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Evening star., 1953-04-27
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a dangerous thing. However, if
he had a little more knowledge
about Mr.. Muzzy. he would real
ize how dangerous it is to teach
Mr.. Muzzy anything at all.
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For example. he recently de-
livered an unsolicited lecture on
the subject of safety plays in the
trump suit. He told Mr.. Muzzy
that with a nine-card trump
suit missing only the jack and
three small cards, it is always
best to lead first the top honor
from the hand holding two of
the top three honorS.
Unfortunately Mr.. MuZzy took
this to heart. At least he remem-
bered his Interpretation of it. In
today's deal, the defenders took
the first three tricks in the dia-
mond suit. Mr.. Abel won the
third trick and shifted to the
ten of spades.
This was won on the board
with the ace and now Mr.. Muzzy
led a small heart and put up
the ace after Mr.. Abel followed
suit with the deuce. At this
point. there was no way to avoid
the loss of a trump trick and
the contract was down one.
Left to his own devices, Mr..
Muzzy undoubtedly would have
led the first heart at random
from his own hand or dummy.
That would have been a $3.50
chance All Mr.. Heinsite'S lee
ture did was to reduce those
chances exactly to zero.
If Mr. Abel had held j 4 3 2
In spades, then of course the
right play would have been to
lead the ace of hearts first. This
would have made sure that no
heart trick would be lost.
When the jack, ten and two
small cards are out against you,
however. that is another mat
ter. 1t was impossible for Mr..
Muzzy to protect himself against
all four hearts on his left. The
right play with this combina-
ton is to play first the high
honor from the hand with one
high honor. in this case the king
of hearts from dummy.
If Mr.. Muzzy had won the
fourth trick with the king of
spades IN his hand and led
low heart to dummy's king, he
would have made his contract.
Mrs. Keen would have shown out
on the first heart lead and, sub
sequently, two heart leads
through Mr.. Abel would have
brought the suit in without loss.
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Evening star., 1953-04-27
Gold Coast Reunion

Fourteen Presbyterian churches
in the Gold Coast have had Q
reunion ceremony at Onwane.
near ASikuma.
Evening star., 1953-04-27
By Romon Coffmon

his place and proved to be an
able leader of the settlers.
We may speak of Stephen Aus
tin as "a man from Missouri" !"
but he spent several years of his
youth studying at schools in
Connecticut and Kentucky.
After leaving Missouri he spent
some months in New Orleans.
studying law and helping to edit
a small newspaper. Then he
entered Texas. and managed the
passing of land to hundreds Of
American settlers. For a time
it was the custom to, allow 1000
acres of land to each family.
Evening star., 1953-06-29

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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-05-28
Summer Recreation Program |nauguarated In
Durant On June | Under Coach Hugh Walker
Duront Youth Arrives
From Koreo May II

San Francisco, May l7-Marine
Corporal Benjamin F. Ellington,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon FL
lington, Route 2, Durant, was one
OF $3.50 Marine and Navy veter-
ans of the First Marine Division
who arrived here today from Ko-
rea aboard the U. S. Navy Ship
General Nelson M. Walker.
In the next five days Ellington
will receive medical and dental
examinations, new clothing as re-
quired, pay and orders assigning
him to a new duty station in the
United States. At the end of this
processing period he will be given
leave to visit relatives and friends.
A veteran of one and one-halt
years Marine Corps service, FL
lington recently completed II
months in Korea where he served
as bulldozer operator with the
First Marine Division. For this
service he is entitled to wear the
united Nations Service Medal and
the Korean Service Medal with
two combat stars.
A former student of the Durant
public school, he enlisted in the
Eari~'o Corps at Jackson in Octo-
Der, 1851, f. two years.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-05-28
Claude n. Heggie
Rites Held Today
Brother Of Durunt
Citizen Is Buried
In Voiden

Mr.. Claude N. Heggie of Fair
banks, Alaska, brother of Mr.
w. S. Heggie of Durant, died on
May q at the District II Hospi-
tai. He had been in failing
health for some time.
Funeral services were held in
the home of his brother (thisJ
Thursday at 200 pm. with the
Rev. S. L. MCCULLOUGH officiating.
Burial was in the Walden Gene
terry with Southern in charge OF
arrangements.
Mr.. Heggie was born in Walden
March Is, 1900 and was the son
of Mrs. Ida B. Herring and the
late w. S. Heggie, Sr. On May
10, 1882, he married Miss Helen
Conlee. He was a veteran and a
member of the Presbyterian
Church.
Surviving are his wife and mo-
ther, one daughter, Mrs. Bertye
Davies of Peoria, Illinois; two Sis
tiers, Mrs. B. M. Davis of Jackson
and Mrs. Gladys Fulkerson OF
New Orleans, and one brother,
Mr.. Heggie of Durant.
Pallbearers were Frank Fish
er, Frank Wiley. Roy Word, JOS
eph Herring, Percy Bennett, Yer
non Anderson, Henry Canon and
Claude Matches.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-05-28
Holmes Fire Crews
Fight Il, Check "a
Fires In April
Forester Urges
Citizens To Protect
Timber Lands

During the month of April fire
crews in Holmes county fought
a total of IL fires and checked
"a others. These figures repre-
sent the lowest fire occurrence in
the county since last August. The
average size fire during the
month of April was acres and
the damage amounted to 1902.
Over half of these fires were
caused by debris-burning ana
through careleSsness.
With the exception OF last Oc-
tober and November the number
of fires for the fiscal year 1852
SO is actually down 80 per cent
and the acreage burned is down
As per cent in comparison to the
previous year.
During the months of October
and November, Holmes County,
like the rest of the state and the
entire South for that matter, saw
the terrific amount of damage
tnat wild fire can cause. Exactly
100 per cent of these fires were
man-caused, either carelessly Or
Intentionally. Therefore, 100 pei
cent of the fires could have been
prevented and thousands of dol
lars worth of timber could have
been saved.
Forest protection is the first
step in timber management.
Without it, the growing of sue
ceSsive crops of timber is impos-
sible. Landowners can plant their
idle land to trees and do timber
stand improvement work in their
older stands of trees, but until
all of the people realize that fire
and trees do not NIX, the land
owner will never receive a just
return for his efforts.
Fire not only destroys the re-
production on the ground but
lowers the stumpage value of the
larger trees and renders them
more susceptible to disease W
insect attacks. Loggers, like any
other buyers, pay high prices e.
high quality timber and low
prices for disease and fire-scar-ed
trees.
High quality timber can be
produced in Holmes County but
not until the careless people have
learned to keep fire out of the
woods.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-05-28
Eight Holmes Men
Indicted Monday
"a Ordered To
Report In June
For PhysicuIs

Eight Holmes County men will
be indicted into the armed for
ces on Monday. June l, and "a
have been ordered to report for
physical examination next. week
according to officials of the Holm
es County Local Board No. 20.
Those who will leave Monday
are: Eddie Eugene Lewis, volun-
teered, Durant; Layton Smith
Rogers, Rt. 4, Lexington; Charles
Indy Freeman, 449 E. 45th ST,
Chicago, H.; Robert Lee Benson
Rt. 8, Lexington; Cleotha Foster,
4442 St. Antoine, Detroit, Mich,
Walter Thurmond. Jr., Rt. /. Cru
ger; Ozell Mitchell, Jr., Ri. 2
Tchula; Willie David Banks (de-
linquent), 1906 S. Ellis Ave, Chi
cago.
Physical Exams
Men ordered to report for ply
steals are:
White: James E. Garrett, Paul
l.. Odom, Lester triswell; and the
following colored youths: Elmore
Spring, Mack Hugh Scott, Willie
Jones, Curtis Lee Lacy, Ora IT
Bracy, Lee w Austin, Robert
Dale, William T. Smith. Harvev
Fort, Ezell o. Johnson, Arthur D,
Jones, James L. Taylor, James z
Anderson, Wesley Brooks, RUIZ
B. Moore, Willie James Stovall
Willie Blue, Leon Weems. Casev
Meeks, Jr, Roosevelt Winters,
Sammie Kimbrough, James E.
Sandifer, transferred from Board
No. SO, Memphis.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-05-28
West Youth Serves
In Southern Germany

With the 28th Infantry Division
in Germany Corporal Boyd H.
Ramage, whose wife, Jessie, and
father, James F. Ramage, live on
Route 8, West, is serving in Ger
many with the 18th Infantry Di-
vision.
Now in southern Germany, the
18th is receiving intensive field
training as part of the North At
lantic Treaty Organization Army.
Corporal Ramage, squad lead
er in Company G of the l09th In
fantry Regiment, arrived in Ger
many last June. He received ba-
sic training at Camp Breckenridge,
Kentucky.
Before entering the Army in
January, 1852, Ramage was en-
ployed by the Aponaug Manufac-
turing Company in Kosciusko.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-05-28
Smith Cites Need
For Flood Control
Work On Yazoo
Congressman Asks
Committee Not To
Cut Funds Further

Washington, d. c., May IL -
(SpeciaD - Further delay in APP
preparations for flood control
work on the Yazoo River will
eventually increase the cost to
The government of badly
needed projects, Rep. Frank
+. Smith told the House Appro-
priations Cimmittee here today
in hearing on the Mississippi val
ley flood control program.
Local floods within the past
few days have demonstrated
again how destructive the Yazoo
and its tributaries can be-" Mr..
Smith said. "A great deal of
valuable property throughout the
area is constantly in danger of
being damaged or destroyed as
the result of the recurring floods
which could have been controlled
had the Yazoo project been given
more adequate funds"
Smith told the committee that
the new civil works budget sub
mitted to the Congress by Presi-
dent Eisenhower had cut in half
the only local protection project
underway on the Yazoo.
This reduction mas probably
cost us years time in our fight
to secure protection for the town
OF Belzoni, the Grenada Boule-
ward section of Greenwood, and
the overall farming area in SOU
them Leflore, Holmes and Hum
phreys counties which will be
relieved upon construction of the
Atchafalaya auxiliary channel
below Belzoni," Rep. Smith de
clared. He urged the committee
to make no additional reduction
in the new budget recommenda-
ton, which might further delay
needed work on the Yazoo.
The Delta Congressman said
that any reduction in bank sta
bilization funds for the Missis-
sippi River would be 'immedi-
ately dangerous He pointed out
that more than onefourth of the
shortening of the length of the
reduced main river channel had
already been lost due to shifts
in the river channel which only
bank sterilization could stop.
Shifting channels, followed by
heavy flood stages, could bring
a Mississippi River levee break, ="
Smith declared.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-05-28
Pickens Sergeant With
mp Battalion In Koreu

With the Eighth Army in Ko.
rea - Sgt. Willie G. Varnarsdale
whose wife, Geneva, lives on Ri
2, Pickens, recently joined the
5l9th Military Police Battalion
in Korea.
The 519th has participated in
all eight campaigns of the con-
flict during its 80 months in Ko.
rea. It's principal mission in
wolves traffic control and law
enforcement in support of 'front.'
line units.
Varnarsdale has been assigned
to Company c as military po-
live investigator. Before arriving
in Korea he was stationed al
Camp Stewart, Ga. In civilian
life, the Army sergeant was en-
gagged in farming.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-05-28

Atlanta for book-autographine
sessions at the stores. Oh yes,
in between his dashing around
to numerous ports of drama-calls,
there was a little thing like a
column to write, letters to an
swer, books to read His wife,
Rebecca, would appreciate more
of his company but she knew how
it was. The afternoon was wear
ing on, and Ward arose. Soon il
would be Broadway After Dark -
That was his beat. And as he
smiled end shook hands, it seem
ed to me that those sharp but
friendly eyes of his were those
of Broadway - seeing it after
dark.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-05-28
Dr.. Underwood To
Testify In Washington

DR.. Felix J. Underwood, state
health officer, was called to Wash
ington, D. c. to appear as spokes-
man for the American Public
Health Association on Monday,
May 25th at II o'clock am. be-
fore subcommittee of the Sen
ate Appropriations Committee of
the United States Senate. Ac-
cording to DR.. Underwood, eff
forts are being made by medical
and public health professional
groups, as well as citizens groups
to lay the facts before the Senate
committee of the threat to human
life and welfare which curtail-
ment of protective health pro-
grams would bring about.
The House Committees reduc-
ton in appropriations for the
Public Health Service and the
Children's Bureau of the Depart
ment of Health, Education, and
Welfare, which affects Mississip-
pts Public Health Program, DR..
Underwood regards as unfortun-
ate and ruinious in its effects or
the continuation of an effective
program of disease control anc
health promotion in Mississippi.
DR.. Underwood will return to
jackson Tuesday afternoon unless
officially detained in Washington.
Jackson Visitors
Mrs. c. A. Glover and Miss
Mary Elizabeth Glover were
jackson visitors Saturday and
enjoyed the Wayne King Matinee
at the Hotel Heidelberg.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-05-28
Picxens Youth Serves
Aboord USS Oriskuny

San Diego, Calf. - The USS
Oriskany is scheduled to return
here today after nine months in
the Far East. Serving aboard the
attack aircraft carrier is William
o. w. Jenkins, Jr., airman. USN,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William 0.
w. jenkins of Pickens. attached
to Fighter Squadron l2l.
The Oriskany has been oDerat-
ing with fast carrier Task Force
n, and as the flagship of Rear
Admiral Robert F. Hickey, USN
Commander Of Carrier Division 5
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-05-28
Hospital List

Mrs. S. J. Ellington, Durant
Edgar D. Mcclellan, Durant
B. F. Friedman, Druant
Mrs. HELEN Hutchinson, Durant
Mrs. ]. E. Steen, Durant
Mrs. Rex Buchanan, Durant
Corlyn M. Morgan, Sunvalley,
California
Ricky Joyce Burrell, Durant
Colored Patients
Essie Horton, Durant
Baby Wright, Durant
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-05-28
Robert Roy Holds
Safety Meeting At
Duront School Gym

Robert Ray, local insurance
agent, held a safety meeting on
Friday at the Durant School Gym
with about l25 boys and girls at
tending. Most of these young
people either drive a car, ride d
bicycle or expect to be driving
in the near future. The purpose
of the meeting was to empha-
size the necessity of being con-
stantly alert to the dangers tina
confront every person who uses
the streets and highways either
in an auto, on a bicycle or as
pedestrian. A copy of The Trav-
elers Insurance Company 1853
safety booklet, Who, Me?",
showing the causes of traffic ac-
cidents and how to prevent them,
was given to each one present at
the meeting. Mr.. Ray urged each
young driver to be especially
careful while driving, giving pro-
per signals and obeying the laws
and showing proper courtesy to
others. What we are trying to
do" stated Mr.. Ray, "is to try to
keep Durant's young people, as
well as others, from getting killed
or manned in an accident. A few
other points were brought out
which should be Of interest to the
general public are as follows:
Up to December 1851, in al
wars since 1875, one million per-
sons had been killed. Up to De-
cember 1851, in traffic accidents
one million persons had been Kill
led, but it's been since 1900. The
automobile is more deadly than
a bullet. There were $1,000 traf-
fic deaths and 100000 injured
in 1852, the worst traffic toll in
history. There were 609,4l0 cas-
ualties from speeding; speed was
the principal cause of accidents.
If you drive at AS MP.H. the
chances of someone being killed
in an accident are one in Is. #
you increase your speed to Sc
M.P.H. the chances of someone
being killed in an accident are IN
creased so per cent. If you drive
SIS M.PH., your chances of be-
ing killed in case of accident are
increased by 125 per cent.
There were 274,090 pedestrian
accidents. Jaywalking is most
dangerous. 415,720 drivers under
Is were involved in serious ac-
cidents. Three out of four acct
dertts involved passenger cars
in clear weather and on dry
roads. Nine out of ten vehicles
were apparently in good condi-
ton before they crashed. Auto
mobiles are not reckless, thought
less or inattentive; drivers are.
Eighty per cent of the vehicles
involved in fatal accidents were
travelling straight ahead. Satur-
day is the most dangerous day OF
week to drive and from Z to 8
pm. Saturday night is the most
dangerous time. "And So" Mr..
~ concluded, this is how
people are hurt or killed in traf-
fic accidents. Your life and the
lives of your family and fellow
man depend on you"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-05-28
METHODIST CHURCH

Sunday is the last day of the
conference year of the Methodist
Church. The annual conference
will meet in West Point Wednes-
day, June 81. An appeal is made
to every member of the church
to attend Sunday School and wor-
ship services this Sunday and to
help make this the best day dur
ing the year. The sermon sub
jeots will be The Religion of
49, and In The Hands OF
God"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-05-28
Homecoming Day At
-o7caa @Eugcn

There viii be a homecola ng
ard al day singing at the Con-
cord Presbyterian Church, seven
miles south of Pickens on the old
81 highway. Sunday, May 81
Quartets and singers from Jack
son, Kosciusko and other places
will be present.
Everyone is cordially invited
to attend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-05-28
CARD OF THANKS
Tc The Citizens OF
The City OF Duxant:

This is to express my heartfelt
thanks and appreciation to each
of you for the vote of confidence
which you gave me in the Sec
ond Primary.
I shall make every effort to JUS
tify the trust and confidence
which you have placed in me in
electing me as your Marshal.
Sincerely,
w. E. Durham
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-05-28

A. H. Nall of Jackson has been
appointed to the position of State
Park Director effective July /,
1858, it was announced today by
Robebrt M. Newton, chairman OF
the State Board of Park Supervis-
ors.
Mr.. Nall has held the position
of the State Park Coordinator
for the past four and one-half
years, serving under the State
r'oIester-s state Park Director. APP
pointment Of Mr.. Nall as Park
director viii relieve the State
Forester of all park duties ana
VIII provide for direct supervi-
ion for the parks.
Born in brooklyn, Mississippi,
Mr.. Nall received his education
at Brooklyn Agricultural High
School and Mississippi State Col
lege. Mr.. Nall is 40, and a mem
Der of the West Park Methodist
Church in Jackson. Prominent in
church affairs, he is chairman of
the board of stewards, district
governor of youth work, Jackson
district; is associate district lay
leader and holds several other
key positions in the church or
ganization. He has served as dean
of youth assembly for the Missis-
sippi conference for the past four
years, is member of the COM
mittee on World Service and Fin
ance, and is teacher of the young
peoples Sunday School class. Mr..
and Mrs. Nall have five children,
two boys and three girls.
Mr.. Nall was one of the pion-
GERS of soil conservation work in
the state, being employed at the
Meridian office of the soil con-
servation service from 1884 to
l940. He was employed as pulp
wood contractor with the Flint
kote Corporation from 1910 to
1947, then as farm and sawmill
manager for the late c. Blanken-
ship of Bay Springs before ac-
cepting employment as State Park
Coordinator in January, 1949.
Newton commented; Nails
appointment to his new position
indicates forward step in park
development and is aimed at not
only Strengthening the admins
tration and service of the parks
but also at streamlining the Mis-
sissippi Forestry Commission"
State Forester James w Craig
has been serving as State Park
Director in addition to his fores-
try duties since his appointment
in January, 1859.
Newton stated that the rapid
growth of activities of the Missis
sippi Forestry Commission made
it imperative for the state fores-
ter to devote full time to the
commissions forestry work.
Craig was commended highly
by the board for the outstand-
ing job he has done as state park
director. Newton said that during
Craig's tenure as park director,
local park advisory boards have
been formed for each state park,
assuring closer and friendlier re-
lations between local citizens and
the park service. In addition,
Newton said much new equip
ment has been purchased for the
state parks and many buildings
repaired and painted, making
them more attractive and popular
with the general public.