mn;
dance win follow the game .,
1000 pm. a'
mere will be a tour of the
buildings and campus in the afs
ternoon and business session ~
the alumni in the early evenin1
To Play In Cunton
The next football game on the
Bulldog schedule is with Itawam-
oa OF Fulton on the Ben Roberts
FIELD IN Canton, Thursday. Octo,
Der 10. at 500 pm. The Canton
touchdown Club is sponsoring the
tame. WV
Holmes has an united and I'M.
lefeated team so far in the race
or conference championship.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12
Justice |. A. Smith
Passes In Jackson

/ A wide circle of friends in
I Holmes county. regret 10 learn q
the death of Associate Justice L
A Smith on Tuesday. October 10
at his home in Jackson.
Justice Smith was close &c
Holmes county because as "A boy
he spent his summers south OF
Durznt on his grandfather's place
General West. who promoted and
built the railroad between Druani
and Tchula.
Justice Smith died of a heart
attack early Tuesday. after occup
wing the bench of the supreme
court all day Monday. Funeral
services were held Wednesday af.
ternoon al 800 in the Episcopal
Church at Holly Springs. At the
time Of his death, ne was serving
an eight-year term orr the su-
preme court bench.
He was second cousin of thee
late Judge Sidney Smith, Chief
Justice Of the Mississippi Su-i
preme Court for many years and
native citizen Of Holmes county. l
having been born in Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12

The drive for membership il
the Holmes County Farm Bureau
is now on.
Every farmer in the county and
everyone interested in farming in.
directly, which means all business
and professional men and women
In the county, is eligible 10 join
and should join.
There are l,O56 white farm
families in the county and only
~ are active members of the
Farm Bureau. The quota in last
years membership drive was 200
members in Holmes county and we
secured 234. The dues then were
$1,000 annually.
This years quota for Holmes
= l3S members and a goal of 500
to 900 members is sought. The
dues this year have been lowered
TO 5000.
The Farm Bureau has done a
great deal to aid the farmer and
deserves our wholehearted sup
port.
n addition Farm Bureau men,
beers are eligible to join Blue Cross
IN October and November.
Read their advertisement on
page 2.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12

The Circuit Court az Holme,
county began on the criminal doc
ket FOR the October term Wsd
nesday. Judge Arthur Jordan /.
presiding, with Miss Pearl McI.el.
Ian as the court reporter.
In the case of the State VS.. Peter
Ford, negro. the jury found the
defendant guilty as charged in the
Indictment. Ford was charged
with assault and battery on H.
x. CHM in ls45. Immediately af-
Ter the crime Ford fled 10 Buff
falo, N. Y, where he was can
tured by ex-Sheriff Murtaeh and
brought back to Lexington
Escaping from the Lexington jail.
ne went to California where he
was arrested for a crime commit
ted there. After serving his term
ne was taken by Holmes county |
officials in july and brought here |
or trial.
Jerry Gulledge. a negro, was
:harged with giving a bad check
o w. T. Hand Of West in payment
or a car. Gulledge entered a
lea OF guilty A. charged.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12

Pvt. Constantine A. Dinas, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. K. Dinas. has
completed his Az basic airmen in
doctrination course at Lakeland
Air Force Base, the gateway TO the
Air Force.
Lakeland, situated near San An
tonic. is the worlds largest air
force base, center of Air Force
basic training. for airmcn and
women, indocirinaticn station for
prior service reenhstees, and home
Of ATS Officer Candidate School.
His basic training has pre-
pared him for entrance into Air
Force technical training and for
assignment in specialized work.
The course included a scientific
evsluation of his aptitude and in
clinailon for following q particular
vocation and career.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12
Mississippi Shows
Large Increase In
Blue Cross Enrolment
"a Percent Population
Protected In U. S. A.;
40 Million By 81

Mississippi Hospital and Medical
Service reports, among all Blue
Cross Plans, one of the highest
percentage increase in enroll
ment for the second quarter, show
ing l2.1l per cent increase.
The addition of over ore mil
lion 0,l4l,307) Blue Cross men,
oers made the second quarter the
thrd largest second quarter in the
history OF the plans. Plus the ma
tional enrolment gain for the first
quarter Of 1850, 1857 ,233. second
largest of an-time, net growth for
2 comparable period, assures en-
ollmtnt of more than 10000, 900
pers<ns by the end of 1850. En-
follTnent at the end of the second
euarter represents "a per cent of
the population of the United
States and Z5 per cent Of the pop
u.ntion of the eight Canadian
provinces served by Blue Cross
During the past ten years Blue
Cross has grown at rate of more
than 100000 members a year
To-day II is stin a grass root prem
1menon. But it has become one Of
the most remarkable develop
inf.nts in American life.
To what does Blue Cross ow,
rs tremendous vitality? What be
raade II grew SO fast and q, cor
sastently9 The fact that il is m
creation OF the voluntary hospita
and that h has had the backing =
the voluntary hospital, are tw
sn-important factors behind Il
vitality and growth. Blue Cros
has also been fortunate in secur
ling the services of MANY ont.
istanding people who have service
without pay of any kind. That ha.
been another very important fac.
l However. for the real explana.
,tion we must look 10 the ft,nda-
mental factor. the dynamic factor
At is this: The people need ana
want security against the hirE
cost OF hospital and surgical care
iThey know only too well the an
'Sietles and misery that can re-
suit from the economic hazard Of
sickness and accident. Blae Cross
mas been growing So fast because
~ has been meeting this need. BE.
hind Blue Cross is this problem
an human want. in human desire
Tor security against an ever-pre.
sent hazard.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12
by ]. e. Chisholm. President
Holmes County Farm Bureau

Because working together Farm
Bureau members can increase
farm income, help shape agricul-
ture policies, work for fair taxes,
secure good rural roads. schools
and health facilities, develop SER
vices Tor members, encourage bet
ter marketing systems, raise rural
standards, obtain non-paitisan and
non-sectional legislation, support
and use the land grant system and
agricultural agencies.
From a national standpoint the
Farm Bureau has succeeded i'm
getting legislation passed thaE has
been worth millions of dollars ia
the farmers. In 1921 the National
Farm Bureau organized the first
agricultural block in Congress to
voice the farmers demands for
parity. In 1926 it squelched a
freight rate increase that would
have cost farmers fifty million
dollars year. In 1888 it won re-
duction to three AND one half per
cent in interest rate on federal
loans saving over 40 million dol
lars yearly. In 1886 it played a
major role IN passing tie Soil
Conservation and domestic allot-
ment act. In 1883 it helped pass
the Bankhead and Jones Act car
rying Farm Security Loans, Ten
ant Loans and REA loans. In
1914 it helped pass the Stegall
Act providing support prices,
loans, etc, which put billions into
the farmers pocket. In 1s48 the
American Farm Bureau was IN
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12
Direded Judgment
favors Sheriff Wynn
In $4,000 Suit
Case Tried In
Circuit Court
October Sc

Circuit Judge Arthur Jordan
directed a judgment for the do.
PENDANTS in the case of D. G.
Brooks of Jackson, VS.. Ellis =
wynn, George L. Bailey. ana
maryland Casualty Co. The case
was tried on Thursday and Fridav
october So, in Circuit Court
Mr.. Brooks brought suit against
the defendants for $4,000 for al
legged damages sustained growing
out OF the seizure of his automo-
bile in February 1949.
Sheriff Wynn received war
rant for the arrest of D. c. Brooks
from Montgomery county on Feb.
~ l949 for assault and battery
with intent to kill and also q
search warrant directing him TO
search Mr.. Brooks premises in Du-
rant for stolen goods. During the
search Mr.. Brooks automobile
Sheriff Wynn found quantity of
LIQUOR. He seized the car and the
liquor.
=. c. Brooks brought suit against
Wynn for the alleged illegal seiz-.
ure Of his automobile and the case
was tried in April, 1949. The Cir.
cult Court upheld Wynn's right
to sell the car. Mr.. Brooks appeal
ed to the Supreme Court, the de-
cision was reversed and his car
returned to him.
! He then entered suit against
Sheriff Wynn, George Bailey, and
the Maryland Casualty Co. for
$4,000 damages alleged to have
been sustained by him for the al
legged unlawful seizure Of his car
and for damages done to his GOOD
name, character, and credit. Dur
ING the progress of the trial he
abandoned The allegations with
regard to damages done his good
) name, character, and credit.
: At the conclusion of the testi'
: mony, Judge Arthur Jordan di
I rected the verdict in favor of thu
! defendants.
I Numbers Of the jury hearing tn
: cese were H. c. True w. E.sSpen
0 Ger, Malvin Smith, Wade Logan
: Henry Lundy, v. o. Ingold, Luthe
d White, Terry Smith, B. E. Pres
# lev. Nick Helms, Jr., Bailey GU
d pepper, and Perry Strickland,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12
rs Holmes Men Get
e-lnducfion Exams

! The Holmes county selective
service board reports that rs men
/ received pre-induction physical
examinations on Thursday, Octo-
Der II. Those who pass these ex-
eminations will be eligible for in
duction into the army to fill the
November quota fo- Holmes co,ln-
ty. VS.
The men are, white: Norman
Murry Mclean, Robert L. Melton,
Lewis Elwood Greene, Hubert
Thomas. Charles Franklin Black,
Amzi Paul Gregory, Joseph Eu-
gene Mcbride, Thomas Lamar
Gordon. Robert Henry Durham,
Elridge Long McCrory, Earl Al
den Wilson.
Colored: Steave Montgomery.
Cleveland Williams, Jr., Dock
Robinson, Cleotha johnson, Sher-
man Barnslater, Homer Saffold,
Cecil Johnson, Willie Taylor, Jr.,
lslah Smith. Dock Anderson,
Floyd James, Jr., Ruben Hoskin,
Robert Lee Louis, Eugene Smell
son, John Henry Guess, Willie
James Gibson, Willie James Wash
lngton, Cleophas Buchanan, Jes-
sic Seawood, Jr, Walter Lee Da-
Wis, Fred Love, Henry Burns, Jr.,
Willie E. Brown, Jr., Amos Will |
Hams, j. c. Randell, Cornelius
Redmond, Jr., Richard Banks,
Lawrthel Hayes, j. B. Reed, J.
B. Green, James Winston Polk.
Charles Anthony, Joseph Wash
lngton. Curtis Miller. Robert Da-
Wis, Walter Blanden, Will Earst
Brooks, Fred Williams, A. D
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12
Durant High Sets
Homecoming 0d. 70
Tigers To PIoy TchuIo
Queen To Be Crowned

Durant High School Homecom-
ing viii be Friday, October 90.
when the Tigers will meet the
Tchula Panthers or Bennett Field
at 300 pm. Between halves of
the game the cornation of the
Homecoming Queen will be made
by Rubber Lewis.
Candidates selected by the four
high school classes are Pat Wat
kins, Bobbye Jean Jones. Sally
Branch and Mary Edith Bullock.
From this quartette the football
boys will elect a queen, whose i'd
entity will not be revealed until
the coronation ceremony. A num-
Der Of junior maids from the pre-
school group will add to the beau
ty of the ceremony.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12
Why Should Be A Farm Bureau Member!

strumental in getting passed the
fire permanent long range farm
program. In l949 II was inStru-
mental in passing flexible price
support and rural telephone SER
vice was assured. In 1850 the Am
erican Farm Bureau fought and
defeated the Brsnnan Plan
From state standpoint the Mis-
sissippi Farm Bureau has been
helpful in securing state legisla-
ton That has benefited the farm
ers millions of dollars. In 1923
the State Farm Bureau supported
the homestead exemption. IN 1910
they secured legislation requiring
labelling Of fertilizer which pro-
tects the farmer from buying
something thai is not tbere. In
1916 the Mississippi Farm Bureau
lead the fight for the health pro-
gram resulting in hospitals. doc
turs, nurses, medical schools and
better health facilities and Blue
Cross Insurance. In 1890 the Mis-
sissippi Farm Bureau helped leAd
the fight for better rural roads,
l4-year medical school and teach
ing hospital authorized.
Any one of the above pieces OF
legislation has been worth many
dollars to every farmer In Mnsis-
sippi. These are Just few of the
things that the Farm Bureau has
been instrumental IN helping to
secure.
Every farmer bolh white and
colored s5soulo be q Farm Bureau
member in 1851. The farmers
should organize far strength -
for jus1ir1.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12
Communist Chino Is
Still Open To Christions
Reports Missionary
by Sue Boron

"People in Shanghai are thinking
! more seriously about Christianity
than they ever have before" saws
Mrs. Sidney r. Anderson, Metho-
dlst missionary to Communist-oc.
cupied China who has recently
returned with her husband for
their regular years furlough
They're thinking and STUDYING
People who used 10 come to
church just when they felt like il
now come regularly every Sunday
We have as many converts as we
have ever had"
The Communists have occupied
Shanghai for two years now. They
do allow the churches to carry on
Their work, says Mrs. Anderson.
In the Anderson's church il hes
been carried on almost without
change.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson hive
been in China for 36 years, and
for the PAST 90 years they have
been with the large Moore Memoir
ial Church in Shanghai. This is
a beautiful Gothic church. the
largest IN China, with a member
snip OF about 1000. Mr.. k,1der-
son Is now associate pastor and
mead of 'sociai service work. and
MIS-. Anderson teaches English.
Bible and music in the school for
girls which is connected with the
church. This school is for girls
over IL whD did not have the op-
portunity to complete then regular
education.
The last time that Mr.. Anderson
returned TO America was on the
Gripsholm in 1913, after having
been in "a concentration camp in
China during the war. Mrs. An
derson had come back to this
country in l941, before Pearl Har-
Dor. He returned m Is45 on an
Army ship, and she on British
freighter. The freighter struck a
mine just off Shanghai, and Mrs
Anderson arrived on "a British
destroyer. They were the first
missionaries to arrive in Shang-
hal from across the Pacific.
They found that the Chinese
pastor of their church had gotten
back the church, which had been
occupied by the Japanese and used
Tor storing ammunition. The pews
had been taken fer lumber. AL
though the church Itself was little
damaged almost all the furnish
ings were gone.
For the next 3 years, the main
Job of the Andersons was that of
rehaDilitating the church, train
ing workers, and doing relief work
for the thousands of Chinese who
were pouring back into Shanghai
in NEED of food, clothing, shelter
almost everything.
About the time. this was done
the Communists came II. For the
past two years the Christians have
been adjusting to the new situa-
ton in China.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12

Lewis. John L. Dulaney, A. B
Oav. Willie Louis Jordan, Leslie
Randle, David Sharkey, John
Henry Montgomery. Jeff D. Hud-
son. Ben Woods. Cato Sims, j.
B. Ambrose, TT. Wade, Tom Nc
Gee. John Webster Johnson, Le-
vie Washington. Curtis Brown,
James Horhn. Jr- James Delaney,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12
Cpl. Guyion Stinq|ey
Killed In Korea

Corporal Guyton stingley, son
OF Tom Stingiey. Route 3, Sails.
has been reported killed in action
N Korea. Corporal Stinglev was
IN the U. s. Army.
The report came from the De-
partment of Defense, and included
Mississippi casualties for the per-
400 OF September ~ through Sep
tenber %.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-10-12
Lexington Lions Plun
Minstrel In Duront

The Lexington Lions Club will
present q minstrel show in Du-
rant Tuesday night. October Is
sponsored by the Durant Junior
Chamber Of Commerce. The min
strel viii be given in the city au-
ditorium. c. M. Mcdaniel is in
charge of arrangements.