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THt DURANT NfcWS 92nd YEAR NUMBER32 m llANT. MISSISSIPPI THURSuTYiTpRILiiOrniSa ~ t2.0?Ti77~W= THROUGH HAZEL EYES by Hasel Brannon Smith Singapore, Malaya (Delayed) Singapore is famous for its Sul tan of Johore and the Raffles Hotel, one of the world's best known establishments. Johore is one of the leading provinces and it is only a few miles drive over a causeway from Singapore to Johore—where the Sultan’s palace is located. At the time the Monroe was in Singapore the Sultan was veri tioning in England and the palace was closed guarded only by two soldiers with rifles. The public could drive through the beauti fully kept grounds during the day and admire the lovely builing and bright flowers in the mid-Decem ber sunshine—but all windows were barred and doors under lock and key. Fortunately I had a letter to the Sultan from one of his per sonal friends in Honolulu, Mr. Earl Thacker. Armed with this letter and accompanied by a charming Englishwoman who lived in Singapore, Mrs. S. H Peek, I went out to Johore one afternoon. Neither of the two Malayan guards spoke English but by some kind of international sign language which is the only lan guage accomplishment I've been able to master thus far I made it known that I wanted to gc through the palace even though it wasn’t open. One of the guards left with my letter and was gom for some time. When he returned he was accompanied by an Eng lish-speaking soldier who carried a huge ring of keys and proceed ed to show us through the entire palace room by room. The visit to the palace was cer tainly worth the effort we hat made to se it, Mrs. Peek and 1 both agreed. Although she had lived in Singapore many years and had always inteded to go ou' and see the palace some day she hadn’t gotten round to it. Johore and KelanjUm are the only two Malay States which have their'own orders of the ro yal family and crown to which appointments in several degrees we made. Thus the sultans, or rulers, are crowned rather than installed as in other states. The tillers are the spiritual as well as temporal heads of their states and it is their responsibility to be guard tana of Malay custom. Everywhere in the palace of Johore are letters and other tes timonials of affection and esteem from the crowned heads of Europe, particularly England. Cablegrams of felicitations on birthdays and other events from . Queen Mary and the late King George of England as well aa personal letters signed by royal hands adorn the wall and make interesting reading for country editors. Most visitors are greatly im pressed with the solid gold din ner service on display along with the thousands of nieces of china crystal and silver. Everything in this service plates and bowls of every size, cups and saucers and every odd serving piece you can think of is in solid gold. The two outstanding rooms in the palace as far as I was con cerned were the really beautiful drawing room and the adjoining throne room. The drawing room contained a whole suite of furniture made completely of crystal and mir rors—tables, chairs and odd pieces. 1 had never seen anything like this before and I must say it was quite effective in this large room with high ceilings from which there was suspended the most beautiful cut glass chandeliers I’ve ever seen. The guard who was showing us through said he thought they came from England but I think they must have been Belgian or Czechoslovokian. The throne room featured the two gold thrones of the Sultan end his consort, from which the guard obligingly removed (he sheets for us to see. Its walls were solidly lined with portraits of the royal family in full dress. Men are usually fascinated by the trophy room where there was on display the mounted heads of elephants, tigers, bears, rhinoce ros, hippopotamus and other big game. In fact the place looked like a museum. All of these were reportedly bagged by the Sultan on big hunts over the globe. The Sultan himself is as lavish as the lush tropica] growth throughout the state of Johore, according to Mr. Thacker, who told me one time he received a letter from the Sultan saying he was shipping him two baby elephants as playmates for the two Thacker children. Imagine the consternation in the Tharker household in Honolulu' A cable Sherrie Scott Dies In Durant Auto Accident Funeral services for little Sher-1 rie Scott, age four who died April | 8, as a result or injuries su.. tained in an automobile accident at Durant, were held Sunday afternoon, April 9, at the Na, rene Church, Durant, the Rev F. D. Garrett officiating Burial was in Scotland cemetery, Mont-1 gomery county. Surviving are her parents, r Ir and Mrs. W. A. Scott, four .sters Dixie, Shirley Ann, Mary iilaine and .leirie i nd one brotuer. Wii liain Dowell, all of Durant | gram sent posthaste fortunately stopped the shipment in time. Back at the Raffles Hotel,. which was named for Sir Stam ford Raffles who founded Singa pore in 1819, the outstanding im pression is one of spaciousness. The rooms are huge, three times i as large us the Peabodv. and each ! has an adjoining sitting room ! The bathroom is also large, two | or three times as large as in most' American hotels, and is stuck to one side of the room having been I added years later after the hotel I had been built. The ceilings are twenty to l twenty-five feet high which helps considerably for the climate of Singapore is very hot and humid valuing ians are in every room «nd the beds are the hardest I’ve ever slept on. Everything is spot lessly clean and the mosquito net ting which encircles every bed is drawn at night when the hotel maid turns down the bed. Dung the war many wives of the military were puzzled to get letters from their husbands saying the ‘Dutch wife” they slept with at Singapore was very, unsatisfactory. This “Dutch wife" Is nothing more than n kind of bolster on double beds put there to absorb perspiration. Singapore is the cultural cen ter for this whole area and then* •re five daily newspapers pub Iished there in English, from four, to 12 regular size pages each day. The Straits Times which boasts of being "Malaya’s leading, newspaper" and established ini 1845 also puts out annually an ambitious pictorial magazine in color which is beautifully done. Depicted therein are scenes in color of outstandng events of the year, such as installing a new ruler in one of the provinces, typical scenes throughout Malaya of mangificiont scenery and color ful native costumes and cere monies. In addition to the English newspapers there are also pub , l«shed in Singapore four daily newspapers in Chinese, two in Tamil and one in Malay. There are two radio stations, the Bri tish Far Eastern Broadcasting Service which relays BBC pro grams and Radio Malaya run by the Government Department of _j_*.•_. It seems the name “Raffles" do minates everything here—for the main commercial and shopping! district is contained in the square i known as “Raffles Place' and within a few blocks are the banks and the large business houses. Baffles College and King Ed ward, VII College of Medicine are located at Singapore and they form the nucleus of the Univer sity of Malaya to be ost iblished in Johore Bahru. One of the place- most tourists | shop is in “thieves alley” just j off Raffles Place where Baliheads from the Dutch East Indies vie \ ! with porcelains from China for the American dollar. One of my pleasant hosts in Sin gapore was Mr. S. H. Peck whose flourishing automobile business keeps him on the go constantly— but. he is never too busy to take time off to show visitors the city and its many attractions. Mr. Peek is a past president ot the Singapore Rotary Club which could be considered the most cos mopolitan in the world. It was organized twenty years ago by 75 leading business men of Sing apore representing different races Bv 1941 it had 160 members of 24 different nationalities. During th< Japanese occupation of Singa pore (February 15. 1942. unti’ September 5, 1945) Rotary activi ties were suspended but were im mediately resumed after the li beration. Among other activities the club entertains at Christmas 6,000 children. Since the war it has given a mobile dispensary tc the government and constructed the first tuberculosis clinic in th' Colony. Next week f shall write on Port Swettenham. Malaya’s rub ber port, and the gateway to Kuala, Lumpur, capital city of the Malayan states Phillip Marion Downer Phillip Marion Downer Services Held At His 1 Home At Emory Wed. - Funeral services for Phillip Mrrion Downer, 88, prominent planter of the Emory communi ty near Lexington who died at his home on Monday. April 17. after an extended illness, were con ducted at his home at 10:00 a. m . Wednesday, April 19, the Rev. A H. Miller, Meridian, assisted by the Revs. Curtis Ellis, of West, and W. M. Langley, Acona Burial was in Downer Cemetery Mr, Downer was born in I Holmes county on October 8, 1801, was a deacon in the Emory Baptist Church and was affect ionately known as "Uncle Phil lip’’ to his many friends. Mr. Downer married the form er Miss Cora Elizabeth Ellis on Christmas Eve, 1889, and the couple celebrated their CO’th wed ding anniversary on Christinas Eve, 1949. Mr. Downer was footer-father of E. E. Wynn, sheriff of Holmes County, and Mrs. W. B. Farmer. Cruger. He is survived also by his wife Mrs. Cora Elizabeth Downer, Durant, and a sister, Mrs W R. King, Cruger. ■ Pallbearers were Eris Tate. Marvin Cade, John C, Ammons,' Estes Hill, Sharkey Truitt. An drew Smith, K. F. Downer and C. J. Coleman. Lee and Craney Funeral Home was in charge of airangemtts Mrs. Eliza W. Wyers j Passes At Tchula Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza Walker Wyers, 92, who died April 2 at the home of her daughter. Mrs. James Uzzle of Tchula, were! held, at the Lee and Craney! Chapel, April 4 at 2:00 p. m.j the Rev. H. N. McKibben official-; ing. Burial was in Oregon cemetery 1 Mrs. Wyers was born in Texas and was a member of the Marlin. Texas Methodist Church. She moved to Tchula abeut four years ago from Texas, and lived with her daughter. She is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. James Uzzle, Tchula. Pallbearers were Bluford Tay lor, W. T. Richards, Dan Bruce, Walter Younger, Ellis Edwards and S. C. Richards. Lee and Craney Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements ' Patients At The Hospital Mrs. Collier Farmer. Lexington Mrs. Watson Lehman and baby boy. Greenwood Mrs. Raymond Doudle and baby boy, Durant Mrs. R E. Rosson, Durant Mrs. W. D. Bristol'. West R. B. Wigley, Lexington Colored Jim Moore, Tchula Ollie Lee Wright, Cruger Eva Fisher, West Beatrice Hooker and baby boy, Lexington Willie Lipsey, Goodman Mary Alice Anderson, Lexington MUSICAL PROGRAM GIVEN : BY CLARIS CHORAL GROUP I A musical program will be pre sented by the Clark College Choral group at Harlands Creek! Baptist Church, Sunday, April 23, beginning at 3:00 p m. The public is cordially invited to at tend. Mrs. R. W. Rhyne, Miss Edith Rhyne, Miss Daisy Mae Daniels, and Mrs. Mattie McDonald at j tended the pilgrimage in Colum-1 jus Sunday. JOYCE WILLIAMS. Home Demonstration Agent Whi ther family fare if frugal or fancy, the onion is a most im portant vegetable in giving zest to a wide variety of dishes, spe cialists of the U. S. Department of Agriculture remind home cooks. For seasoning no other vegetable is used in so many ways. Think of the many sauces, gravies, stuffings for meat, poul try or fish, salads and salad dress ings, relishes, main dishes and vegetables dishes which need onions for their favor. Heating chopped or sliced onion in a little fat helps draw out and distribute the onion flavor in stews and stuffings. Many good cooks let sliced onion stand in French dressing awile before mix ing the salad, as a means of stretching flavor. Raw slices of the big mild, sweet onions have always been favorites for sandwiches, both hot and cold The big pale rings are attractive, tender in texture, and not too pungent to combine with salad greens, vegetables or even citrus friuits. Grapefruit sections, onion rings and crisp lettuce make a handsome salad bowl mix ture. As a cooked vegetable onions are popular creamed, au gratin, or stewed with tomatoes. When making a creamed medley of li flover cooked vegetables, try cabbage, cariots, celery and onion together. Baked onions are an easy addi tion to an over diner. Peel me dium-size sweet onions. Cut in Half crosswise. Place in a bak ing dish. Sprinkle with salt and pi pper and dot with table fat. Add enough water to cover the bottom of the dish. Cover and bake in a moderate oven (375 F.) about 30 minutes. Tap with crumbs. Then bake uncovered 15 or 20 minutes longer until crumbs are brown and onions tender. A “Plant America” movement is on in the United States. Each state will work toward creating more interest in the use of plants. You fit into this over-all plan, because each community in Mis sissippi must be planted to con The basic purpose of the pro gram is to use more plants—in the fields, for checking erosion, (or home and community beau tification and improvement. It is designed to cause citizens in every state to take pride in restoring the mantel of gree which once covered our land. We are all well with the heavy loss of soil by water erosion each vear. We have seen good soil left barren after the nutrients have been leached out. We all know jf the tremendous loss involved in dust storms in the west. Any nograrn which helps prevent such is a good program. Our rural areas can be made more liveable by improving the [arm homes. Orchards and vege table gardens, located on a well Landscaped farmstead make for a well balanced, happy farm home, rhe planting of rural schools and The first step in “Planting Mis "hurch is greatly needed, iissippi” is for each community to adopt a project. Everybody can ^et in on it. Costs can be kept low. Parents and youngsters can io most of the work. Likely the boys and girls will be the most enthusiastic backers of the pro ject Community projects could b“ planting schrubs, trees and flow ers around community buildings, improving a picnic area, replant ing a cemetery or cleaning up weeds along roads and fence rows. Once a start is made, plen ty of ways will be discovered to continue the beautification pro gram in your community from year to year. SPRING CLEAN-UP It’s time for all home demon stration club members, 4-H club members and other interested in healthier, safer and better look ing farms and homes to get Lu^y Dn a Spring Clean-Up. One of every three persons killed by fire is a farm resident. About 3.500 farm residents die as a direct result of fires every year. , As you go about your clean-up. don’t limit it to the farmhouse. Include farm buildings, farm equipment and farm grounds. Re move old paper, discarded boxes, unused bedding, feed bags and similar material that would be tender for stray sparks. I o Conduct Revival *•*. Van M. Arnold Revival services at the Durant Presbyterian Church will begin, Sunday, April 23 and continue through the evening service Fri day, April 28. The Rev. Van M Arnold, pastor of the First Pres-1 byterian Church, Greenwood, will I be the guest pastor for these ser- ! vices. t The morning services will be at 11:00 a. m. and the evening ser vices at 7:30 p. m. The public is cordially invited to attend these services. Lilfleliois Mitchell Buried April 14 Funeral services for little Elois Mitchell, age two years, who died April 13 at the home of her pa rents at Eden as the result of a lall, were held at the Pleasant Hill Church, Friday. April 14 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning, the Rev. Snelgrove officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Hill cemtery. Surviving are her parents, Mr. | and Mrs. Paul Edward Mitchell I of the Eden community. | Southern Funeral Home was in I charge of arrangements. U-H Clubs Increase j Activity In Home Improvement Program | Trend of the times—peopl,. are spending more leisure hours in the home. This Is particularly true of rural folk. Many have recent ly electrified their homes, added telephones and modern farm ma chinery. Consequently farm fami I lies are giving more consideration ,to the comfort and beauty of ; their dwellings. Of particular value in this direction is the Na- . tional 4-H Home Improvement1 program now in its fourth year. Enrollment has increased almost | 15,000 in the past year, and the I number of 4-H’ers awarded coun ty medals jumped from 2,433 to 3,052. In Mississippi some 4,100 Club members will take part in the 1950 program, according to the State Extension office whicn con ducts the activity. County Ex tension Agents and local Club leaders give demonstrations, pre pare displays and instruct the youth in phases of home im i provement. Members who become | skilled in some particular job such as upholstering, floor sanding or [ working with color also give de monstrations. The enthusiasm shown by their sons and daugh ters inspires parents to coope rate in carrying out long-range plans to make their homes more livable. A favorite starting place for girls and boys, to has been on their own bedrooms. They have done amazing things with i little ingenuity, lots of hard work, a few cans of paint and bright new fabrics. Living rooms should be | high on the list this year, because I the family finds extra time to spend together indoors. Club I | members who have been active i in the home improvement pro I gram during the past few years are now skilled in renovating o I furniture and redecorating. Many have done remarkable carpentry | work building closets, cupboards and bookshelves. Outstanding accomplishments yv ill again be rewarded by the ; Sears Roebuck Foundation. A $300 college scholarship will be awarded to the eight top-ranking 4-H’ers in the nation. The Stats ! champion will be given a trip tc the National 4-H Club Congress and county winners a medal. Last years medals were presented I to 81 in Mississippi. State and ! national honors went to Bertha Joan White of Bailey. JAYCEES ATTEND MEEETING The Durant Jaycees were yvell representend by Deck John son, Louis Clements, Van L. Stew art and WT. H. ^IcKenzie at the Lexington Jaycee meeting, Thursday. April 13, at which new officers were elected. Medical Conference To Be Held At West A white children medical con ference will be held Friday, April 28, at the West Health Center, beginning at 1:00 p. m. Children from six weeks to six years are invited, and doctors will be pre sent to give examinations and immunizations necessary. Parents whose children will be gin school for the first time this fall are especially urged to bring those children. Business Places Close Wed. Afternoons We the undersigned merchants of Durant, hereby agree to close our places of business each Wed nesday afternoon at 12 o’clock for the remainder of the day be ginning the first Wednesday in May and ending the last Wed nesday in August. The Style Shop. R. L. Anthony, Walter Durham, J. P. Durham, R. K. Van Keuren, Western Auto Associate Store, Herrin Barber Shop, Terry’s Barber Shop, R. E. McNeer, Mayor, Neal Furni ture Company, Robert E. Irby, Cephas A. Dickerson, Piggly Wig gly, F. V. McCullar, Durant Grocery and Market. n t K n_ 1 ^ —r* *'»• wuitoutv, i uvvuu r un Beauty Shop, Helen Ashley Beauty Shop, Durant Dry Goods Company, Peoples Bank of Durant, B. F. Freidman, Guion’s Super Market, Julious Guion, Mc Lellor.’s Store, Wellworth Stores, Odom Bros., Lizzie McAbee Beau ty Shop. Caiicer Campaign j Still Short Of Goal j The cancer campaign in Holmes County is still short of its goal, according to O. A. Cleveland j county campaign director. No reports have, as yet, beer ; received from Tchula, West, Cox burg, Thornton, Richland and the various Negro districts, according to Mr. Cleveland. He states that reports from Mt. Olive, Mileston, Saints Industrial and Ambrose High Schools indicated that their respective quotas will be reached. Mr. Cleveland suggested that community chairmen stage some kind of entertainment whereby quotas may be reached if solici tation fails. *** Hc urged all citizen to see their community chairmen and to make a liberal contribution to this worthy cause. Services Held April 14 For Mrs. Callie Yaw Funeral services for Mrs. Cai lie Yaw, age 67, who died at her home in Coxburg, Monday, April 10, after a long illness, were he. at Coxburg at 2:00 p. m. April 14, the Rev. Wigley officiating. Burial was in Coxburg cemetery. Mrs. Yaw wa born at Tupelo, January 8, 1883. She is survived hv her hue. band, B. Y. Yaw and one son of bail Diego, California. Southern Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Carl Moses' Condition Reported Worse Friends of Carl R. Moses, own er of Tchula Theatre at Tchula, will be sorry to learn that his condition has taken a turn for the worse, according to Mrs. Moses. Mr. Moses underwent a cere bral operation at Mercy Hospital at Vicksburg recently, and spe cialists at that time reported his condition improved. His many friends in Holmes county and in Tchula wish him a speedy recovery. Dr. Parsons To Speak At G'wood Cancer Clinic Dr. W. H. Parsons, chairman of the committee on cancer of the Mississippi State Medical Associa tion, will speak at the cancr cli nic at Greenwood, April 26, and May 2, according to Dr. R. C Fraser, Holmes County Health Officer. Registration fee will be $10.00, and Dr. Fraser will be Holmes County registrar at the meeting. ————————————— ' Mrs. Doug Ramsey of Jackson was a Durant business visitor Thursday and while here visited with relatives and friends. Red Cross Fund Drive Lags; Community Quotas $671.88 Short Holmes County is *far short d its $3,900. quota, according to re ports made by campaign officials Monday. No reports have been received from Pickens, Bethesda, Centerville, Eulogy, Mileston, Owens, and Richland, and A. Ft Johnson, Negro campaign chair man, has not as yet reported. Report on collections to date cm Red Cross Fund campaign, show ing assigned quotas and amounts | contributed over the conty are j as follows: Quota Ami. Comm. Assigned Cost Lexington $800.00 $860.M Tchula 600.00 600.09 Howard 40.00 40.00 Emory 20 00 20.09 Brozville 10.00 12.09 Liberty Chapel 10.00 12.08 Beulah 10.00 10.09 Oregon (Elliott Hill) 10.00 11.58 Durant 600.00 “ 341.58 Goodman and Junior College 200.00 101.09 West 200.00 150.09 Cruger 250.00 89.00 Thornton 100.00 82.09 Coxburg 50.00 37.58 Franklin 20.00 9.58 Ebenezer 50.00 8.54 For everv dollar collected ihr Chapter retains only 46c whick is used to carry on the work of Red Cross over the entire county Since January 1 the demand? made on the Chapter for civilian relief alone have depleated the balance which had been carried over from former Campaigns. If these calls are answered, even on a limited scale, there must be money with which to operate. Mrs. Pearl C. Smith __ Passes At Lexington Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl C. Smith, age 75 of Lexington, who died at Community hospital April 13, after a long illness, were held at the Mt. Pleasant Church at West, Friday, April 14, the Rev. Curtis Ellis, officiating. Burial was in the Church ceme tery. Mrs. Smith was born in Carroll County, July 3, 1874. -She is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. Herman Griffin of Lex ;jhgton and one son, W. C Smith of Drew. Pallbearers were Calvin Ussery. Vardeman Barton, Boyd Moss. Johnnie Farmer, Marlin Gran tham and Ernest Harrison. Southern Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Masonic Services Held For Charles Lofstrom Services for Charles A. Lof • strom. 73, who died at the Vete rans Hospital at Biloxi, April 12.' I after an extended illness, were 1 Wol/l C ft.. 4 L W * *> -— vvuviiv«u l-UUCldl XI Mine chapel, Lexington, at 4:00 p m, Friday, April 14, the Rev. C. T Floyd, pastor of the Methodist Church officiating. Interment was at Odd Fellows Cemetery, and Masonic rites were hc:d at the graveside. Iti;'. Loistrom was born at Wa ter Valley on December 3, 1876. was a veteran of the Spanish American War and was a Mason for a number of years. He was a pharmacist. Surviving are his wife, Mrs Gulie Lofstrom, Lexngton, and i son, Charles Pitt Lofstrom, Vicks burg. Southern Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Library Notes This week the Holmes County Library at Durant offers the much talked “Seeds of Treason," the story of Hiss-Chambers case, by Ralph de Toledano. Fiction offered includes “Tiger In The Garden’’ by Speed Lamkin, “The Tower And The Town” by Grace Campbell. “Never Another Love" by Jan Tempest and “Kilroy Hall" by Monica Ewer. Mystery readers will enjoy “The Case Of The Black Sheep’’ by Scott Finley, “The Bride Regrets" by Marjorie Carleton and “Fright” by George Hopley. Juvenile readers are offered additions to two series, "The Bobbsey Twins In Eskimo Land" by Laura Hope and “The Adven tures Of Grandfather Frog” by Thornton W. Burgess. New i*sv“s of magazines are in and the “Post’ had been added to the weekly selection offered bj the Library