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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-05-17
Holmes County
Men In Service
Is Promoted

Is Promoted
FORT JACKSON, S. c.
Daniel Preston Plunkett, of Rt.
l, Box ZIG, Tchula, has recently
been promoted to the rank of
corporal it has been announced
here.
Plunkett, who is with Battery
B, Hath Field Artillery battalion
entered the Federal service
through the National Guard when
it was activated in January OF
this year
In civilian life Corporal Plum.
kett worked as a service station
attendant for Smith-Buck Serv
ice.
He is the son of Earl and Edible
Plunkett of Tchula.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-05-17
Promoted To Corporal

Promoted To Corporal
FORT JACKSON, S. C.-Luther
J.J. Stay. of Cruger, now station
ed here with the 31st Dixie divi-
sion, has been promoted to the
rank of corporal. He is mem
Der of Battery B, Hath Field Ar
tiliery battalion.
Before entering active service
with the 3lst, Stay was employ
ed as parts manager of the Moss
Motor company in Tchula.
His wife. Mrs. Elizabeth Stay,
is living in Columbia, S. c. at
present.
The Corporal mas sister, Mrs
Roy Self who lives in Lexington
He attended the Tchula High
school.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-05-17
Elaine ENord

Elaine Granddaughter Of Mr
and Mrs. J. E. Ellard. Member
basketball team 1948-Member OF
Glee Club, l948-49-50-5l-Sec-
rotary of Glee Club l95O-5l-
Member of Y-Teen Club, 1948-49-
5O-rl-Project chairman of Y
Teen Club, l95l--Class secre-
tary, l951-Annual Staff, 1851
Biggest Flirt, 1950-Third honor
student, Glass of 1951-Membel
Music Club, 1948-49-5O-51-Sec,
rotary Music Club, 1950-Chor.
lister of Teen Club, 1850.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-05-17
Johnny Howell

Johnny Howell-son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Howell. Manager of
football team, l947-Member OF
football team, 1948- 4950-Mem-
Der Of Glee Club, 1949-50-5l-
Member of HiY Club, 1949-Class
vice-president, 1949-Class pres
ident, 195o-Staff artist of Tiger
Talk-Member of baseball team
l94e-Most typical freshman,
l948-Best Dressed Boy 1949-50
-Friendliest boy, 1949-50-Edi-
tor of annual, 195l-Mr. D. H. S.,
1851.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-05-17
Eddie Lewis

Eddie Lewiston of Mrs. Jes-
sic Lewis. Member of football
team, 1947-48-49-50-Captain of
football team, l950-Member of
basketball: team, 1948-50-5l-
Member of baseball team, 1913
Member of track team, 1850
Member of Glee Club, l949-50-
5l-Vice-president of Glee Club,
1951-Fifth honor student, 1851.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-05-17
Virgil Mcbride

Virgil McBride--son of MIR. and
Mrs J. v. Mcbride. Member OF
football team, l947-48-49-50-
Member basketball team, 1850
5l-Member of Glee Club, 1850
5l-Member of All Club, l948-
4e-50-5l-President of Glee Club
l95l-Member of Music Club
l948-Member of Annual Staff
1851.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-05-17

Linda Lou McCullar-daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. F. v. McCullar.
Member of Glee Club. l948-49-50-
5l--Music Club, 1948-49-50-5l-
President of Music Club, 1850
Member of Y-Teen Club, 1948-
49-50-5l-Vice-President of Y
Teen Club. 1951-Cheerleader,
l947-1950-Football queen, l949
-Cutest Girl. 1850 Best Dress
ed girl. 1950-Class vics-presi-
dent. l950-Member of annual
staff, l951-Member of Tiger Talk
staff, 1950-Valedictorian, Glass
of l951-Class president, 1851
FILA, l943-Miss D. H. S., 1851.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-05-17
Promoted To Master Sergeant

Fromoteo 10 Master Sergeant
The coveted six-stripe emblem
of the Master Sergeant was re-
Gently awarded to Robert Dud-
ley Rinicker of Lexington.
Master Sergeant Rinicker is at
tached to Battery B of the Hath
Field Artillery Battalion, 31st
Infantry Division
He attended Northeast Junior
College in Monroe, La. after gra.
duating from Brandon Hig h
School in Brandon.
His wife, the former Carolyn
Ware, lives in Lexington. The
couple has one child, Kathy Ann
seven months old.
Before entering the service
Master Sergeant Rinicker wa
employed as an engineers aid
by the Mississippi State Highway
Department.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-05-17

Carol Ann Watkins-daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Watkins
Member of Glee Club, 1948-49-
50-51-Member of Music Club
l948-49-50-51- President of Mu.
sic Club. 195l-Member of Y
Teen Club, 1948-49-50-51- Vice
president of Y-Teens, 195O-Pres-
ldent of Y-Teens, Teen
conference delegate, 1949-5l-4-H
Club, 1948-FHA Club, 1919
Class Treasurer, 1950-Annual
Staff, l951-Office Secretary
1950-51 - Homecoming queen
1950-Salutatorian, Glass of 1851
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-05-17
Shirley Durham

Shirley Durham-daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Durham.
Member of Glee Club, l948-49-5O-
5l-Member of Y-Teen Club
MISUNDERSTANDING Y Teen
Club, l951--Best Girl Athlete,
l949-50-5l--Member of basket
ball team, 1948- 49-50-5l-Most
valuable girl basketball player,
l949-Member of Track team,
l949- 5O-Cheerleader, l950-Class
treasurer, 1948-49.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-05-17
GoyIio Stonestreet

Gaylia Observation-Disclosures
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. c.. Stonestreet.
Member of basketball team, 1880
5l-Member of Glee Club, l948-
49-50-51 - Member of Music
Club, l948-49-Member of Y-Teen
Club, l948-49-50-51 Social
chairman Y-Teens Club, 1851
Glass secretary, 1949-Cheer-
leader, 1919.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-05-17
Senior
Skeche4
Josephine Borronco

Josephine Observation-Disclosures
of MIR. ard Mrs. D. M. Barranco.
Member of basketball team 1948-
49-50-51, most valuable player
1850, Captain of team 1850, MEM
Der of glee club 1948, 40, so, ST.
Maid to football queen, 1947--
Cheerleader, 1948-Best Dressed
Girl, l949-Most Stylish Girl,
. l95O--Member of Y-Teens Club
l948-49-5O-51-Tmasurer of Y
Teens, l95l-Treasurer of Senior
Class 1851.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-05-17
Serves Aboard DE

serves Aboard DE
Jessie H. Alexander, seaman,
USN, son of Mr.. and Mrs. James
E. Alexander of Route 3, West
and husband of Mrs. Lillian Jane
Alexander of 1910 North Willow
Ave-, Phoenix. Ariz.. is serving
aboard the destroyer USS Gre.
CORY, which he helped to re.
commission recently at the U. S
Naval Station, San Diego, Calf
A unit of the Pacific Reserve
Fleet since her de-commissionine
in 1916, the Gregory will rejoir
the active fleet after an overhaul
at a west coast shipyard, and &
refresher training period for hel
crew.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-05-17
Charles Campbell

Charles Campbell-son of Mr.
and Mrs. w. H. Campbell. Mem
Der of Glee Club, l94950-5l,
Member of Hi-Y Club, 1919
Glass President 1919 Jolliest
Junior, 1950-Wittiest Boy, 1850
Asst Editor of Annual, 1851
Fourth honor student, 1851.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-05-17
Visits Sullivans

1t. and Mrs. Hayes T. Parish
visited Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Sui
Ivan en- route from Fort Sill, Ok
lahoma where he has been at
tending Field Artillery school, to
Fort Jackson, South Carolina. An
informal Coke party was held
Tuesday afternoon in the Sulli-
van home honoring Mrs. Parish.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-05-17
Jackson Visitors.

Jackson Visitors.
Mr. and Mrs. w. l.. Abernethy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Motlow. and Misa
Ella Crabfree were Jackson Wis.,
itors Monday. -
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-05-17
Bennetts Visit.

BENEFITS Visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Bennett
and family of Bonneville, after
spending Mothers day in Can
ton with Mr.. aand Mrs. Bennett,
came by to see Mr.. Horace Weir
who returned home with them
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-05-17

Stationed AT Keesler
Pfc. Lester Lyon, Tchula, is
now stationed at Keesler Field,
! Biloxi.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1951-06-14
Puzzle

How can a girl scream at the
sight of a mouse, yet silently get
into a car with a wolf? - Olathe
Air Scoop.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1951-06-14
Officers For Youth
Commission Elected;
VIM. Roger, Chairman

AT the June 4th meeting of the
Youth Commission, the following
officers were elected for the com
ing year: chairman, William F.
Roger, Director of Montgomery
County Welfare Board; vice chair
man, DR.. Audrey Mcdonald, as
istant Health Officer, Montgomery
County Health Department; secre-
tary, Miss Marguerite Stone,
Montgomery County Board of
Education.
The delegates who attended the
Sixth National Conference on
Citizenship held in the Statler
Hotel, May 16 to 20, reported they
received valuable information and
stimulation from the discussions.
Delegates who attend were Policy
Bullard, Richard Nevius, Fred DaI-
lam and Marguerite Stone.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1951-06-14
Saints And Sinners Square
Dance Group Is A Busy One

I The SAINTS AND SINNERS
! Square Dance group have found
themselves very busy during the
past few weeks. On May Is, they
gave a show at Forest Glen Army
Hospital exhibiting eastern and
western dancing and old and new
couple dances. On May 18, they
\ represented the folk dancing Of the
United States in the FESTIVAL of
Nations" held at the Palisades in
Washington
Then on May 20, they were the
guestssof, the Delaware Valley Cal
lers Association in Audubon Park,
New Jersey, where the dancing
started at three o'clock in the af-
ternoon and continued until 10:30
that night.
They joined the. show on the
"Grand Ole Oprey" cruise held on
the SIS. Mt. Vernon on May 80;
and again found themselves part
of the "Town and Country Time"
Television Show on Tuesday,
June 5. ~
Their heaviest weekend however
Montgomery County sentinel., 1951-06-14
Damascus High School Press
Club News Notes
Sermon To Graduates

The Sermon to the Graduates of
Damascus High School will be
given by Rev. +. f. Coleman,
Chaplain Veterans Administration,
on Sunday, June II, at 500 PM.
Graduation
Graduation Exercises for Dam
ascus High School will be held
in the School Auditorium on Tues
day, June 10, at S:15 PM. The
address to the graduates will be
given by Rev. Leonard B. Smith of
Baltimore, Maryland. Diplomas
will be presented by Mr.. II. Stanley
Stine, Member of Montgomery
County Board of Education. A
wards and prizes will be announced
by Mr.. Emerson p. Slacum, Prin-
cipal, Damascus High School.
Movie, Brigham Young"
The last movie of a series of
eight was shown at DIS. last
week. The movie, Brigham
Young" was about the adventures
of the Mormons as they moved to
Salt Lake City. In the supporting
ROLES We're Mary Astor and Enrol
Flynn.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1951-06-14
Twelve Girls Invested
AS Members OF Senior
Girl Scout Troop 306

Rockville now has a Senior Girl
Scout Troop. At a brief formal
ceremony on Wednesday, May 2,
held at the home of the President,
Miss Barbara Kraft, twelve girls
were invested as members of
Senior Troop 306. The emphasis
of the troop is greater service to
the community. After the cerc-
mony, a social hour was enjoyed.
The members Of this troop are:
Barbara Kraft, Anne Kendall,
Jane Culp, Shirley Boslcy, Kay
Purdum, Mary Ann Harlow, Nancy
Smith, Wilma Robertson, Rose Dar-
cey, Georgianna Jennings, Anita
Waters and Mildred Fraley. Mae
Fraley continues as Troop Leader
Five members of the troop spent
the weekend Of May II thru I3 at
Camp Let's in Anne Arundel
County. This was an cncampmcnt
Of 100 Senior Girl Scouts from the
Washington area. In spite Of the
chilly weather, soft ball and swim
ming were enjoyed.
On Friday night, June I, the
troop and their guests enjoyed
real country hay ride, complete
with farm wagon and tractor, and
ending with weiner roast.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1951-06-14
Miss Havens Is
Wed On June 18th
To John LigOn

Miss Martha Havens, of Birm-
ingham, Ala. and Bethesda, became
the bride on Tuesday, June %, of
John Ligon, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
P. G. Lyon of Brinklow. The
bride is the daughter Of Mrs. l.. c..
Havens Of Birmingham and the
late Dr.. Havens. The wedding,
performed by the Rev. j. Hillman
Hollister, took place in Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church, at
pm.
The bride, given in marriage by
her brother, Allen X. Havens, wore
long-sleeved gown of white or
CANDY, with heavily embroidered
hemline, and hngertip veil of illu-
sion. She carried an old fashioned
bouquet of white carnations, lily
of the valley and white orchid. Her
matron of honor was Mrs. William
A. Driscoll of Mt. Rainier. Other
attendants for the bride were Mrs.
Robert G. johnson, Sandy Spring,
and Miss Teddy Kingston, of Ken
sington.
Daniel Lyon of Sandy Spring
was best man. Ushers were
William A. Driscoll. Mt. Rainier;
DR.. Charles Lyon, Sandy Spring,
and Pvt. Charles Farquhar, Ash
ton.
Following a reception at Be
thesda Country Club the couple
left for southern wedding trip.
The bride wore light brown linen
suit, with green accessories and a
white orchid. Upon their return
they will make their home in Ar
lington, Va.
The bride attended the Univer-
sity of Alabama and Montgomery
Junior College. Mr.. Ligon, who is
the grandson of William Daniel
Lyon, Nelson County, Va, and
Charles Robinson Hartshorne, of
this county, is a graduate of Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1951-06-14

Mrs. Glenn arthur Little, Jr.
Miss Joyce Williams Mullinix,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Winstead Mullinix, Maple Heights
Farm, Mt. Airy, was married on
June 9 to Glenn Arthur Little, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Little of SO
Broadway, Bel Air. The marriage
took place at 6 pm. in Damascus
Methodist Church, and was per-
formed by the Rev. A. Odell Osteen.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride wore a gown of white en-
broidered organdy with fingertip
veil of illusion. She carried a
prayer book and a white orchid.
The brides sister, Mrs. s. Bar
rineau Morris of Durham, NC,
was her only attendant. She wore
white organdy over blue, and car
ried an old fashioned bouquet.
Best man was Paul MacFarland,
Jr., of Hagerstown. William w.
Stump, Richard F. Mitchell and
Harold W. Mullinix, Jr., were
ushers.
Following a reception at the
home of the bride, the couple left
for a northern honeymoon. The
bride wore a white suit with navy
blue accessories. They will make
their home at 1925 Guilford
Avenue, Baltimore IS, Nd.
Mr.. Little, who attended Bel Air
High School and West Nottingham
Academy, is now student at the
University of Maryland School of
Dentistry. His bride is a graduate
of Richard Montgomery High
School and of Union Memorial Hos
pital School of Nursing, Baltimore.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1951-06-14
Junior Senior Prom

The Junior-Senior Prom was
held last week amid the setting of
the "Stork Club. Music for the
dancing was provided by the Alas
kians. The girls in their beautiful
evening dresses and the boys in
their summer tuXedos all added
to the frivolity and gayety of the
evening.
Damascus p. T. A.
Elects New Officers
At the last meeting of the
Damascus P.T.A. on Monday,
June 4, new officers for the
year 1851 50 were installed
by Mr.. David L. Weed, President
of Montgomery County Council of
P.T.A.'s.
Officers for the school year of
195l-52 are: President, Everett S.
Jones; First vice-president, Mrs.
Herberst s. Hyatt; Second vice
President, Mrs. Raymond Harding;
Secretary, Mrs. Justin Swain;
Treasurer, Mrs. Luther Burke;
Parliamentarian, Mark G. That
cher; Historian, Weldon G. Daw-
son.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1951-06-14
John L. Jewell Is
Recent Graduate OF
Naval Training Center

John L. Jewell, airman, USN,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar G..
Jewell Of Damascus, recently was
graduated from the Aviation
Structural Mechanic School, at the
U. S. Naval Air Technical Train
ing Center, Memphis, Tenn. Young
Jewell entered the Naval service
July II, 1850, and received his re-
cruit training at the U. S. Naval
Training Center, Great Lakes, III.
Before entering the Navy he
was graduated from Damascus
High School.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1951-06-14

began June 2, when the whole
group attended the Callers jam
boree in Baltimore City. After the
dance they motored on to Allen
town, Pa, to participate in the
Happy Square Dance Callers jam
borsee, which began at twelve noon
in the beautiful Dorney Park.
Here they danced to thirty-seven
popular callers and music furnished
by two orchestras.
However, the Saints and Sin
ners. can always be found at their
favorite dances, in the Rockville
High School Cafeteria, every
Thursday night at 7;30. Anyone
interested may join them.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1951-06-14
Well Bite: Why?

Why is it that, although as far
back as anybody can remember,
farmers always have been losing
money, yet it is rare that farmer
is seen in bankruptcy court or in
the poorhouse? - Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1951-06-14
No Law

OF course, the other fellow has
a perfect right to differ from you
on the Truman Macarthur con-
troversy. There is no law against
a person being a fool. ~ Bristol
Herald Courier.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1951-06-14
ADVANTAGE

There's an advantage to getting
a new lawnmower once in a while
- the small fry usually want to
try it out and before the interest
wears off at least half the lawn is
done. -- Christian ScicHcc Monitor
Montgomery County sentinel., 1951-06-14
High Schools In County To
Graduate 025 June 18, 10

Nenefal-We eldon Paul Kennedy,
V. Reginald Kephart, Jr., Rodney
Rathbone McCathran, Jr., Ernest
Dale Meadows, Lawrence Carlton
Mills, Stanley Delano Mullineaux,
Robert Eugene Ray, Kimmie Wal
ker, Daryl L. Wigle, Alice Cert
rude Baker, Anne Fleming Brooks,
Rena Pearl Dean, Paula Fay Null
lican, Elsie Mae Rau, Patricia Rae
Smith.
Commercial-Beverly Jean Buis,
Marjorie May Burdette, Thelma
Mae Galloway, Sue Ann Cornwell,
Helen Virginia Crown, Nancy
Barber Demory, Mary Jane Eader,
Greta Mae Frank, Florence Ailene
Groshon, Mildred Louise McBain,
Barbara Mae Mills, Helen Frances
Perry, Joan Elaine Plummer, Win
ona Mae Ruby, Esther Lorraine
Shipley, Shirley Lee Watkins.
Vocational - Wilmer Franklin
Matthias, Albert R. Owens, William
Russell Strosnider, Jr.
High School Certificate-Rich-
ard Kemp Smith, Marilyn Yvonne
Windsor.
Damascus
Academic-Elizabeth GAY Har-
ding, Patricia Ann King, Pearl
Avondale King, Mary Ann Ward,
General-Ellis Franklin Cline,
Clifford j. Davis, Jr., Forrest Will
cox MacNab, Maurice Leroy Will
liams, Mary Ann Bell, Evelyn May
Day, Rachel Estelle Green, Mary
Emma Johnson, Betty Jean Null
link, Peggy Mae Metz, Agnes
Louise Watkins.
Commercial - Dorothy Marie
'Beall, Velma May Brown, Barbara
Ann Burdette, Mary Ann Clayton,
Ruby Mae Pearce, Fairy June
Poole, Barbara Catherine Rhine
hart, Margaret Ann Scheib.
d Vocational-Charles Calvin Bau-
CHER, Arthur Kenneth Beall, Sam
uel Upton Gladhill.
Lincoln High School
Academic - Howard Thomas
Claggett, Jr., Herbert Hawkins,
Sterling Clifton Holland, Clarence
Henry Johnson, Cora Rebecca
Cooke, Mollie Matthew Crawford,
Gloria Flores Davis, Margaret
Laverne Foreman, Barbara Joan
Hill, Edith Louise Jackson, Mar
garet Elizabeth johnson, Margaret
Marie King, Mollie Roberta Lam
bert, Mildred Elizabeth Onley,
Katie Janet Ricketts,, Ruby Ann
Slaughter, Lillian Mae Smallwood,
DeLOis Rosa Thomas, Gladys Is
abelle Thomas.
General - George Worthington
Awkard, Howard Wallace Coleman,
Raymond Alfred Thomas, julius
Eugene Greene, Charles Sylvester
Harper, Joseph Bernard Mckinney,
Jr., John Willis Ellis, Kenneth
Cyril Parrott, Jr., Paul William
Thompson, Carroll Maurice Wash
ington, Lorenzo Ellsworth Waters,
Ulysses Grant Zeigler, Alice Re-
becca Bishop, Martha Allene
Brown, Doris Gaynell Claggett,
Ann Virginia Lee, Phyllis Eliza
beth Love, Lois Jean Prather,
Elizabeth Adelaide Richards.
Commercial-Frieda Mae Fraz-
ier, Betty Lou Virginia Mcdonald,
Burnetta Elizabeth Mcdonald,
Betty Eleanor McKelvin, Carrie
Catherine Riggs, Peggy Ann Simp-
son, Thelma Louise Thomas, Eve
lyn Louise Thompson, Geraldine
Viola Waters.
Vocational - Donald Clinton
Champion, Daniel Willard Genies,
Melvin Ulysses Hallman, Paul
Alma Allen, Lorraine
Rebecca Bell, Elaine Virginia
Copeland, Eleanor Elizabeth Kelly,
Leo Helms, Rhudell Curtis Nc
Abee, Robert Dennis Thomas, Ro-
bert Eugene Wise, Bernice Savan-
nah Lyles, Bertha Mae Marbley,
Annie Marie Palmer.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1951-06-14
We Wonder

High heels were invented by
girl who once was kissed on the
forehead - Coast GHord Magdziae.
Evening star., 1951-12-21
Mrs. Ira R. 7. Smith,
u. 5. EmpIoYe 80 Years

Mrs. Ira r. T. Smith, wife ot
the former chief of mails at the
White House and a Government
employe herself for 80 years. died
Wednesday in Santa Barbara
Calf.
Mrs. Smith first joined the Gov
ernment in 1917 in the War Risks
Bureau Of the Treasury. When
she and her husband retired In
1948, she was a placement as
sistant with the Veterans Admin
istration personnel service.
Active in muisc circles here, she
was teacher of voice and a con-
cert and church soloist.
Her husband worked at the
White House for 81 years and
opened and delivered the mail OF
nine Presidents from Mckinley
through Truman.
The Smiths lived at 2424 North
Sixteenth street. Arlington, prior
to their retirement.
In addition to her husband, Mrs
Smith Is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Noel Terryl of Santa Bar
bara, and one grandchild.
Funeral services were to be held
today in Santa Barbara.
Evening star., 1951-12-21
Mrs. Maude Allan HaTis;.
|Ex-Aide 70 Postal Official

Mrs. Maude Allan Harris, who
had been the first secretary to the
director of the Service. Relations
Division of the Post Once De.
lpartment, died yesterday in Sulli-
Ivan, Ind.
Mrs. Harris, who was born ir
Sullivan, came here in 1917 te
work for the Veterans Admins.
Itration, but later transferred tt
the Post Office Department.
When the Office Of director Ot
the Service Relations Division wa.
lset up under Postmaster Genera
Will H. Hays about 1920. Mrs
Harris was made secretary to ths
director. She retired in 1942.
A member Of the Twentieth
Century Club, the Calvary Metho.
dist Church, and a past regent
and treasurer of the Lucy Hol.
combe Chapter of the Daughter.
lof the American Revolution, Mrs
Harris lived with q daughter. Mrs
Clarence w. Kitchen. 1922 Seven.
Iteenth street NV. At the time
of her death she was visiting an.
other daughter, Mrs. Dale Bill
man. She also leaves two grand.
children.
Funeral services and burial vii
be held in Sullivan.
Evening star., 1951-12-21
Hyde Formally Enters
Congressional Race

State Senator Dewitt S. Hyde
Iof Montgomery County today
formally announced his candidacy
for the Republican nomination to
Congress from the 9th (Western
Maryland) district.
His action had been expected
as result Of his victory in q poll
among Montgomery Republican
officials to determine who they
favored for a candidate.
Also competing in the pom were
Maryland Secretary of State John
r. Reeves and r. Duncan Clark,
a former delegate to the General
Assembly and a member of the
county's Republican Central Conn
mittee.
The House Seat at stake is
held by j. Glenn Beall, Republi-
can, Of Frostburg, who is re-
it to seek the Senate
seat OF Herbert r. O'Conor, Demo-
crat. Senator o'Conor is ex-
pected to try for another term.
Other candidates for the COP
nomination from the 9Th district
are D. John Markey, of Frederick
County and State Senator David
<. Mclaughlin of Washington
County. State Senator Robert B.
kimble of Allegany County also
has been mentioned.
William Prescott Allen, pub
Usher of the weekly Bethesda
Tribune, is seeking the Demo-
cratic nomination.
Evening star., 1951-12-21

Office at Tananarive in Madagascar
in 1897. He later served in France
lat st. Etienne for 20 years. Dur
ing the early part of World War
I, he aided, the citizens of St
Etienne trace relatives and friends
who were prisoners Of war.
Mr.. Hunt became a Foreign
Service consul in 1920. He was
consul in the French colony OF
lGuadeloupe and later saw service
in the Azores. Before retiring In
December. 1882, he was consul and
secretary at Monrovia, Liberia.
He had lived here since his re-
Mr.. Hunt was a member Of st,
Mary's Episcopal Church, 73C
Twenty-third street NV. ..
Surviving is his widow, Mrs
Ida Gibbs Hunt.
Funeral services will be held a,
E2:30 pm. tomorrow in the Nc
Guire funeral home, 1920 Ninth
street NV. Burial will be liz
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery,