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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-01-15
Holmes Choneery Court
Holds 3-Doy Session

Holmes County Chancery Court
convened in Lexington Monday
morning for a three-day session
before recessing at noon Wedpes-
day until Friday morning at 900.
Chancellor c. D. Williams and
Miss Anita Derden, court report
er, both of Yazoo City were in
their usual places as was Chan
Gerry Clerk p. H. Williams and
Sheriff R. F. Byrd.
Fifteen divorces were granted
equally divided among white and
colored this week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-01-15
Education Is Big
Business Says Tubb
Stote Supt. Pays
Visit To Holmes
County This Week

Education il probably Missis-
sppi's largest program or indus.
try, according 10 State Superin-
tendent Of Education J. M. Tubh.
who paid q vim to Holmes coun-
ty this week.
Emphasizing the size OF the
states school program Mr.. Tubb
said every school day there me
zoo, 600 children riding the school
buses Of the state. there are also
200, 900 eating lunches in school
lunchrooms, q program provided
for BY TIE federal governnnent
and administered by the state.
There m nearly 10000 tearh-
ers in the Magnolia state. he said,
5000 whAe and nearly 1880
colored.
Mr.. Tubb discussed the prob
lens farmg the state of Missis-
sippi in I'm field Of educxfion
and the findings Of the Citizens
Committee nm Education in that
respect
Mississippi ID now trying to
plan for equalization Of salaries
for equal training among the
white and colored school seach-
ers, for Standardization a Glass;
rooms and bus facilities, i'm line
with the findings Of this COM
The estimated cost of
bringing this program into LIE is
about 9 mlllion dollars, Mr.. Tnbb
said.
He emphansized that in the
present conflict Of ideaologies in
this world 1t Is going to Be eihl-
cation that will finally win nut
over force-that the school tesrh-
er rather than the soldier win be
the final victor.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-01-15

Equalization of school faci-
lities and teachers salaries in
the state Of Mississippi is a
worthwhile and noble OBJ
jective-one we should strive
for as intelligently and as di-
ligently as we know how.
Facilities in classrooms and
transportation need much i'm
provement-but Mississippi n
lone cannot bear the cost of
an equalized dual school sys-
tenn.
Education is not just a state
problem-rather il b national
When a child finishes high
school or college he does not
necessarily stay within the
boundaries of his community
or even his state or section.
Thus it is that despite the
traditional Southern objection
TO federal aid to education we
must find some way for the
federal government to partici,
pate in our educational sys-
tenn without too much con-
troll. The cost Of building and
maintaining school facilities up
10 a national level is a nation
wide problem and should be
treated as such.
The problem Of having ade-
ouate, standardized schools
throughout the nation is a
national, not just a state prob
lam.
Education Of American chill
dren is a national problem
md should be treated as such.
II our Southern congressman
can rid themselves of some of
the fears they have held for
years in regard to federal aid
Is education and appraSe our
education problems realistical-
Il then there is some hope for
Mississippi and other southern
states to bring our schools up
TO an acceptable national lev
q. Our congressman can solve
this pressing problem by in
telligent sound thinking and
action.
hut the great mass of peo-
nle in Mississippi, at least,
.re already paying more taxes
4s,an we can afford.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-01-15
S G II e D u L e
Holmes County Basketball

Aou1HoIa0uts January To- ~
Al Coxburg School
Friday:
Goodman-Durant Girls 2:30 pm
West-Durant Boys $50 pm
Coxburg- Tchula girls 7:30 pm
Coxburg-Lexington boys $3.50 pm.
Saturday:
Lexington girls and the winner
of Coxburg-Tchula girls $50 am.
Goodman boys and the winner
of West-Durant boys 1890 am.
West girls and the winner of
Goodman-Durant girls 100 pm.
Tchula boys and the winner of
CoXburg-Lexington boys 200 p.
m.
Final girls and boys game win
be played at ZOO and 500 pm.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-01-15
METHODIST CHURCH

The Rev. H. E. Finger, Jr. will
preach Sunday morning at the
1900 service of the Methodist
Church in Durant. All other SER
vices will be held as usual.
Everyone is cordially invited
to worship.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-01-15
Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors
Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Baine and
Miss Ethlyn Baine were recent
visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Sharpe in Tchula.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-01-15

! personally am opposed to
IN increase Of aa1y kind in
Aississippi's sa1es TAX for any
purpose.
To raise the present two per
cent sales tzx - three per
cent means IN Increased tax
burden on every person and
every family in the state. both
white and cr1orSd. Kt means q
Decreased standard ct living
for everyone.
The majority Of Mississippi
citizens feel the same way, l
firmly believe and any law-
maker who VOTES far such an
increase viii feel the results
1t the polB during the sum-
mer Of 1855, our next general
slection.
After talking to one Of
Holmes coumty's lawmakers !
do not believe our elected re-
representatives. will 60 along
with any plzn to increase the
sales tax.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-01-15
On Sick List

On Sick List
Friends of Mrs. J. M. May will
be sorry to learn that she is on
the sick list this week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-01-15
Planning Visit

Planning Visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler Hawkins,
Valerie and Rita are planning a
visit this weekend with vicky in
the Mercy Hospital in Vicksburg
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-01-15
JaYcees Meet

JaYcees Meet
The Durant Junior Chamber of
Commerce will meet Mon. night
at Tommie's Cafe at TOO for the
regular meeting.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-01-15

In McComb
Mr.. c. H. Herring visited in
McComb this week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-01-15

II you are interested in help
ing elect your Congressman in
the summer Of 1854 you had
better pay your paQ tax now.
Two poll tax receipts will be
necessary. Of coune, those Of
1852 and 1888. The deadline
on the 1852 pom tK payment
b Saturday, JsmsAry 81. &C.
cording to . ruling Of Missis-
sippi's Attorney General.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-09-02
Temperature Near 1909
AS Reindeer Arrive
In New Jersey

NEWARK, NJ, R-'Twas lis
days before Christmas, and the
temperature lowered around 100
degrees.
So UP pop II reindeer-the real,
live Santa Claus type.
Seems these reindeer blew in
from Alaska on a Flying Tiger
Lines freight plane.
Although an airline executive
allowed that this was no day for
anyone to arrive in Newark, not
even a reindeer, he said they were
made comfortable in a hangar
overnight.
Yesterday they left for the San
ia Claus workshop at North Pole,
NY, near Pittsburgh. It's a toy
plant and tourist attraction. The
shipment is part of a New York
department store pre- Christmas
activity, it was explained.
The reindeer were half Of a
shipment of % brought Saturday
by charter plane from Nome, AL
aska. Those taken east from Seat
tie belonged to Fred ]. Fortune,
Lake Placid, NY.
The other II were trucked to
a Redmond Ore, ranch.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-09-02
HOME ARTS CLUB HOLDS
FIRST FALL MEETING

The local Women's Federation
Club, Home Art Club, held it's
first fall meeting last evening at
the home Of Mrs. John Cooley at
Satellite Field and enjoyed an in
teresting paper on leather tooling
by Mrs. w. Barber who demon
strated the craft and the use of
special tools.
The organization went on rec
ord endorsing the proposed plan
to have pioneer locomotive
brought to Nome from Solomon to
be placed on permanent display
as a tourist attraction.
Members Of other Federation
Clubs residing in Nome are urged
to contact the PRESIDENT, Mrs.
Pearse Walsh, so they may be-
guests Of the local group.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-09-02
Ivy Community Center
To Be Dedicated Sept. 3rd

Continued from Page One)
been too small to handle the many
projects efficiently. Last fall ar
rangements were made by the
Woman's Division of Christian
Service of the Methodist Church
to expand and property was pur
chased from Howard Green across
from the Nome School.
This fall the program will be
carried on from three newly fur
nished buildings and rounded out
to meet the needs Of the commu-
nifty.
A fine program has been pre-
pared for tomorrow evening It
will include special music by
Juanita Fagerstrom and Mrs.
Reeves Ravens.
The community has been in
vited to the center for Thursday
at 8 pm. and at that time they
can show their appreciation of the
good work done by their atten-
dance at the dedication.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-09-02
1923 Million Cutback
In Civil Works Funds

WASHINGTON, R-The chief
of Army Engineers has ordered a
1923 million cutback in expendi-
lures for civil works, including
the flood-contro1 and rivers and
harbors programs.
An engineer spokesman said
yesterday Maj. Gen. S. E. Sturgis
Jr. has ordered division engin-
GERS to reduce expenditures for
the fiscal year ending next June
80 to $500 million - although a
total of 1923 million is available in
appropriations and ,unexpended
funds.
Orders have gone out to divi-
sion engineers to cut spending to
approximately IS percent of the
funds available and to limit obi
cations to 80 percent of the avail
able money, the spokesman said.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-09-02
BIRTH RECORDS NEEDED BY
STUDENTS GOING OUTSIDE

JUNEAU - Alaska school and
college students going outside to
school this fall will have to show
proof of their birth upon leaving
the territory. The reminder came
from F. E. Kester, director of the
Bureau Of Vital Statistics, who ex-
planned that the new regulation is
a provision Of the McCarran i'm
migration act which became eff
fective last December.
Also, he said, most Alaskan
schools require that birth regis
tration records be presented when
a child registers in a school for
the first time.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-09-02
Chamber Hears Reports
AT Tuesday Luncheon

Several interesting reports were
made at the noon luncheon of the
Chamber of Commerce yesterday
at the Polaris Coffee Shop with
Dewey Goodrich presiding.
Boyd HARDWOOD reported on a
recent trip to Anchorage and said
he was pleasantly surprised with
the paved or black-topped streets
which are great improvement to
the town.
Les Stevens reported on his trip
to Circle Hot Springs and said
that there had been some delay
on the Fairbanks paving. Bust
ness indications show things are
getting back to normal although
construction was still very notice
able, he said.
Captain Morgan reported that
his committee had made no plans
to date to clean up the beach. He
also reported that the Barrow
Chamber of Commerce was get
ting organized.
Ralph Lomen reported that the
Northern Tin Company which op-
crates at Buck Creek has a ship
ment Of IS tons of tin ore ready
on the dock for fall shipment. He
reported also that Hugo Linsfors
has shipment of more than a
ton of scheelite ready for ship
ment on the last boat.
Lomen noted great deal of
prospecting at Candle and Kotze-
bue.
Robert Curtiss of Alaska Air
lines reported that the us. Bu-
reau of Mines has a diamond drill
at Omelak and intensive search
is under way in that area in the
hope Of establishing year round
employment here.
The Chamber went on record
urging Delegate Bartlett and the
Department of Justice to appoint
a temporary judge for this area
and stating that they found no
fault with the judge appointed re-
Gently.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-09-02
1000 Guests All That
Came To Period Ball
Staged by Marquis

BIARRITZ, France, RHAbout
1000 guests-a few famous, most
Of the rest attracted by the posi-
bility Of rubbing elbows with a
long list Of notables who were in
vited but didn't appear - turned
out Tuesday night for the Marquis
de Cuevas' big 18th Century ball.
The turnout at the Chiberta
Country Club was about half what
had been expected. Most of them
wandered homeward about / am,
but the champagne and rum
punch flowed until about am.
The host, attired in a gold and
satin Louis XIV costume with a
towering feather headdress, re-
ceived guests from a throne. He
was reported to have collapsed
from the excitement about 8 am.
The towns along the Basque
coasts of France helped to put
up money for the big affair. The
idea was to attract attention to
the region as a vacation spot.
Elsa Maxwell, in satin breeches,
rode recalcitrant donkey into
the grounds. A ballet dancer came
in on the neck Of a camel
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-09-02
Two Men Rescued
After Adventure In
Arctic Wilderness

FAIRBANKS, Up - Two Fair
banks businessmen, after four
days in the wilderness, told Mon
day how their last flare caught
the eye of a searching pilot on the
same day that one of the pair
reached downstream road camp
by raft.
Marion Horton and Ace Will
liams, both Fairbanks used car
dealers, said their small plane
crashed on a Tanana River sand
bar last Wednesday night after
they became hopelessly lost.
They were rescued by military
helicopter Sunday and brought
here by a 10 Rescue Squadron
plane.
The men said they arrived over
Fairbanks on a flight from Big
Delta Wednesday night, but could
not land because the field was
"socked in" by a rain storm. They
turned back to Big Delta, about
80 miles to the southeast, but be-
came lost and overshot their des-
tinatiOn.
They crash-landed on a river
sandbar with only gasoline left
for Is minutes of flying. The plane
overturned and partially sank in
the river.
They built fire and huddled
near it night and day. They shot
seven flares at intervals but failed
to attract rescuers. They had
emergency rations in the plane
for food.
Finally they built raft out Of
felled trees and control wire from
their plane. When Williams, a 24O-
FOUNDER, got on it, the raft sank.
So Horton set out downstream on
it alone.
Williams fired his last flare Sun
day and a search plane saw it.
A helicopter picked him up.
Horton, meanwhile, had floated
Is miles to an Alaska Road Com
mission camp at Johnson River.
He telephoned to Big Delta and
the helicopter was sent for him,
too.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-09-02
S'WIPE'S SWIPED

SILVER CITY, NM, R-Ab-
barendly dere's a crook rudding
aroud loose here with a cod.
Somebody broke into a local
woman's car and swiped box
Of facial tissues but nothing else.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-09-02

Personal and Legal Size File
Folders on Sale at the NUGGET.
Evening star., 1953-09-13

rsHa.-
Evening star., 1953-07-26

her station to get money orders
They don't have to stand in
line"
They might meet with an un-
expected delay, however. The
United States Post Office at Der
wood, Md, is closed from noon
to / pm. for lunch.
I. A. Smith, 66, postmaster at
Ashton. doesn't think he'll be
much affected, even if the Office
is closed. He will have to retire
in four years.
No Final Decisions.
In his post Office, a corner Of
a general store, he Scorned the
idea of better service. That's
so much hooey." he said. II
lived on an RID route for 81
years, and only used it six
months. Anybody can come
along and go through your mail"
Postal officials emphasize that:
l. No final decision has been
made on these post Offices.
2. The proposed changes are
part of a Nationwide effort to
tighten up.
8. The names Of other post
Evening star., 1953-07-26

store. letting Wilton Boswell
concentrate on the post Office.
In addition to making the
posters, Mr.. Boswell has been
getting up petitions. Among the
signers is Gov. McKeldin.
(The name Brookeville has
caused considerable confusion.
The town was named in honor
of the Brooke family by three
brothers who married three
of the Brooke daughters and
settled there. At first the
middle "e" was left out, later
it was restored)
Brookeville is third-class post
office. 1t sells about $4,000 worth
of stamps a year. A rural route
operating from it serves ovel
1000 persons, according to Mr.
Boswell. Some so families gel
their mail over the counter.
Another IS have boxes.
If Brookeville is abolished
postal authorities plan to have
the area served by an RID route
from Silver Spring or Rockville
The economizers say this woule
mean increased service for some
persons. An RID man can sci
money orders and carry on Other
business at their homes thai
they now have to go to the post
Office for.
Residents Disagree.
The people don't quite see il
that way. In addition to pride
In their town, they don't like thu
Evening star., 1953-07-26
Nearby MoryIonders May Get
Mail in Tin Boxes in Future

goods, paint, tools and sundries
with collection of posters about
Brookeville history.
"Brookeville was Brookville
when Capitol Hill was Jenkins
Hill, Brookeville was Brookville
when Rockville was Montgomery
Court House." says one.
Another commentaries the
visit of President Madison in
1914. The British had captured
Washington, and Madison fled
to Brookville. He tied his horse
to a holly tree in front of the
post office-home of Caleb Bent
ley, first postmaster. Like the
struggling remnants of the
American Army, the President
was fed by Mrs. Bentley. The
postmaster also gave the Presi-
dent shelter for the night.
The building used as the post
office then still stands, not far
from the present site.
Mr.. Boswell is the 23d post
master the little town has had.
He took over from his father, H.
w. Boswell, who retired six years
ago at the age Of 10, after serving
% years.
H. w. Boswell still runs the
Evening star., 1953-07-26

their little post office, but the
movement died out, Mrs. Becraft
says.
Over at Derwood, they say that
talk of abolishing the post Office
helped kill E. P. Ganley, who was
postmaster there Is years.
Mr.. Ganley was found Slumped
in a chair in the post Office
April 13. He died shortly there
after at a doctors office of heart
trouble. "He was quite upset
about the change" his successor
says.
Acting Postmaster.
Mrs. Lucille Grogg. a house
wife who lives in the apartment
building in which the post Office
is located, is acting postmaster.
Stamp sales last year totaled
$2,262.75. Mrs. Grogg lists 1908
families that get rural free de-
livery from the Derwood office.
Mrs. Grogg cannot understand
how the abolition of her Office
will help customers. She says
that people from Rockville
(where it is proposed to take
! her functions) already come to
Evening star., 1953-07-26
By Fronk SortweII, Jr.

Getting your mail out Of a
tin box is a poor substitute for
the pleasant custom of going
to the post Office, a number of
Montgomery County residents
believe.
The closing of several small
post Offices in the county as an
economy move has been pro-
posed by the administration.
The postal inspectors have
recommended cutting out the
post Offices in Olney, Brookeville,
Spencerville, Ashton, Ednor.
Derwood and perhaps others.
officials say it will save money
and even give better service,
but the postmasters and citizens
affected don't like the idea.
The hardest fight is being
waged to save the 151-year-old
Office at Brookeville.
Post Office in Store.
Wilton j. Boswell, A, runs the
post Office in a corner Of his gen.
eral store. He is rapidly cover
ing up his stock of lamp CHM
neys, creosote, snuff. canned
Evening star., 1953-07-26

idea Of waiting in heat and cold
for the uncertain arrival Of the
RID man. Also. they rather
enjoy going to the post Office
general store.
At Burtonsville the post Office
is in a building every bit Of 10
by IL.
About 200 persons get their
mail there, Mrs. Gladys Becraft,
a clerk. estimates
"At Christmas, it's awful" she
says. You can hardly get in
side"
Neither Mrs. Becraft nor Mrs.
Virgie E. Beasley. the postmaster.
have heard anything official
about the proposed end of their
office. But word gets around, "
Mrs. Becraft points out.
| She objects to the changeover
to RID routes on both economic
and esthetic grounds.
1T will take the same amount
of help to handle the same
amount of mail, anyway. And
boxes stuck up all over the road
that's stupid"
Burtonsville residents started
to get up a petition backing
Evening star., 1953-07-26

offices that may be affected are
mot public information" and
will not be made public until a
decision is made. (The Star got
Evening star., 1953-08-12
Eisenhower Signs
70 Bills at Denver,
Goes Trout Fishinq
Approves Measure
For Waterfront Racket
Control in New York
BY the Assoelssed Press

DENVER, Aug. 12.-President
Eisenhower today signed 90 bills
into law, including one aimed at
wiping out racketeering and sub
version on the New York water
front.
Gen. Eisenhower signed the
measures at his vacation head
quarters here At Lowry Air Force
Base. The bills were the first
approved by .he President since
he left Washington last Satur-
day.
The legislation was flown from
Washington and Gen. Eisen-
hover penned his signature to
them shortly after he arrived
at his office at 8 am. MIST.
The bill dealing with the New
York waterfront situation gives
Federal blessing to a New York
and New Jersey Waterfront
Commission compact.
The other 19 bills the Presi-
dent signed we're mostly meas
ures approving claims of private
individuals.
After signing the bills and
studying other official papers
which arrived from Washington
the President left Denver for
some trout fishing at the Swan
Hereford Ranch, owned by Bal
Swan. Denver investment banker
and a time friend of Gen
Eisenhower.
The President and Aksel Mel
sen, another old friend, planned
to fish the South Platte River
at a point about IS miles south
west of Denver in the Colorado
Mountains.
Evening star., 1953-08-12
US. SkepticoI of Red H-Bon1b;
Dulles Cites Lack of Evidence
MoIenkov Speech Most important Where
1t DeoIs With Domestic Issues, He Says

of the Soviet national effort was
going toward the aims of peace
rather than toward war.
He said nothing could relieve
international tensions as much
as the ending of the condition
under which a few men in the
Kremlin dispose of the destiny
of millions of people.
Mr.. Dulles said the Malenkov
speech seemed to concede two Of
the Vests long-standing charges
that people under Communist
despot1sm have been forced to
work for the vast Soviet military
machine without getting ade-
quate return in. consumer goods,
and that Soviet despotism is so
complete that the people have no
participation in. nor conscious
ness of, the decisions Of the
leaders.
Secretary Dulles said the
United States analysis of a new
Soviet budget showed no reduc-
tion in the percentage of the
national income that was de-
voted to the military effort. He
added, plaintively, that, of course,
Russia's budget was a complex
and obscure document.
Evening star., 1953-08-12

made by one of his subordinate
officials who claimed to have the
full support Of his superiors, Mr..
Dulles said he was not familiar
with them.
The portion of the Mcleod
speech Saturday that set of the
discussion in Mr.. Dulles news
conference today went like this:
Sometimes it is extremely
difficult because of the Civil
Service Act, the Veterans Pref
erence Act, and the Foreign
Service Act to replace an indi-
vidual whose viewpoint does not
coincide with that of the Repub-
lican Party. In the second, third
and fourth echelon of employees
the policy which originates at
the top must be implemented
until such time as we can re-
educate those employees or re-
place them with proper person
mel. the progress which we make
is sometimes very SLOW"