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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
Farm Bureau Gives
Prizes For Corn
Production In 1850
Aubrey Pierce Wins
First; All Boys
Place Second. Third

All boys and farmers produc-
ing 100 bushels or more of corn
per acre in 1850 were recently
awarded prizes by the Farm Blu
reau, sponsors of the contest. Au
bIey Pierce of Coxburg commune
ty produced the highest yield, 1870
bushels per acre, and received a
check for $1,000.
Curtis Johnson, All Club boy
of the Owens Wells community
was second with l26 bushels PEI
acre, and received a check for
$1,000. Jack Spencer, All boy o.
Coxburg, won third prize. a check
for $1,000, for growing ll3 bu
shells per acre.
Lester Edwards of Coxburg am
B. S. Beall of Lexington tied will
III bushels per acre. The follow
ing men and boys made 100 b.
shells or above per acre on T.
ptoJect: Guy Sharpe of Tchula,
Marion Rogers, West; Jerry Kill
hebrew, Goodman; Don Buchan-
an, Durant; Pete Graatham.
West; Bobby Winpigler. Cox
burg; Sherman Bailey, Licking
ton; and w. j. Waits, Goodman.
Each of them received checks
from $500 to $1,000 for. .produc-
ing 100 bushels or more of corn
per acre.
Mr.. w. H. Sullivan, county
agent. states that he is sure there
were a number OF other farmers
in the county who produced 100
bushels or more of corn per acre,
OF whom there is no record. Av-
erage corn production in Holmes
county up until 1913, he states,
was IA bushels per acre. Average
weld for the county in l949 was
rs bushels per acre and in 1850
average yield was 81 bushels per
acre. This has more than doubled
the corn yield in the past three
years. but Mr.. Sullivan pointed
out that we have rot reached the
maximum in corn production.
Every farmer in the county
should be producing from 80 to rs
bushels of corn per acre without
any trouble with heavy fertiliz-
alton and thick stand or the
ground, he says. He urges that
farmers make every effort to pro-
duce more corn ON each acre OF
land.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
PovaII Is Candidate
For Holmes Sheriff

The News is authorized to
announce the candidacy of George
Povall for sheriff of Holmes coun-
/, ty subject to the action of the
Democratic Primary election in
August, 1851.
Mr.. Povall made the following
announcement today relative to
his candidacy.
To The. Democratic
/ Voters OF Holmes County
| am candidate for Sheriff
of Holmes County. Four years
ago | made this race and got a
grand vote. To those voting for
me then and to all of those who
have offered their encouragement
and support in the past few mon
tbs, l want you to know l am
grateful. To those lpeSple voting
for other candidates in 1947, |
sincerely hope that yeu will sup
port me this gar.
| was born and reared in
Holmes county, having lived here
all my life except Tor the four
years l spent in the Army in
World War III. After my return
to Lexington | was engaged in the
hardware business and later in
printing, where ] am presently
located.
Folks, you know Holmes >coun-
ty is fine place in which to
, live - good place to come back
to - a county full of good peo-
pie - in fact, I think it's tops.
But as much as we love it, we
must admit there are some things
about it we do not like and would
like to get rid of. You and |
both agree on that; all places
permitting gambling, selling in
toxicating liquor and disturbance
of the peace and other violations
of the law. No one of these
should have a place in Holmes
county. They must 60. l give
you my solemn promise to do all
in my power and, with the aid of
good deputies, to rid Holmes
county of these elements that have
continued to creep in on us. There
is a way. If you will elect me
your sheriff, I'll do it.
In soliciting your vote for this
important office, l want Won to
know that am making this race
strictly on my own | have no
cliques or clans behind me. I
have made no promises to any,
one except the promises made in
this article. No jobs have been
promised and no favoritism will
be shown to anyone - no mat
Ter what his name nor how much
money he may have.
] want to make you one last
promise in nv appeal for your
support and vote - that is if
you will elect me your sheriff
in the Democratic Primary this
year, four years from now YOU
will not be ashamed to say you
voted for George Povall.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
Second Time In Decade BatteryB
Becomes Part OF United States Armv

1914, the 31st was sent to Camt
Patrick Henry, Va, port of EN-
barkation, and shipped ont to the
South Pacific.
In March IA they landed in
New Guinea where they fought
one campaign in northern New
Guinea. Next stop was the Ne
therland East Indies where the,
fought another campaign. Ir
January AS the division was SEN
to Mindanao in the southern Phil.
ippines, where their last cam.
paign was fought.
In August AS, with the end OF
the war, the 31st was sent honns
and deactivated. Reactivation a,
National Guard division TO
Alabama and Mississippi came i
October, 1916.
Since that time the division
has kept in training, and has
spent two weeks each summer II
field training camps. In ,947 the
division trained at Camp Shelby
in 1913 and 40 at Fort Benning
Ga, and in 1850 at Camp McClel-
Ian, Ala.
Commanding Captain of Bat
terry B in 1910 was Edwin T. Neil
son with Lester R. Thompson frs
lieutenant and Henry L. Ravens
second lieutenant.
Those in command of the bat
terry now are 1t. Sharkey j
White, commanding officer, 1t
Emmett c. Reese, executive Off
Ger, 1t. Hayes T. Parish. recon
Nuisance officer, 1t. John M
Triplett, Kosciusko, and 1t. John
L. Richie, Bonneville, assistant
executives.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
J.R. Robert) lipsey
Supervisor Candidate

The News is authorized 10
announce the candidacy of J. r
(RoberD Lipsey for the office of
supervisor of district one of
Holmes county subject to the ac-
ton of the Democratic Primary
election in August OF 1851.
Mr.. Lipsey is a native citizen of
Holmes county having been born
and reared in the Franklin com
riunity where he is now engaged
in the mercantile business. He
Us widely known in district ONE
and throughout the county where
has lived practically all his life.
He was educated in the public
schools of this county and was
graduated from Nelson's Business
College in Memphis. Since this
time he has been engaged in ac-
counting, business administration
farming and the mercantile bu-
Siness.
Mr. Lipsey in making his an
nouncement said he planned to
make an active campaign and try
TO see ali the qualified voters o
/ e beat and that he would APP
paeciate the consideration of all
citizens in this important race.
He said that he felt like his
background and business expert
ence qualified him to serve cap
ably the interests of all the citi-
zens in the district and that if he
was elected he would strive to
GIVE the most businesslike and eff
ficient administration possible.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
Rogers unsFor
Reelection Beat 7

The News is authorized to
announce the candidacy of Mar
ion S. Rogers for reelection as
supervisor of district two of
Holmes county subject 10 the ac-
ton of the Democratic primary
election in August, 1852.
In making his announcement
Mr.. Rogers made the following
statement today:
To The People OF The Second
District OF Holmes County:
In difference to inquiring
friends over the district and in
view of discussion and speculation
as to whether l shall be candi-
date to succeed myself, l hereby
give notice that l will be a candi-
date for reelection, subject to
your wishes in the Democratic
Primary election.
If the way ! have conducted
this office meets with your appro-
val shall appreciate your vote
for reelection. l assure you that
i am deeply interested in the
work and that due to my expert
cree IN office am better equip
ped to serve you in the future
than in the past.
want to thank you most kind
ly for the support you have Civ
en- me previously and hope that
l merit your continued confidence
ard support.
Sincerely yours,
Marion S. Rogers
Candidate for SUI
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
Army Recruiter Will
Be Here Wednesdays

Master Sergeant William c
Taylor, new u. S. Army and U. S.
Air Force recruiter for this area,
announces that he Will be in
Durant every Wednesday from
1000 am. to 500 pm. He may
be contacted at his office in the
city hall from 1000 am. to 1900
noon.
Anyone interested in either the
u. S. Army or U. S. Air Force is
urged to contact Sergeant Taylor
He also stated that he will be
glad to answer any questions
anyone may have concerning
either of the services.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
Doctors Register For
SeIective Service On
Monday, January IS

The Holmes County SelectiS
Service board registered phys
clans, dentists and veterinarian.
on Monday, January Is. All doc
tors, dentists and veterinarians
under the age of so, except those
who are members of the reserve,
or certain aliens, were required
to register Monday, provided they
had not already registered in Oc-
tober 1850.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
by Hazel Brannon Smith

We have all heard great ueal
during the past few weeks about
Americas obligation to the Unit
ed Nations - how we cannot at
ford to "let down" the UN or the
people of western Europe - how
we must keep our economic and
military support in order to keep
the world from being over run by
communism. All of this of course,
is being done on the premise
that we want our own system of
private enterprise and individual
freedom to prevail throughout the
world rather than to sit by and
see communism take over COM
plete economic, military and poll
teal control Of all the people of
Asia, Europe and the world.
America certainly is obligated
TO give the United Nations a fair
trial since we are the leading
member of that body - but it's
a poor rule that doesn't work both
ways. We feel that the United
Nations has an obligation to
America in return for Americas
support.
Certainly we are not getting a
fair deal from the United Ma
tons fer while some $4,000
American casualties are being
suffered in icy Korea the coun-
tries represented in the United
Nations talk and talk and talk
like old women at a sewing bee.
The world moves too fast for
such debate.
While men prattle good Ameri-
can lives are being sacrificed on
battlefields not of their own
choosing or liking.
When the highest political brass
in Washington muddies UP the
water to such an extent that our
American boys are being shot and
killed with weapons that came
from their own country then it is
time for the American people to
make themselves heard.
II the United Nations cannot
decide anything without weeks
of debate and attempted appease-
ment while its troops are being
slaughtered without a chance -
then we think it is too cumber-
some a burden to carry ON our
backs and we are in favor OF
America withdrawing now.
II the United Nations. is going
to be nothing more than a de
batting society we would be much
better off outside of it.
The American people believe in
action and if we are going to
fight war in Korea our troop
must be given enough men and
materials to wage and win the
battles. The American people
will not long stand for Americans
being slaughtered in Korea or
elsewhere while the United Ma
tons and our Congress Debates
on whether to shoot back or not,
and if so, WREN.
That's the way TINS war has
been carried m so far - and we
are losing it. Our world pres
tege, formerly so high, has dinim-
ished almost to the vanishing
point.
The war in Korea is not popular
with the American people.
Neither is the idea of our fight
ing Communist China.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
Pickens Man Finishes
At Naval School

Lit. Cmdr. Ross E. Miles, USN.
OF Plckens, recently was gradu-
ated from the U. S. Naval Gener-
al Line School, Monterey, Calf.
Formerly Naval Reserve of
flcer, he transferred to the Re
gular Navy and was sent to the
General Line School for furthel
training
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
Patients At District Two
Community Hospital

January IL
Jeff Dickerson
discharged l4)
Miss Ruth Cooper
discharged l4)
January IL
Mrs. Robert Warren
January Is
Morris Sullivan
discharged l4)
January II
Mrs. Oliver Lassiter and baby
boy
Colored Patients
January IL
Minnie Smith
discharged l3)
January IA
Roy Truss
january is
Virgil Eugene Mosley
January II
Charlie Wright
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
Organization Meeting
Planned For Beat Two
Hospital Auxiliary
Women Of Duront.
West, Goodman
Asked To Attend

A meeting for the purpose CO
organizing the Women's Hospital
Auxiliary of the District Two
Community Hospital will be hea6
on Tuesday, January % at 7.S
ON. in the city hall All inter
ested women Of West, Durant, afad
Goodman are urged to attend tfnss
meeting so that officers may he
elected and work started on the
governing constitution and by
laws.
A hospital auxiliary may be.
defined as an organized group OF
women who give their services TO
assist the hospital in ways ap-
proved by the hospital governing
board and the administrators
states Charles w. Flynn. Tina
may include volunteer services
within the hospital or any work
teing done for the hospital, in
side or outside its walls, Mr.
Flynn says. Fund raising may be
carried on for the hospital through
various approved means. 1t cam,
through its very existence, as well
as through well-organized psfssA-
lie relations program, bring great
er community interest and ufs-
derstanding to the hospital, w
states.
The development of high quail
ty hospital care has in no srnass
measure resulted from the en-
thusiasm and far-sighted leader
ship of women's auxiliaries
throughout the United States ard
Canada, Mr.. Flynn pointed out.
| The value of their work has re-
ceived national recognition by sse
American Hospital Associations
through its establishment of Er-
ternational Membership for Aux
iliaries, type five. p
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18

Jackson Shoppers
Mrs. c. H. Blanton, and Mrs
c. H. Blanton, Jr. were jackson.
visitors Monday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
In Aldermen

In Aldermen
Mr.. and Mrs. p H Winborn,
Mr.. II. B. Sargent, Mrs. Leila
Guess, and Miss Ruth Howard Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Markham How
ard in Alderman Wednesday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
In Memphis

In Memphis
Mr.. Gordon Stevens accompani-
ed his brother, Mr.. w. H. Stew
ems of Haileysville. Oklahoma to
Memphis Thursday, when he re-
turned home after visiting here.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18

Sincerely yours,
Marion S. Rogers
Candidate for SUI
pervisor, District 9
Evening star., 1951-06-10
Exposure Meters
To Be Discussed
At Camera Club

Exposure Meters and Their
Use" will be the subject Of a talk
to be presented by Lawrence F
Parachini, district manager of the
Weston Electrical Instrument
Corp, before the Old Dominion
Camera Club on Monday, June II
at 8 pm. The talk will be illus
trated with 2x2-inch slides.
George C. Pace. director of Wis.
Iual education, Extension Service
USDA, will appear before the
group as guest commentator anc
critic. Members color slides or
miscellaneous subjects of theil
choosing will be exhibited for re.
view by Mr.. Pace.
Mr.. Pace. who is a cameramar
for 10th Century Fox, has been a
free lance photographer for more
than 10 acknowledgement maya
zines. The public is invited to at
tend the meeting which will be
held in the Buckingham Com
munity game room. 313 North
Glebe road. Arlington.
Dorothy Barr, secretary. an
nounces the following as new
members to the club: Ivan F.
Bell, 1929 N. Ninth street, Airing
ton; Thomas F. Bourke. 3031
Sedgwick street NV, and D. Ryle
Mason, 5817 Chevy Chase
Parkway.
Evening star., 1951-06-10
Print-of-the-Yeur
Contest Tuesduv

The annual print-of -the-yeal
competition of the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Camera Club will
take place Tuesday evening at
o'clock at the Woodward &
Lothrop store at Wisconsin ave-
nue. and the District line.
Judging will be by Harry B
Shaw, president of the National
Photographic Society: DR.. Sidney
S. Jaffe and George Lohr. Prints
selected by the judges will be on
display in the store auditorium
Immediately after the results are
determined. The public is in
vited to view the winning pic
lures as well as a special exhibit
of pictorial photographs loaned
by the Photographic Society OF
America. The entry on the West
ern avenue side of the store will
be open for admission to the pub
lie. The best print of the show
will be entered in the annual con-
test Of The Camera Magazine for
the best print of the year.
Evening star., 1951-06-10
|Cinemotogrophers
Society Elects
New Officers

The Washington Society OF
Cinemato atographers at a meeting
held last week elected the follow
ing officers for the coming year
President. Mr.. Harrison F. Hough-
ton; first vice president, Mr.. c. r
Wheatley; second vice president
Howard B. Owens: secretary
treasurer, Mr.. Richard Parvin;
assistant secretary, Miss Hazelle
johnson; and assistant treasurer
Miss Charlotte Mari. Board of di-
|rectors: Mr.. Everett Scarf, Mr.. E
Blair Thaw. and Mr.. Theodore
|Sarchin, past president.
In their annual contest, the
Amateur Cinema League made Sc
lections for the "Ten Best" anna
|teur productions of the year, and
congratulations were extended to
Mr.. William A. Anderson and wife
Claire Louise Anderson for the Sc
lection of their production Mon
arch Butterfly Story" a 16 nm
Kodachrome, sound on film, as
one Of the finest.
The activities for this season OF
the Washington Society Of Cine
photographers closed with thei,
annual banquet held May % al
the Kennedy-Warren when tro-
|phies and prizes were awarded.
Evening star., 1951-06-10
Muckinoc's Old Name

Mackinac Island was known to
the Indians for centuries before
the advent of the white man as
Michilimackinac, which means
1.-THE Great Turtle"
Evening star., 1951-06-10
National Photo
Society Lecture
lon Wednesday

On Wednesday P. F. Lambert
past president of the Ma
tional Photographic Society viii
present a demonstration O.
the Wednesday meeting of tina
camera club. Mr.. Lambert will b.
assisted by Venita Louise, Wash.
|ington ballet dancer and model
Mr.. Lambert's lecture will
cover the following subjects: ap.
|plication Of makeup; demonstra'
tlon of simple portrait lighting
Lights will be provided for th'
occasion and members will b,
given an opportunity to take theil
own pictures of Miss Louise.
The schedule of this mono
chrome meeting also calls for 8
display of the exchange print col.
lection from the Goodyear-Akror
Photographic Society under the
direction of Ralph Miller. and the
regular members print competi.
tion. At the conclusion of the last
black and white contest, Gordon
c. Abbott, comentator of the
evening, selected prints by C. H
Severance. j. II. Smith. jr., w
Byron Hale. and r. D. Eaton al
che most successful prints OF
those entered.
Wednesdays meeting will take
place at 8:15 pm. in the audito-
rum of the Natural History build
ing Of the Smithsonian Institution,
10th street and Constitution ave-
nue..
Evening star., 1951-06-10
|Dokotus' Black Hills
And BodIonds See
Record Travel Year

STURGIS, S. Dak.-The Black
Hills and Badlands of South Da-
kota are expecting a record influx
|of about 1,725,000 tourists this
season.
Early reports from resort, hotel
and motel operators indicate res
|ervations are up between 10 and
Is per cent over last year.
In 1850. more than is million
travellers visited this vacation land.
Some of the attractions are:
Mount Rushmore, where in granite
are carved the faces of Presidents
Washington. Jefferson, Lincoln
and Theodore Roosevelt; the Days
of '76 celebration at Deadwood;
the Black Hills Roundup at Belle
Fourche, and Custer State Park,
which includes crystal clear Sylvan
Lake.
Evening star., 1951-06-10
By Alexander J. Wedderbu
Curator Of Photography
The Smithsonian Institution

/ Man was given two eyes so thai
he might see objects in three di.
mensions. A monocular individual
can only see an object in its width
and height. With two eyes the
ability to perceive thickness OF
depth is added. The ordinary
camera has only one lens or eye
and that is why a photograph is
never the equal Of a scene viewed
by human eyes.
A stereo camera, on the other
hand, is equipped with two lenses
for the same reason that man
was provided with two eyes. One
lens "sees" around one side Of
the objects in the scene while the
other lens "sees around the other
side. This is possible because Of
the positioning of the two lenses
lat approximately 212 inches apart.
When the exposure is made two
separate photographs of the same
scene are taken simultaneously
from the slightly separated posi-
tions that approximate the dis
tance between human eyes. Stereo
pairs can also be made with a
single-lens camera equipped with
a slide bar that shifts the camera
about 212 incres between success
sive exposures of the same scene.
Need for sharpness"
When We go about taking Ster-
eoscopic photographs we are in
effect trying to make a picture of
the scene just as we saw it with
our two good eyes. If we get
anything less than this it is fail
ure and might as well be thrown
out. Therefore we cannot tolerate
any of the mistakes that often get
by in ordinary dimension
photography. Most important is
the need for having everything in
the scene needle sharp. When we
look at a scene everything in that
scene is perfectly sharp from the
most advanced point of the fore
ground to the farthest object. To
duplicate this on film we must go
after great depth of field. This is
accomplished photographically by
stopping down the lens until we
are positive that all in the scene
is perfectly sharp. If there is any
fuzziness at all anywhere in the
negative you have wasted your
film and your time.
Evening star., 1951-06-10
Camera Angles
Stereoscopic Photography Becoming

We are so accustomed to seeing
objects in three dimensions thai
it is only natural that the pho
tographer strives to bring his
medium of camera pictures into
more lifelike being by adding the
dimension of depth to those Of
height and width.
There is nothing new about
stereoscopic or three dimension
photography. Our grandparents
were as familiar with stereo pairs
and stereoscopic viewers as we are
today with the television screen
But Stereoscopic photography
which lapsed in popularity for a
generation, is once more becoming
familiar part of The American
scene.
Just a few years back about the
only Stereo views that could be
found were in museums or were
gathering dust in attic and base
ment. Today numerous photog-
raphers are busy as bees with
their Stereo cameras making three
dimension shots in both mono
chrome and color to be viewed in
the form of either prints or trans
parencies. Unfortunately scien-
lists have yet to whip the prob
lem of making three dimension
pictures that can be viewed as
such without one form or another
of a viewing device.
Cameras and Viewers.
In spite of this handicap a num-
ber of stereo cameras are being
made and sold, together with the
stereo viewer that is needed to
make the shots stand out in their
three dimension nffenf
Evening star., 1951-06-10
Foto-Cruft Club
ICunerQ Caravan

Members of the Foto-Craft Club
Of the Twelfth Street YMCA Will
participate today in a camera
caravan to the home of Gelettia
Cross. near Berryville, Va. The
trip will be made in members
cars.
The final session of the Kodak
lecture series will be presented to
the group at the regular Thursday
meeting which will be held at $50
pm. in the assembly room of the
"Y", 1916 Twelfth Street NV. A
set of prints for viewing, and
analysis based on advanced tech
niques Of print criticism will be
included in the program.
Evening star., 1951-06-10

main street of Lake George VII
lage. Built by the State Con-
servation Department, the beach
is about a quarter-mile in length,
it will accommodate 4,500 SWIM
merS. The bathhouse has facil-
tiles for 300 persons and the park
ing lot has room for 900 cars.
Evening star., 1951-06-10
Lake George to Offer New Siqhtseeino

LAKE GEORGE VILLAGE,
N. "a new beach and a new
sightseeing boat will welcome this
years visitors to Lake George,
which celebrates its 101st ami
versary as a vacationland.
The new beach is at the south
end of the lake a block from the