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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
Is Holmes Men Are
Called For Monday
Induction In AT
23 Others Remain On
List; Have Passed
Physical Exoms

Sixteen Holmes county mer
nave been called for induction
INTO the armed forces from
holmes Board No. 20, on Mon
day April 6. The group will leave
Lexington at 800 a. m.
This leaves % men on the LIST
OF those having passed their
physical examinations and now
awaiting induction call. All % are
over 10 years of age.
An additional call for III mon
from Holmes county to take their
physical exams in April goth has
been received. These names VIII
be published next week. With the
depletion of the latter list ths,2
will be only So men left who are
registered with the Holmes Board
and who have not yet been called
for physical exams and these 5
are under 10 years of age.
Men Listed
Those reporting for inductior
Monday into the service are:
Santo AL Tumminello, Cruz.
Elvis Earl Roberts, Ri. ?
Durant;
Robert Evan Hearn, Miles m
Mercer Torrance Frost, Lexing
ton; all white and the follow:n
colored men:
James Edward Davenpor.
Tchula;
Jefferson Davis Hortin. r.. 2
Durant;
Jahnnv Baxte~ Chatw,r
Rogers, RI. 5. Lexington.
John Henry Fort, Rt. 2, Tchula.
Joe Coleman Jr.. RI. /. Pickers.
Woodrow Smith. Rt. 2, Durant
James Daniel Lee, Rt. 3, Duran.
Cornelius Pinkey, Rt. 2, Tchula'
Nora Ben Montgomery, Rt. 2
Durant:
Merton Leroy Wiley, Rt. ?
Lexington;
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
Study Course Planned
At Baptist Church

A study course will be held at
the First Baptist Church begin
ming Monday, April at $50 p. m.
Wheeler Hawkins, Training I'm
ion director, is in charge. All
members of the Training Unon
are urged to attend and adults,
young people and Intermediates
in the Sunday School
The Rev. Mcdonald of Good
man will teach "Honoring The
Deaconship" for adults and Miss
Jean Faulkner of Holmes Junior
College will teach intermediates
Growing in Bible knowledge. .
Mrs. H. c. Mitchell of Durant will
be in charge of the class for
Juniors.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
First Baptist Church

A program of Easter music will
be given by the choir of the
First Baptist Church Sunday
morning at HOO. There will be
a short sermon by the pastor.
On Sunday evening members of
the Knights Templer from this
section will attend the Baptist
Church in a body for the regular
evening worship hour. Members
will be present from Kosciusko,
Lexington, Tchula, Greenwood as
well as Durant.
The Rev. c. NJ. Day announces
that the church expects to use
the new educational building fol-
sunday School the second Sunday
in April.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
Coxburg Is Organized
For Community
Development Program
Group Will Seek
Cooperation In Home
Farm Community

On March 25th w. r. Sullivan,
county Agent, Miss joyce vii.
liams, home Demonstration Agent
George Rome, assistant county
agent and Coy Watkins, vocationa,
agriculture teacher at Coxburg
met with group of farmers and
their wives at the Coxburp
School and organized this group
into a community development
organization.
The purpose of this organization
is for better cooperation in the
community, in developing the
home. the farm and the commun-
ity. Officers elected were as fol-
lows; Coy Watkins, president;
Lester Edwards, vice-president;
and Mrs. Louise Chisolm, secre-
tary. This group will meet month
ly and the meeting date will be
the last Wednesday night in
each month at P. M. Everyone
in the Coxburg community is in
vited to attend these meetings.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
New Lower Prices
Dodge Announces

Herrin Bros. Motor Company
today revealed the details 81
price reductions ranging up to
1902 on all 1853 Dodge passenger
cars and trucks.
Mr.. Herrin said the Dodge
price reductions were made pos
sible by increased availability
of scarce materials.
Currently, Dodge retail sales
are so per cent greater than
during the corresponding period
last year under government con-
trolls" Mr.. Herring said. I'VE are
very pleased that the factory has
seen fit to take advantage of in
creased production and sales, and
to pass on the savings to our
customers"
Some of the typical savings are
cited. On the popular-selling Cor.
onet Weight four-door sedan the
prices have been reduced $135.80.
while on both the luxury Coronet
Wight Diplomat hardtop anol
convertible the prices have been
lowered $20180. Additional saw
ings will be affected by lower
Federal excise and local taxes
on the factory retail price. Oni
some models the new prices alsol
include &c standard ocI,ipy,c ont
items previously sold as extra.
There are an estimated 23.na0l
stones IN the Washington ncnu-a
ment.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
Mrs. Willis eagle
Rites Held Saturday
Holmes Woman
Suffers FotuI Stroke
At Durunt HospitoI

Mrs Willis eagle died FRIDAY
afternoon at the District IL hos
pital in Durant following a stroke
that morning shortly before noon,
he was former resident of Lex
ington.
Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon at 200 at the
Durant Baptist church with the
Rev. c. M. Day officiating. Burial
was in Brister cemetery.
Mrs. eagle was born November
)9, 1900 near Lexington. She was
the daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Harvey and was men,
Der Of the Durant Baptist church.
Surviving are her husband, two
daughters. Mrs. Herman Sanders
of Sails, Mrs. ]. D. Cooper, Jr.
of Yazoo City and one son, Car
son eagle of Memphis. She also
caves two sisters, Mrs. Nixon
Brown and Mrs. Sallie Harvey of
Lexington and a brother, Mr..
Hopson Harvey of Lexington.
Acting pallbearers were: Charles
P. Durham, Col. B. B. Wilkes, J.
M. Hoff, Carl Herring, Lloyd Day,
byron Baker, Tommie Ellard and
Denton Rosamond.
Honorary pallbearers were: Al
bert Tatum, r. J. Martin L. P.
Mcclellan, L. P. Mcclellan, Jr. w.
S. Heggie, Rice Pressgrove and
Jimmy Nichols.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
Governor Urges Cities
Share In Gas, Sales Tax

Durant municipal officials and
civic leaders expressed gratifica-
ton today over Governor Hugh
l.. Whites statement to the press
that he is determined to afford
relief to the financially hard pres-
sed towns and cities in the COM
ing special session of the State
Legislature.
In an Associated Press dispatch
from Jackson, Governor White is
quoted as saying that he will
seek a sweeping revision of the
states tax structure to provide
aid for municipalities.
Governor White proposes a
shift in addition to money allotted
from an increase in the sales tax.
He estimates the gasoline tax
would yield the cities $4.460, 900
a year.
The Governor already had re-
commended that if the sales tax
is increased one per cent to help
finance the proposed school equal
ization program that the cities
participate also.
Both Governor White and
Lieutenant Governor Carol Gar
tin are former mayors of their
home towns and are thoroughly
familiar with the needs of munich
palities which have had a 35 per
cent growth in population in the
last few years in the face of rising
costs and demand for increased
services.
Mayor r. E. McNeer today urg-
ed Durant citizens to personally
write Governor White and thank
him for his announced intention
to help the urban centers. He sent
the following telegram to Gov,
White in regard to the matter.
Honorable Hugh L. White
Governor of Mississippi
Jackson, Miss.
Your proposal to shift one cent
gallon of gasoline tax from the
counties to the cities is greatly
appreciated by US. We shall assist
you in every way in making you,
excellent proposal become a
reality.
Mayor and Aldermen OF
Durant
r. E. McNeer, Mayor
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
{. N. Mcdaniel To
Head Oil Group
Durunt Man Elected
Vice-Choirmon;
PovoIl Secretary

c. M. Mcdaniel of Lexington,
was elected chairman of the
Holmes County Petroleum Indus
tries Committee for 1953-54 at a
meeting held Friday evening at
the City Hall, in Lexington.
The Holmes organization is af-
laid with the Mississippi
Petroleum Industries Committee,
a statewide organization of
wholesale and retail and oil deal
ers whose detectives is 'fair and
equitable taxation of their bust
a4ss and their customers"
Water D. May of Jackson, ex-
ecutive secretary of the State Pet
roleum Industries Committee
presented color film showing
how bill goes through the Mis-
sissippi legislature. In his COM
mentary on the film. May point
ed out that every citizen should
make an effort to understand and
participate in the operations of
government on every level.
He said: "All public officials
should give thought to the ire
Eendous amount of revenue pro
duced at all levels of govern
ment and to the hundreds of
thousands of jobs provided by the
ownership and operation of motor
vehicles. Care should be taken
that ever increasing taxes do not
restrict the ownership and oper-
ton of motor vehicles.
anyone who will take time
to add up the taxes levied on the
ownership and operation of motor
vehicles, the high seven-cent
per gallon state gasoline tax,
license tag fees, drivers, licenses
fees, federal gasoline and automo-
tive exercise taxes, advalorem
tax. sales taxes and other direct
and indirect taxes cannot help
but realize that the OWNERSHIP
ard operation of motor vehicles
will soon be restricted to only the
wealth. unless the present trend
is reversed"
Otrer officers elected at II =
meeting were 0. R. Campbell of
Durant, vice-chairrnan, and A. S
Pov0N cf Lexington. secretary
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02


past president of the Leland Lions
Club, member of the Lions All
State Band committee, and an
active worker on all club projects
mas been nominated by his club
for the office of District Governor
# Lions District SOC. Mr.. Girls.
sum is a former resident of Lex
ing on and his candidacy will be
Of interest to Lions Clubs in
Holmes county.
Grissom is the first Lion of
District 30-C to announce for the
office, according to J.V. Shep.
herd, president of the Leland
club, who stated that the 70 mem.
is Of the 0lub urged Grissom
0 accept the nomination and
voted unanimously to support
him.
lne candidate served his club
as president in 1852 and as
vice president in l950-51. He has
edited the weekly news bulletin.
has been chairman of the Lions
information committee and of the
program committee, and is a Key
member. In 1852 he was appoint
ed as the representative from
District SOC on the Lions All
State Band committee, and has
been instrumental in effectine
changes in policies of the band.
Besides serving in executive
capacities, Lion Grissom has
worked in every phase of the
local clubs activities and their
money making projects from sell
ing brooms to playing a role in
club sponsored play.
Under Gissom's presidency, in
addition to continuing projects
such as sight conservation and
work with boys and girls, the club
constructed a brick pavilion
with rest rooms and storage space
at the Lions sponsored city park
1t was during his tenure that
the club sponsored the communi-
tvs largest Christmas parade and
initiated hospitality stunt that
has received nationwide publici-
ty. Occupants of out-of-state cars
passing through Leland are "ar-
rested" and sentenced" to be
the luncheon guests of the club.
He was backed by an attendance
record of over 96 percent and
a net increase of more than 10
percent in membership.
An agronomist in charge of
soil fertility research at the Delta
Experiment Station at Stoneville,
Mr.. Grissom was graduated from
the Summerland High School in
Smith County, Mississippi. He at
tended Jones Junior College in
Ellisville, and received his B. S.
degree from Mississippi State Col
lege in 1899. In 1910 he received
his M. S. degree from State Col
lege.
Prior to his Army service and
again from 1945 to 1916 he was
with the Soil Conservation Ser
vice working throughout central
Mississippi. Coming to his present
position at Stoneville in 1916.
Grissom has been the author of
several published articles and
bulletins relative to soils and
fertilizers and made numerous
speaking appearances at agricul-
tural meetings. Entering the
Army as a Private in 194l, he
saw three years of service in the
Pacific theater and was separated
from the service with the rank
of Captain in 1945.
Mr.. Grissom is Vice Command
er of the Leland post of the
American Legion, a member of
the American Society of Agro-
nomy, Master Mason and ROYAL
Arch Chapter member, and is
active in Methodist Church
work.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
Lexington Borders
Will Entertain
On Next Tuesduy

Lexington BARRIERS will be
hosts to the Central Mississippi
BARRIERS Association at a dinner
meeting next Thursday night at
TidWelPs Cafe at 800.
Senator T. M. Williams will ad-
dress the group which will be
from Holmes, Attala Madison,
comprised of about 80 BARRIERS
Leake and Montgomery counties.
Carl Herrin of Durant is presi-
dent of the group and H, C. True
of Lexington is vice-president.
Lamar Nesbitt of Kosciusko is
Secretary.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
Methodist Church

A communion service will be
held Friday night at the Method
ist church at 7:30. Easter morni~c
at 100 the pastor will preach
on ION Which Side of Easter
Are You Living?" and that night
at 700, What VIII You do With
Jesus7"
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
Preeboter;nn Church

The public is cordially invited
to attend the services at the
Presbyterian church SUNDAY April
.. Sunday school win be al Gas
a. m. and morning worship at
HOO. Easter Depends On You, "
will be the sermon topic. Thu
evening service will be at 7:30.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
3, 500 Raised To
Dute For Red
Cross Fund

: A report has been sent into
headquarters, Atlanta, Ca, as to
the present status of the cam
paign insofor as cash on hand
today is concerned.
The County quota is $4,50O.OO-
we have as reported to the chair
man, H. F. Flowers $2500.OO.
This report is incomplete due
to the fact some towns and COM
munities have made no report
and the campaign put on by the
Nergoes did not start actively
until March %.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
Sunrise Easter Service
Will Be Held

The Junior Chamber of Com
nlerce will sponsor a union Sun
rise service Sunday morning at
700 a. m. at Bennett Field if the
weather permits. If not, the SER
vice will be held in. the school
auditorium. The public is cordial
w invited.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
Conservation Club
To Be Organized

A meeting will be held at the
Hoimes County Court house
Thursday, April 2, at 800 D. m.
Tor the purpose Of organizing a
local conservation club to promote
better fishing and hunting in
TINS locality. All interested per-
sons are urged to attend.
The meeting will be attended
by DR., Pettus and Hayden Cam
Dell OF jackson. The latter will
show a film.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
Fire Grew Enjoys
Wiener Roast Saturday

The Holmes County Fire crew
enjoyed a wiener roast last Satur-
day night at the Lexington Fire
Tower.
Guests were Mr.. and Mrs. E. p.
Mcmillan of Rolling Fork. Mr..
Mcmillan is district forester.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02

Two big events are schedul-
ed in Holmes county during
May.
The first is the All Found
ing Celebration on Tuesday,
May 5, in Lexington at which
time the founding of the now
internationally known All
Club will be commemorated. 1t
was in Holmes county that the
first federally sponsored boys
club work took place. Known
at that time Gin 1907 as a boys
corn club the work grew and
developed into what is now
known as the All Clubs.
A list of notables will be in
Lexington for the occasion
headed by Governor Hugh L.
White and there will be repre-
sentatives from the Depart
ment of Agriculture in Wash
ington attending.
The festivities will start with
a big parade around the Square
in Lexington at 1000 a. m. and
continue until that afternoon.
Several college bands have ac-
copied invitations to partici-
pate in the parade.
The second big attraction in
May in our county will be
horse show in Tchula on Mon
day night May IL. at the athle-
tic field. The show is being
planned and sponsored by
members of the Tchula Bust
ness and Professional Women,s
Club and the Tchula Lions
Club.
From what we have heard
from members of the two clubs
the Tchula show viii be one
of the best horse shows eve
TO be held in this section OF
Mississippi.
They are making plans now
to have at least rs horses
shown in about 20 or more
classes and the whole event
will be an outstanding success
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
Hospital List

Mrs S. j. Ellington, Durant.
Mrs. Tommie Wigley, Durant.
Mr.. Beryl Thomas, Durant.
Mrs. James Kelly, DuckHill
Mrs, Chesteen Smith, Pickens.
A. l.. Snavely, West.
Mrs. Willis eagle, Expired
March 81.
Mrs. Evie Ables, Thornton.
Marjorie Ann Ellis, West.
Derek johnson, Durant.
Mrs. s. F. Hodges, Durant.
Mrs. Dewitt Hester, Durant.
Colored
Clytee Parks, Goodman.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES

The spirit of l77e is dying
in America"
Thoee are the words of
George Sisler, correspondent
OF The Commercial Appeal,
who recently visited the Ko-
rean battle front and has
since come home very hum
BILE and concerned"
Mr.. Sisler was speaker to
members and guests of the
Durant Rotary Club Friday
and he left no doubt as to how
he personally felt about the
management, or "Mis-manage-
ment,' as he put it, of the Ko-
rean War.
Mr.. Sisler correctly ap-
praised the situation in this
country when he said the
spirit Of l776 is dying in
Notwithstanding to my
own personal opinion.
] have long been of the
opinion that the spirit that
prompted a proud people to
throw off the shackles Of
British tyranny is not dying
in America-but is dead.
! hope am wrong, but
! can see no hope for a ma
ton of people which seems
most concerned about business
and profits and goes cheer
fully and callously along its
WITTY without protest as long as
thelKorean war does not incon-
vefience it.
To me it is almost unbelieva-
bic that nation of people
could so along as we have in
the past IL months and permit
the Korean stalemate to con-
tinue. If we had the character
and the CUTS we should have
we would long since have de-
manded that our congress
compel the president to do
something about it.
My personal opinion is that
no congressman worth his salt
would sit supinely in his chair
at Washington and let Tru-
man continue the stupid,
bungling, politicing which
characterized his handling of
the Korean war while Ameri-
can casualties were being in
creased from $4,000 year to
10000 a year.
And those are the words that
I told my congressman, Frank
Smith, when he visited my Of
flee last summer.
"How long are you going to
let it 60 on?"
That was the question I ask. |
ed him--but I didn't get an
answer.
Meanwhile today and every |
day 100 more American boys
are being added to the casualty |
lists-does that mean anything, |
any more?
Week after week we carry |
stories about Holmes county |
boys arriving in Korea. My es-
innate is that more Holmes
men have been are now fight
ing in Korea than saw overseas
service in World War II al
though I could be mistaken.
But this is not "war".
1t is only a ''police action"
But the communists bullets
in Korea know no difference.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02

# their plans work out as they
surely will
The folks il Tchula have
a habit of making things work
out.
We suggest all our readers
make plans now to attend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
With Mother

With Mother
Miss Gertrude McCune of Jack
son spent the weekend with her
mother, Mrs. w. E. McCune.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
With Relatives

Mr.. S. N. Boyette of Laurel
spent the weekend in Durant with
relatives.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02

Attend Dance
Mrs. j. w. HUMPHREYS, Mrs.
Roy Smith. Miss Marion Bick
nell and Miss Elba HUMPHREYS
attended Miss Phol's dance revue
at MSCW last Friday night.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-04-02
Leave Thursday

Leave Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Thomas
will leave Thursday on the Pana-
ma Limited for visit with Mr..
and Mrs. A. A. Christopher in
Chicago.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-02-05
Churches
CHURCH SCOOL
OPEN HOUSE

Open House will be observed by
the Church School of Phillips
Avenue Presbyterian Church, East
125th st. at Phillips ave., nexi
Sunday at 3 p. m.
Demonstration Of the Sunday
School work will be presented anG
a motion picture will be shown
Refreshments will be served. All
parents are urged to attend and
members of the congregation are
cordially invited.
The sacrament of communion
will be observed next Sunday
morning at the 10:45 service in
Phillips Avenue Presbyterian
Church. Rev. Dudley F. Uphoff
will take as the theme of his COM
munion meditation "Take Gods
Hand. The anthem to be sung by
the senior choir will be "Open
Our Eyes" by Macfarlane.
Officers ordained or installed
last Sunday were: Elders: Robert
Brownlee, H. C.. Thomas, Frank
Samuels and Carroll Wohlgamuth;
Deacons, Bernard Diable, Louis
Streble, Harold Mitchell, Fred
Roberts, Robert Holtz and Melvin
Cans; Trustees, Alvin Sperber,
Robert Pfenning and William Nc
Cracken.
Circle A will sponsor a card
party on Friday, February 9Th at
8 p. m. Donation rs cents.
The Woman's Society," of Chris
tian Service of the Church of the
Cross, will have it's monthly all
day meeting at the church, We'd
nesday, February 11th. The cabi-
net will meet at 10 a. M, there
will be Prayer Service at 11:3O
and luncheon will be served.
The afternoon sessions, at 1:3O
p. m. will be the general business
meetings, followed by the Program
which will give emphasis to the
World Day of Prayer, and it's OBJ
servance in ia different countries.
\
Church news should be sent
to Elsa c. Berg, 1460O Euclid
ave-, or if brief, phoned to PO.
1873. 1t is appreciated when
church items are received by
Monday.
Three meetings are listed next
week for Calvary Church men,
bers. On the 10th Mrs. G. NJ.
Cummings and Mrs. Phoebe Mohler
will entertain the Ethel Gochenour
Missionary Society at the formers
home, 1889 Windermere st., Mrs.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-02-05
THREE YOUTH
WEEK SERVICES

Concluding Youth Week at the
First Church of the Nazarene
three meetings are announced fo1
the weekend.
Speaker at each meeting will be
Rev. Paul Baxter, vice-president
of Youth program and formerly
an assistant pastor at the Nazar-
enc Church. He is now pastor at
East Palestine, Ohio.
Saturday evening a banquet will
be held at the Y House. Youth will
participate in the Sunday 10:45
worship service and again at a
get-together at $50 p. m. Sunday
in the church. Rev. Baxter will
bring each message.
Thursday evening, February 9Th
at 800 p. m. the women of Win
dermere Presbyterian Bible Glass
will meet in their classroom for
their monthly party. Mrs. Gather
inc Blodgett, director of Religious
Education will discuss Church
School plans. Mrs. H. Tobey and
her committee will be the hostesses.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-02-05
Notice of Public Hearing

A public hearing will be held
Tuesday, February 10, 1868, at
900 a. m. in the Commission
Chamber of the East Cleveland
City Hall to consider an appeal
from George S. Rider Company
requesting rezoning of a strip
of land adjacent to and west of
the New York Central right-of-
way, south of st. Clair ave-, to
permit'jthe erection of a building
to be used for assembly of ma
chinery by the Foote-Burt Com
pany.
If a zoning change is recon-
mended by the Board of Zoning
Appeals it will be referred to the
City Commission for approval and
adoption at its meeting to be held
on Tuesday, February 10, 1853, at
7:45 p. m. in the Commission
Chamber of the East Cleveland
City Hall.
S. NJ. Spears, Secretary
Board of Zoning Appeals
Published February 9TH, 1858.