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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26
ourani Hospital 10 Be Dedicated May 18th,
Elaborate Plans Made; Hugh White To Speak

DurantS new S2500OO District
Two Community hospital, which
opened in December, 1850, VIII
oe formally dedicated on May II,
National Hospital day.
Tentative plans include the
landing on the hospital lawn of
on Army helicopter carrying an
"ambuiatory patient a high
Sch oil band concert, the actual
dedication services with former
Governor Hugh White of Column
ola. again a candidate for the
suternatorial post, making the
principal address, a tour of the
hospital by visitors and the serv-
ing OF refreshments.
A parade of six floats, state DO
lice ears, ambulances, drum corps.
and band are expected to parti-
eipste.
The community hospital
auxiliary. headed by Mrs. T.
c. Quinn. is making arrange
mcnts for the big event. Mrs.
Gum and her committees are
expected to announce shortly
the complete program. which
viii get underway about z pm.
Charles w. Flynn, superinten-
dent of the hospital since its OPEN
ang, said that though official con-
firmation had not as yet been
received on the availability of a
heliocopter for the event, it was
hoped that this part of the pro-
gram might be worked out. Plans
are to have the 'copter land on the
lawn and for hospital assistants to
assist the patient" into the hos
pital for treatment.
Fills Longtime Need
Now amply filling a longtime
need in the mid-state area, the
new hospital was erected under
the Halliburton act, financed
jointly by federal, state and local
governments. Voters of the dis
trict - which includes the towns
OF Durant, West and Goodman -
overwhelmingly approve a
SOS, 1000 bond issue to assure con-
struction.
The hospital was opened early
to provide service to neighboring
communities without delay.
Though some of the modernistic
furnishings had not arrived, Du-
rant townspeople cooperated and
most of the rooms were equipped
with furniture so that patients
could be admitted.
The most up-to.dats equip.
msnt available is installed in
the service departments of
emergency operating room.
major operating room. dsliv.
cry room. kitchen. clinical lab.
oratorY and x.ray department.
The surgical wing is also equip
ped with latest inovations to re-
duce hazards associated with use
of gas. The x-ray equipment
ranks among the most modern in
the state. The hospital is air
cooled while the surgical wing is
air conditioned.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26
Designed For Expansion

central Mississippi's newest
hospital has capacity of IS beds
Tor white patients and 10 for ne
groes. There are eight bassinets
ana two incubators. Design of
the structure makes it possible TO
Construct additional wings to take
care OF 30 additional beds. The
iarge, shaded site also has ample
iooH Tor erection of a nurses,
dormitory.
hospital personnel totals 20 in.
ciuding five registered nurses and
iour nurses aides. The Laboratory
is under supervision of a regis
tered technician and the medical
records department is Supervised
by a registered medical records
Librarian. Meals are prepared I'm.
aer direction of an experienced
dietitian. ee''
III. Arthur A. Derrick. IT,.
Dursnt. IL chief of the medical
s.a.l. Other members Of the
sta11 are DR.. J. w. Howell. Du.
rsnt Dr.. Roy Smith. Durant:
L. W. g. Brock. West; DR..
W. =. Hyde. Durant: DR.. C.
H. InSram. Picksns: DR.. c. =.
Patton. DuSant: and Dr.. n.
M. Terry. Goodman.
Mr.. Flynn, who on May l is to
become executive secretary Of
the Mississippi Hospital associa.
ton at Jackson, is a former in
structor Of institutional manage
ment ut Mississippi State COL
lege. Reared at Waterbury.
Conn, where he was born. he
came south during World War
IL, and has resided in Mississip-
pi since. His wife and son re.
size IN Durant. He will be pre-
sent for the dedication.
Objective of the new hospi-
tai, Mr.. Flynn stresses, is ito
provide the finest of medical
care and equipment so that
every person in the community
VIII be able to benefit by the
erection of this modern institu-
ton. The average individual in
a rural community uses the hos
pital as a necessity rather than
as a convenience. Our rate struc-
ture is such that it encourages
the use of the hospital by these
people,"
Jaycses Launched CAMPAIGN
Construction of the hospital eli
NAKED a campaign launched in
1S47 by the Durant Junior Cham
Der of Commerce. Shortly after
wards, the site located far away
from traffic noise was donated
by Mrs. ]. M. Howard.
The Holmes County Board of
Supervisors appointed a board of
trustees for the proposed hospital
in l947. Members are Mrs. ]. M.
Howard, Durant, chairman; Deck
johnson, Durant, secretary-trea-
surer; Andrew J. Stevens, West;
H. c. Ellis, West; and Marion Gus
ley, Goodman.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26
Music Proerom Slated
At Duront Hiqh School


E. d. McKissack, head of Music
Department, State college, Stark
vile, Will be presented in pro-
gram OF voice selections at the
Durant High school, Friday, May
4, at p. m.
Mr.. Mckissack conducted the
musical festival recently held at
the school and has been asked to
come back for the Music Week
presentation by the four women's
clubs, Twentieth Century, Wo-
mans club, Gamma club, and
Business and Professional Wo-
men.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26

tentially is his protection and
loyalty to all those close to him
-regardless of what they do,
criminal or otherwise.
Our present situation is we
have lot of rascals in office -
and they are becoming more
powerful and more entrenched
every day. So far they have had
the protection of the head and
commander-in-chief of this ma
ton.
am not just speaking of the
. percenters, the RFC BOYS and
the mink coat peddlers, either -
but OF the. thousands of commu-
nists and fellow travellers who
are on the payrolls and many OF
them in positions of trust in oui
government. '''.
There is only one way to ge,
them out - and that is for the
people of the United States who
love this country and want tc
keep 1t to make their voices
heard in Congress.
And I believe that is the almost
universal opinion of other small
American editors.
Theatre tickets in New York
are almost impossible to obtain
and all of the hit shows are sold
out through the summer and
many of them are taking orders
Thy mail only for dates early
next year.
Mary Martin is leaving South
Pacific" in early June. Conse.
quently everyone is trying to see
it now which makes tickets i'm
possible to obtain without paying
a premium price. Some of the
tickets bring as high as $1,000 a
pair.
Two other hits IN the "impos-
sible to get tickets for" class are
Ethel Merman's Call Me Madam
and Gertrude Lawrence's "The
King and l."
Almost as hard to get are tick
cts to see Carol Claiming in
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and
Guys and Dolls" which was vot-
ed the best musical of the year
by the Drama Critics Circle.
We didn't see Guys and Dolls
but we did get to see the other
three mentioned just lucky
enough to obtain tickets.
Other comments later.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26
College Glee Club
To Sing In Duront

State College Glee club wiz
sing May ] at IL am. in Durant
School auditorium, under the di-
rection of E. B. McKissack, head
Of the music department of the
college. e
The Glee club is composed of Sc
voices. The public is invited to-
attend. No admission will be
charged.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26
Club To Present
Musicale Nav !

The Woman's Club will present
Its Music Week Musicale, Tues
day. May l, at the High School
auditorium at 8 p. m.
Guest artists will be Mrs. B. H.
M axwell, contralto and Mrs.
Owen Buford and Johnny Var
borough, duo-pianists.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26
Change OF Venue Asked

Preceding the John Pettus case:
change of venue and continuance
were also asked. The former mo-
ton was argued on the basis thz9
eight defendants arrested in tlae
National Guard raids, charges
with possession of whiskey tine
Guiding Pettus), could not get =
fair trial in Holmes county, which,
motions were denied by the court
Jurors who served are - State
versus John Pettus case: r. k
Van Keuren, Lee Herring, Con-
way Powell, Neil Uranium, Cali
vii ussery, r. L. McClesky, Earl
Mcdaniel, Lester Bradley, J. H.
McNeer, Henry E. Mullen, Char
les w. Bailey, and J. B. Sims;
State versus Louis Rogers case>'
c. H. Terrell, Jr., John Kelly, A
Lewis, H. P. Watson, Jr., r. B.
Wright, Dave Grantham, S. =
Bridges, H. L. Bowie, Charles
Cox, Lamar Aldy, j. D. SmitFlS
and Jack Albin.
Roaers is charged with MUIR
der If Andrew Devine, July 8
1850, at China Street Drive Inn
in Lexington. He served six
years of 10-year sentence on .
previous manslaughter charge at
parchman, but was released on
good behavior.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26

Shows Improvement
S. H. Birmingham is recover
ing from a recent illness at Du-
rant hospital. He is expected to
return home Sunday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26

! don't believe that ever in the
history Of this country have SC
many, people disagreed with SC
few. T. ~
81, If there is anyone in the United
States who wholly approves OF
why and how President Truman
relieved General Macarthur OF
his command have not heard OF
read about it.
I believe that President Tru-
man is the most universally dis
liked man we've ever had in the
presidents. office
/ don't think the American peo-
pie hate him. - rather they just
regard him as wholly inadequate
little man in the greatest and
most powerful office in western
civilization.
Personally, believe President
Truman is more than just made
ouate - / believe he is danger
Gus.
/ am referring to his applica-
ton of machine politics to run
ming not only the domestic affairs
# this country - but the self
same machine tactics applied to
our foreign affairs and military
policies.
One tenet of machine politics
is: 1.-THE king can do no wrong"
Certainly this is one rule Mr.,
Truman is applying to everything
that comes within his sphere
whether domestic, foreign, or mi
litary. Those who do not agree
with him get their heads chopped
off a la Macarthur.
Hitler fired the generals in
Germany, too. Remember?
But even more dangerous po-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26
IhR()lNH
HAZEL
EYES

! have just returned from ~,
annual spring meeting of the Ma
tlonal Editorial Association AZ the
Roosevelt Hotel in New York c,;tv
which was attended by about 25o
editors representing nearly every
state in the Union and the Die.
trict of Columbia.
This years program was parti.
cularly good, featuring such out.
standing speakers as Dorothy
Thompson, Yves Gallagher of me
Associated Press, Senator Harry
=. Byrd, Senator Martin Dies
William H. Ruffin, president 81
The National Association =,
Manufacturers and DR.. Louis H
Bauer, chairman of the Board O,
Trustees Of the American Medic.
al Association. In addition there
were many speakers who devoted
their remarks to purely profes.
sional topics of interest to news.
papermen and women and forums
conducted in which problems
confronting the newspaper indus.
try were discussed.
The best part of the meeting
as always, was the renewal OF
friendships formed in past years
and meeting new people and get.
ting new ideas. I always come
home from an NEA meeting full
OF pep and filled with determine.
ton to put out q better newspa.
per - whether it ever material.
ICES or not.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26
n. F. Med Donald
, in Durant Sat-
the Stonestreet
Holmes Cout5; sS 4ss s, s,' e
ind Of Secon' Pound.
CriminoI Doc,her sister
Progresses SIosseooamppssosee
Rogers Cose Nee

Nearing the end of its
week OF criminal session., Jack
County Circuit court At Mon
was progressing slowl
completion of its Grim
ct. Opening on Mon
10, court is being presxo .s.
by Judge Arthur Jordaars AZ
:ourth judicial district. az -
49,, -. eases siateo ,bany.
The highly interesting WNNl
tediously slow court @t
have been well attended tn. &l
out this term. Much time SI
spent in drawing juries from Ri
special venires of las citize EI
In Eye Of State @l
In the eye of the state press@I
other newspapers serving al
region was the State versus TAI
Pettus case ending with a ri
TRIAL Thursday night foIlowal
five hours of elaboration:
State versus Louis Rogers I'll
charging manslaughter which n
stlll underway Thursday morniA
In the State versus NorN
ward case, trial ended SaturdI
Ward, colered' Durant princid
OF a Goodman school, was foxa
guilty of the murder of Char
Huss'.m, Goodman negro, on n
uary q.
A written recommendation IF
mercy in view Of provocatioxs
and other circumstances wa
made to the court by the i.u,
which heard the Ward testimon,
resulting in a sentence of $50
line and six months in Jail for tn
defendant.
Pettus Re Trial Set.
According to Holmes Count,
Prosecuting Attorney, Pat n
Barrett, states attorneys planne,
% ask for a re-trial of the join
Tettus case in this term of cour,
winch was expected to foliou
the Rogers case this week. A,
lnfreQuent procedure, Count,
Attorney Barrett stated that !;
re-trial this term would be tt,
most aggressive attitude" til,
state could take, adding that tis
public should not get the ndIe;
that a mistrial necessarily mean
an acquittal."
The John Pettus case, whicl
lasted Wednesday afternou1
through Thursday had the unus
ual aspects in the argument q
defense attorneys who questioueG
legality of the National Guard am
State militia raids, and of scared
warrants issued. Major point d
question was ownership Of wins
key found at John Pettus' placs
during the raids.
Defense attorneys Wednesdzl
argued that the whiskey wa
owned by Alton Ahles, who wa.
employed by Pettus. Ables wa
not found for testimony, thouet
State Guardsman c. L. Hutchin
son present on the raid was caIIe<
to give testimony.
Change Of Venue Asked
Preceding the John Pettus case
change of venue and continuance
were also asked. The former mo
ton was argued on the basis tina
eight defendants arrested in tn
NATIONAL Guard raids, charged
with possession of whiskey Tin
Pettus), could not get .
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26

This years NEA meeting, like
everything else in New York City,
Was more or less demoralized by
the biggest celebration in the
city's history - the Macarthur
Day held on Friday.
Il was estimated that IN mil
lion citizens took part in the gi-
gantic welcome celebration &C.
corded the General and his fam
lily - and that q record nearly
5000 tons Of paper was thrown
during the parade - more than
at Lindbergh or any of the World
War ! or II heroes. The amount
Of paper thrown in these cele-
brations is an indicator of how
New Workers Judge its success.
This one was q wow.
New York was literally at the
Generals feet. 1t gave him every
thing from personal acclaim and
the key to the city to its $3.50 a
day presidential suite at the Wal
dorf- Astoria.
Everyone who did not view the
parade in person was either seat
ed or standing near television
ret viewing all the proceedings or
damned into the throng of people
IN City Hall park awaiting the
arrival Of the General and his
party.
Il seems that after the General
had received such enthusiastic
welcomes in San Francisco and
the District of Columbia that he
would have been prepared far
what awaited him in New York.
But he wasn't.
visibly shaken by the impact
Of the tremendous throng of peo-
pie which had joined in such a
magnificent tribute to HIM, !
believe the General would have
been literally speeches. had he
not had prepared response to
the welcome of city officials.
AS it was he finished the 10
of capturing their hearts when he
proclaimed as his first words:
"This is the greatest city in the
world" The crowd roared.
The rest of the speech I'm sure
you've read in the newspapers or
heard on the radio.
Evening star., 1951-06-04

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pressing the welfare of the public customers
The elecoc range" may be ready popular
time but HOTPOINT develops something you be
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Evening star., 1951-06-04

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240 tons of hand washed dishes a
lifetime! Hotpoint sprays, washes
twice, 5nses twice in a jiffy :.
then electrically dries! Front open
ing makes loading easy, holds So
dishes and silverwarel At all 6
Lacy's stores.
Evening star., 1951-06-04

You can shop less often, store a
bigger supply of food, save time
and money in the bargain! Double
door Hotpoint is a complete, spa
cious refrigerator and true home
freezer both in one unit! Every
luxury feature from pantry shelf
door to special leftover racks. At
Lacy's 6 stores!
Evening star., 1951-06-04

Here is Hotpoint :. teeming with newest
advanced cooking features! Colored
pushbutton cooking controls, the largest
precise electric timer reminder {. &. big
ger, better, more beautiful than ever.
Here's Hotpoint-the range of the future
bringing you COMPLETELY AUTO
MATIC cooking pleasure TODAY!
Evening star., 1951-10-28
Teachers toHeur
Dane Rudhyur

The Washington Music Teachers
Association will meet tomorrow
night at a dinner at z pm. in
the Arts Club. Guest speaker at
this opening event Of the season
will be Dane Rudhyar, nationally
known lecturer. recitalist and COM
poser. French-born Mr.. Rudhyar
lis author of the book, Modern
Mans Conflicts"
On November 26. Theodore
ISchaefer. organist. choral director
and coach, will talk on Toward
an Appreciation Of Contemporary
Songs" at a IL noon luncheon. A
forum on contemporary compost
tions will be held January % at
$3.50 pm. with a panel Of rep
Iresentative Washington composers
and with audience participation.
Evelyn Swarthout will give a
piano recital preceding the lunch
con meeting on February IS. In
March, date to be announced, the
Budapest String Quartet will give
a program in the Whittall Pavilion
|of the Library of Congress for the
association. Saturday, April 26.
will be devoted to an Institute on
Teaching Techniques with the all
day meeting beginning with regis
Itration at $50 am. This event
Twill be held on the campus of the
American University with all other
programs, except that Of the Buda-
pest Quartet, to be held in the
Arts Club.
Evening star., 1951-10-28
Gallery Presents
KouqueII Program

The Phillips Gallery will present
Arkadie Kouguell, distinguished
concert pianist and composer with
Alexander Kouguell, Russian-born
icellist. today at 5 pm. in a pro-
gram which will feature several
of the pianist's compositions.
The latter is a member of the
examining juries of the Paris Con-
iservatoire National, the Ecoie
Superieure. and of several other
European conservatories and con-
tests. He also conducts master
classes at the Ecole Normale de
Musique in Paris.
| Carolyn Schultz. resident So
prano, with Paul Higinbotham at
the piano will be heard in recital
! tnmorrOw night at 8.30 n m
Evening star., 1951-10-28
|KopeII Is Soloist
Wednesday Night
With Symphony

The National Symphony Or
chestra, Howard Mitchell, con-
Iductor. will collaborate with Will
liam Kapell in the performance OF
|Beethoven's piano Concerto No. q
Wednesday night at $3.50 in Con-
|stitution Hall. This concert will
mark the beginning Of the
Beethoven concerto cycle which
will form a part of each of the
symphony program for the next
seven weeks.
Mr.. Kapell, at 90, has already
an enviable reputation as one of
Americas own musicians. He is
entirely American-trained, having
pursued his studies at the Phila-
'adelphia Conservatory and at the
Juilliard School of Music in New
York. He has played with every
major American orchestra as
Isoloist, toured Canada, Europe,
South America. Australia and this
country in the past eight years
after his sensational debut with
the Philadelphia Orchestra.
On Thursday afternoon at
q o'clock the National Symphony
will give the first of its IA young
peoples concerts. at the Cardozo
High School. sponsored by the
Hecht Co. Each of the programs
will carry a musical theme the
first featuring Songs of Free
dom" DR.. Mitchell will also in
ltroduce the first in a series of
mystery tunes" which will be
played for Identification by mem
bers Of the youthful audience. In
Icidentally, this concert will be
held on the anniversary of the
initial program presented by the
National Symphony under DR..
Hans Kindler's direction.
Evening star., 1951-10-28
Founders Concert
Tuesday Niqht

The birthday anniversary of
Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
will be celebrated in the Library
OF Congress with q Founders Day
concert given Tuesday night at
1915 by the Kroll String Quartet
land assisting artists.
The program will consist of
Mrs. Coolidge's own compositions
A string quartet. a sonata for oboe
and piano played by her son, AL
bert Coolidge. with Gregory
Tucker. pianist. and a cycle of
songs. written on sonnets from the
Portuguese, by Elizabeth Barrett
Browning. Nell Tangeman. So
|prano. will be heard in these,
jointly with the KroH String
Quartet. Admission is by invita-
tion. The program will be broad
cast in its entirety by Station
WGMS-FM.
Continuing its season of cham
Der music by the Budapest String
Quartet. the Gertrude Clarke
Whittall Foundation in the Lii
brary of Congress will present
identical programs on Thursday
and Friday at 8:15 pm. The Fri
day evening concert will be broad
cast by WGMS-FM. Tickets are
distributed by the Snow Concert
Bureau. 1108 G street NV, be-
ginning tomorrow morning at
$3.50. Telephone reservations are
honored.
Evening star., 1951-10-28
Faust Proqrunn

The Business and Professional
Women's Club of the District of
Columbia is sponsoring a program
by Maria de Ia Hall, soprano;
Salvatore Lupica. tenor. and Rod
Clay, bass. at the Almas Temple,
1915 K street NV. which will
receive two performances today,
at 4 pm. and at 8 O'Clock tonight.
Tickets are available at the door.
The feature of the concerts is
a condensed version Of scenes
from Gounod's Faust" sung in
English and presented in costume
Miss de la Hull, leading lady in
many Columbia Opera produc-
tions, will sing the role Of Mar
guerite.