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by Haul Brannon Smith
On next Tuesday Holmes county
voters will go to the polls and
elect a congressman to succeed
the Hon. Will M. Whittington who
is retiring as our congressman
after more than twenty years of
distinguished service. >
There are two contenders for
his post Tuesday — State Senator
Oscar O. Wolfe of Duncan, and
State Senator Frank E. Smith of
Greenwood.
We will not attempt to discuss
the campaign and issues in this
column.
But we will point out to every
reader the importance of voting.
The privilege of being able to
elect the men who govern this
country is more than mere privil
ege — it is a solemn duty. As good
citizens we are responsible for the
election of good men to run our
government — and if we don’t
have the kind of government we
want we have only ourselves to
blame.
In examining the Holmes coun
ty returns in the Democratic Pri
mary election we noted that only
1,675 people voted. This is less
than half of the number of quali
fied voters in Holmes county.
If we lived in a country where
we didn't have the right to vote
we would undoubtedly fight for
that right until we secured it. No
aacrifice would be too great in
order to gain the privilege of vot
ing — even our lives.
Do we care so little, appreciate
to little, our opportunities in this
country and our freedom that we
tit idly by and lose them?
From the number of votes oast
in Holmes county in the first pri
mary I would say that we Holmes1
countians do not care whether we
can vote or not — but 1 know we
do care.
I hope our readers will show
their interest in our government
by going out Tuesday and voting
for the man we consider the best
qualified to represent us in Con
gress.
Do not turn this matter off by
saying your vote doesn’t count.
Every vote counts.
Your vote also counts when you
stay away from the polls.
The citizen who stays away
from the polls and doesn’t make
the effort to vote is just ns bad as
the citizen who votes his own per
sonal interest rather than for the
best qualified man. (
Both of these candidates have a
message for the voters of the
Third Congressional District in
this issue of the paper. See pages
2 and 6. Read their messages and
make up your own mind — then
go to the polls Tuesday and vote
your choice.
A lit; SCVUIIU dllllUdl nUllllL’?.
county fair and livestock show
will be held in Lexington this
• month from Sept. 18th through the
23rd.
The fairgrounds on highway 12
have been improved and the mem
bers of the Lexington Junior
Chamber of Commerce have in
stalled a fence along the highway
that does much to improve the
general appearance.
Catalogs were distributed Mon
day showing the requirements for
livestock entering the fair and the
various classes and divisions of
competition. Read elsewhere on
this page a story giving complete
Information on the fair—then if
you have anything to enter get
ready. The more competition we
have at the fair the better off we
will he—and the greater show can
be put on.
As the Holmes County Bank and
Trust Company said in its adver
tisement in the fair catalog: ‘This
(the fair) is a fine way to help em
phasise the importance of a di
versified farm program in Holmes
countv and this section of our
state.”
And a diversified farm program
is the only way any county pre
dominantly agricultural can solve
its economic problems.
Smart farmers know this and
are not depending upon any one
crop for a living
Pickens Artists Appear
On Allison's Program
Mrs. Harry Worthy, well-known
soprano of Pickens, presented a
program of arias and folk songs
to a large audience at Allison's
Wells on Tuesday evening, Sep
tember 5. Her performance was
greeted with much enthusiasm.
On Labor Day, Mrs. T. O. Bu
ford and Johnny Yarborough,
both of Pickens, gave a program
of two- piano numbers and solos
for the last of the current sea
son’s musical evenings at Alli
son’s Wells. Many ’ncores were
called for by a most appreciative
audience.
Attends Banquet «,
Mrs. Erma White attended the
annual banquet of the Pike-Am
fte-Walthall Unit of the Missis
sippi Hairdressers Association in
McComb Tuesday night.
THE DURANT NEWS
92nd YEAR NUMBER 52 mJKANT, MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1951) ' tv
Congressman Will Be
Elected Tuesday In
Third District
Wolfe And Smith
Contend For Post;
Officials Named
Qualified voters of Holmes coun
ty will go to the polls next Tues
day, Sept. 12th, to choose a repre
sentative in Congress to take the
place of the Hon. Will M. Whit
tington, who is retiring at the end
of his term this year.
Third district electors will
choose between Slate Senator
Frank E. Smith of Greenwood, and
State Senator Oscar O. Wolfe, of
Duncan. The third man in the
congressional race was Lomax
Lamb, Marks attorney who was
eliminated in the Democratic Pri
mary on August 22.
Every qualified voter In the1
county is urged to go out and vote
in the election Tuesday.
Election officials who will serve
in the second primary election
Tuesday are listed as follows: (The
first person named is the return
ing officer and the next two are
managers. The next two listed are
clerks and the last name is that
of the peace officer for the beat.)
Lexington: W. D. Ford, A. B.
Parker, Mrs. A. P. Shepherd, Mrs.
L. B.Gilliland, W. H. Roach;
Acona: J. D. Williams, K. F.
Downer. Mrs. J. R. Booth, Miss
Mary Steele, Mrs. K. F. Downer,
J. R. Rnnth* ITr'inlrlin' T r
sey, Mrs. J. M. Powers, Noel Dren
nan, Mabel Drennan, Mrs. J. R.
Lipsey, G. H. Love.
Durant: Mrs. R. C. Elmore, Cal
vin King, W. E. Cresswell, Mrs.
John Jenkins. Mrs. Paul Odom,!
W. E. Durham; Goodman: George
Mitchell, W. A. Thomas, Mrs. E. I.
Doty, Elizabeth Moody, Mayme
Hollum, J. D. Taggart; West:
Mrs. W. T. Hand, W. H. Jackson,
Mrs. G. L. Brock, Mrs. A. C. Aut
try, Albert Browning, D. E. Camp
bell; Edsville: J. L. Moorhead, I
Mrs. Maggie McLellan, Mrs. L. E. j
Parkinson, Mrs. G. D. McLellan,
Mrs. J. L. Moorhead, George D. I
McLellan; Emory: Andrew I
Snuih, Mrs. W. E. Grace, Mrs. Con
nie D. Cade, Mrs. Andrew Smith,
Mrs. S. S. Truitt, Mrs. Cora E.
Downer; Bowling Green: Hugh
McLellan, Mrs. Hugh McLellan,
S. J. McLellan, Mrs. J. I. McLel
lan, Mrs. S. J. McLellan, A. E.
Ellington.
Eulogy: Mrs. Lillian Hocutt,
Mrs. W. E. Hearn, Mrs. H. O. Pet
tus, Earl Covington, Aubrey
Peirce, J. P. Malone; Richland:
W. J. Shanks. Santa Tackett, J. F.
Sample, G. F. Byrd, Mrs. J. L.
Branch, Luther Upshaw; Pickens:
Mrs. H. S. McKie, J. K. Thomas,
H. G. Worthy, Mrs. S. D. Simpson,
Josephine Burton, Hal Peterson;
Ebenezer: B. W. Humphrey, E. E.
O'Reilly, W. B. Lucas, Edwin
Murtagh, Edgar Brown, H. C.
Brock.
Thornton: W. H. Rushbrook,
Mrs. C. G. Campbell, John J. Li
berto, Mrs. J. N. Hearn, Mrs. M. L
Smith, J. N. Hearn.
Tchula: T. J. Rogue, J. L.
Shields, Willie E. Jones, Mrs. J.
B. Irving, Mrs. Florence Buck, A
C. Conger; Cruger: T. B. Smith.
Henry B. McLellan, Mrs. J. E
Turner. W. B Farmer. Mrs M W.
Estes. I. W. Brown.
Holmes Native Buried
At Oregon Cemetery
Funeral services were held at
the Oregon Church near Lexing
ton Thursday, August 31, for Mr.
T. J. Whittington, life-long resi
dent of Minter City. Mr. Whit
tington died in the Jackson Bap
tist hospital Wednesday, August
30. He was eighty-four.
Services were conducted by th'
Rev'. Mr. G. R. Grisham, pastor of
the Minter City Methodist Church,
assisted by the Rev. Mr. C. T
Floyd, pastor of the Lexington
Methodist Church.
Born in Ho Imps county. Mr.
Whittington was a plantation
manager for about 60 years, and
a member of he Minter City Me
thodist Church. He was the son
of the late J. W. Whittington and
Mary Doty Fonvilie.
He is survived by one sister.
Mrs. Annie Rogers of Tchula. a
niece, Mrs. J. R. Watson of Lex
ington, and a number of other
nieces and nephews about the
state.
Among the relatives from out
of town who atended the funeral
services were Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Whittington of Midnight, and Mr.
and Mrs. E. M. Chatonev nnd son,
Henry Arthur of Jackson.
Interment took place at the
Oregon cemetery under the direc
tion of the Southern Funeral
Home.
Thirteen Holmes Men
Get Induction Orders
Thirteen men from Holmes coun
ty have received orders for in
duction into the U. S. Army on
September 14.
These men are, white: Donald
Milton Parrish, Tchula; William
Roy Wigley, Durant; Roy E. Wil
liams, Durant; and Walter Ellis
Tyson, Route 1, Eden.
Colored: Jake Benito Bias, Jr..
Tchula; Leroy Coleman, Pickens:
Robert Lee Henderson. Lexing
ton; Ernest Jordan, Route 2, Lex
ington; Moria Anthony, Route 1,
Durant; George Charlie Reeves,
Lexington; Booker T. Donald
son, Route 4, Lexington; William
Murry Smith, Route 1, Tchula;
and Jonathan Pittman, Route 6.
Lexingon.
These men were called from the
group of 20 who passed the pre
induction physical examination
given in August. On Sept. 26. 63
more men will receive pre-induc
tion physical examinations.
District "Queen" Will
Be Selected At
Greenville, Sept. 15
Holmes County Girl
Will Be Among
Groups To Compete
Delta Mississippi's “Queen of
the Forests” will be chosen from
17 county contest winners includ
ing a Holmes county girl in a col
orful ceremony ait the Agricultur
al and Livestock Show in fro it
oi me grandstand at 7 o’clock p.m.
on September 20, at Greenville.
Arrangements were made for
the contest by District Forester
T. D. McKillop of the Mississippi
Forest Service and (the fair com
mittee. Mr. McKillop is in over
all charge of the contest.
County contests to select win
ners to compete in Greenville will)
be held prior to September 15 in
the following counties: Yazoo.
Madison. Slharkey, Issaquena,
Holmes, Humphries, Carroll, Sun
flower, Bolivar, Leflore, Coa
homa, Quitman, Tunica, Panola,
Tate and DeSoto.
The county contest in Holmes
will be held on Saturday, Sept.
16, at 7:00 p.m. at the Center
Theatre in Lexington. About
15 Holmes girls will compete at i
this time. Henry Forest Flem- .
ing. Cruger, will be master of t
ceremonies at the event and |
judges will be from out of town.
Names of girls entering will be i
carried aexi week in this news
paper.
One of the requirements of the
contest is that no one may com
pete who resides in a town of
2500 or more inhabitants. It is the
purpose of the contest to see that
the winner is classified as a ’’rur
al” girl. She must be between the |
ages of 16 and 21 and unmarried. |
The winner of the title “Miss
Delta Queen of the Forests” will
go to Jackson October 13 to com
pete with winners from four other
districts for the title of “Miss Mis
sissippi Queen of the Forests,”
which will be held in connection
with the annual Forest and For
ests Products parade, a feature of
school day at the Mississippi State
Free Fair.
College Students Leave
Soon For Fall Term
The wild geese have gone south,
according to reports, and with the
coming of fall college students are
turning their minds toward books,
classes, and football games. Cam
puses over the country will wel
come eleven Durant freshmen this
year and a number of old stu
dents back again.
Entering College
Freshmen students are Glenn!
Cain, who will be at Millsaps, Rose,
Marie Counts, at Blue Mountain.,
Ray Hastings, Ivon Jones, Roy I
Martin, and Aubrey McLellan, ail
• at Holmes Junior College, Hugh
I Carl McLellan, Millsaps, Ruth
Pittman, Mississippi College, Pau
line Phillips, who enters nurses
training at the John Gaston Hos
pital in Memphis, Inez Shelton,
Holmes Junior College, and Rob
ert Streetman, Holmes Junior
College.
Students Returning
Among the students returning
to college this year are Red Tay
lor, Jr., Louise DeLoach, and
Mary Lewis, who will be sopho
mores at Holmes Junior College.
Ann Heggie will be a junior at
Millsaps College. Bessie Burrell
will return to the University of
Ohio as a senior. Ann Bowie will
be a senior at Ole Miss. Robert
Paul Odom, senior at Mississippi
i State, Robert Love, senior at Ole
Miss, and Robert Irbv. senior at
State.
School Enrollment
Shows Increase
Over Last Year
Enrollment in the Durant High
School this year is 70, and in gram
mar school 283 pupils are enrol
led.
This shows an increase of one
student in high school over last
year, and an increase of 19 gram
mar school students, states Mr.
N. C. Hathorn, superintendent.
Increased Payments
Under Social Security
Begin This Month
Many People Affected
In This District
By New Law
“There will be no delay in get
ting out the increased insurance
benefit payments provided by the
amended Social Security Act,’’
declares Mrs. Mary King Temple,
manager of the Greenwood Social
Security office. ,
Mis. Temple returned from a
three-day conference in Jackson,
held in connection with the
amended act, signed into law by
Presiuent Truman on August 28,
1950.
Nineteen field office managers
iram ! ha* Ki atPS iVi is^iceirtni tinrl
Alabama, together with a region
al representative from Atlanta at
ttndeu the training session.
"At the conference, I learned
that the area offices have been
working overtime to compute the
increased amounts of payment
and are ready now to get out the
higher benefit checks,” says Mrs.
Temple.
Under a provision of the new
law, increased payments will go
to everyone now receiving old
age or survivors insurance pay
ments. This is effective Septem
ber 1.
“Cards notifying present bene
ficiaries of this important provi
sion of the new law have been
mailed,” declared Temple.
"The increases will show on the
September checks which will
reach them early in October,” she
added.
Payments under the amended |
law will range from a minimum |
of $20 for a retired insured worker
to $150 maximum for family bene
fits.
Mrs. Temple requests benefi
ciaries in this locality wait un
til the receipt of their Septem
ber checks to find out the exact
amount of their individual in
creased benefit payments.
Under the new law, Mrs Tem
ple says people age 65 or over will
be eligible for insurance benefits
beginning in September if they
have been paid wages of $50 or
more in six or more different cal
endar quarters for work covered
by social security. Roughly, this
is a year and a half. She esti
mates that 350 people in this lo
cality will be entitled to immedi
ate payments under tins provi
sion. Many of these people had
made application before but
could not qualify for benefits un
der the old law. The Greenwood
social security office is making
every effort to get in touch with
those of whom it has record, bu
asks the cooperation of everyone
who may know of such a person.
‘•Tell him or tell us,” says Mrs
Temple. “Have him come to our
office and file a new application
for old-age and survivors insur
ance benefit payments.”
The other provisions of the new
law, extending social security
coverage to groups of workers and
self-employed people heretofore
excluded, will go into effect on
January first. Mrs. Temple esti
mates that 13.500 people in this lo
cality alone will come under so
cial security at that time under
the new social security law.
Baptists Will Meet
To Plan Crusade
A county Baptist Associational
meeting will be held at the First
Baptist Church of Durant on Mon
day, September 11 at 2:00 p.m.
Mr. E. Powell Lee of Dallas will
be present to meet all pastors and
associational workers to discuss
and make plans for the 1951 Evan
gelistic Crusade.
The Rev. C. M. Day. Moderator
of the Holmes Countv Association,
urges all pastors, officers, and in
terested people of the association
to be present at this meeting
Called By Marines
Mr. Pat Summerhill will leave
Monday, Sept. 25 to take his phy
sical examination in Jackson for
entrance into the Marine Corps.
He is a member of the reserves
If he passes he will go on to Camp
Lejeune, N.C.
Sheriff's Force Busy
4 Stills Destroyed;
Nine Raids Made
Negro Held On Felony
For Trading Cars;
Now In Jail
Sheriff Ellis E. Wynn ana his
force have been very busy during
the past two weeks. Four stills
have been captured and nine
raids made on alleged bootlegging
joints around the county.
Stills were destroyed reportedly
owned by Tommy Robinson near
Franklin, Joe Willie Buckley’s
house back of the roundhouse in
Durant, Robert “Son” Smith on
old highway 12 east of Durant on
j land owned by John M' Bride.
and Timothy Odie located two
miles out on the Jurant-Bowling
Green road.
This brings to 72 the number of
j stills destroyed by Sheriff Wynn
I in the past two years and eight
I months since he has been in of
| fice.
| Raids Made
Nine raids were made in which
[ whiskey was found just off the
I premises at every place except
| one. One raid was made at West,
.Goodman, Lexington and near
j Franklin, and five at Duranl.
i Whiskey was found near four of
me nve places raided in uuram.
Approximately seven cases and
four one-gallon jugs of moon
| shine whiskey were destroyed.
Negro Arrested
Sheriff Wynn and Deputy Ben
| nie Byrd went to Tunica Tuesday
to bring back John Washington,
wanted for felony in connection
with trading mortgaged property.
Washington reportedly bought
a car from W. L. Ellis and Son in
Lexington and traded it to Cle
ments Chevrolet Co. in Durant
before he had paid off the notes.
He then left for Tunica where he
formerly resided and was arrested
in that place for reckless driving
and driving without a driver’s
license.
Tunica authorities released him
to Holmes authorities and he is
now in the Holmes county jail.
Resolutions
On Monday night .September
4th, at the regular meeting of
Board of Trustees of the Holmes
County Community Hospital the
fpllowing resolutions were duly
entered into the official minutes:
Resolved: That we, the Board
of Trustees of the Holmes County
Community Hospital, take this
means to express our appreciation
for the long and faithful service
of Mrs. J. Oridge, retiring super
intendent of the hospital. For over
19 years, in an executive capacity,
she has rendered invaluable serv
ice to the hospital and the peo
ple of Holmes county. The earn
estness, the fidelity, and the sin
cerity with which she has served
has ever been recognized by this
board.
T-» 1 J . rrn_V _ J
individual and collective best
wishes for success and happiness
to Mrs. Oridge in her new endea
vor.
Resolved: That a certified copy
of these resolutions be sent to
Mrs. Oridge and copies to The
Advertiser, and the State Bulle
tin of the Mississippi State Nurses
Association for publication.
Board of Trustees,
Holmes County
Community Hospital
Library Notes
Everyone shares in the new
hooks offered at the Holmes Coun
ty Library at Durant this week.
For adults “The Good Tidings,”
h novel with religious background,
by William Sidney; “The Family
Takes A Wife.” a novel by the
ever-entertaining Ethel Hueston;
“The Legacy Of Fear” bv Garnett
Weston is an entertaining mys
tery. and “Let Thp Guns Roar!”
by Charles Heckelmann will ap
peal to readers of western stories.
Older juvenile readers will be
delighted with the new Nancy
Drew mystery. “The Secret Of
The Wooden Lady,” by Carolyn
Keene, and the new Judy Bolton
mystery, “The Clue To The Stone
Intermediates will enjoy “The
Lantern.” by Margaret Sutton.
Crooked Little Path” and “Along
Laughing Brook,” both books of
nature stories by Thornton Gur
gess.
And the smaller readers will be
entertained with “Tim Tadpole
And The Great Bullfrog” by Mar
jorie Flack.
Recent visitors at the library
were Mrs. G. A. Bennett, Boone
ville; Miss Maty Alice Pegg, of
Dayton. Ohio, and Mr. and Mrs.
(R. M. Herrington. Tupelo.
! Visits Sister
' Mrs. Hines of Zemuly is visiting
her sister, Mrs. J. H. Lockhart.
Second Annual Holmes County Fair And
Livestock Show Begins September 18th
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Baptist Youth Rally
To Feature Music
A Youth Rally will be held at
the Baptist church here Saturday
night, September 9, with a music
al program. William Lowry Com
pere, Jr., student at Mississippi
i College, will be present to play the
marimba.
Several young people of this
church will take part on the pro
gram, including the octette.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Bulldogs Lose Two
Men To Service
Opening Game Is
September 14 With
Pearl River
The Holmes Bulldogs have com
pleted two weeks of conditioning
and early drills in preparation for
the season’s opening game here
next week. Pearl River College
of Poplarville will furnish the op
position for the curtain-raiser for
1950. There is plenty of hard
work for the squad in the next
ten days. A regular inter-squad
scrimmage game is nlannoH park
this week.
The squad took a second heavy
blow the past week when two re
gulars left for service. Frank
Drake, end. of Durant, a regular
the past season and one of the
best linemen on the squad was
called by the Marine reserves.
Jack Kuykendall, back, a transfer
from Auburn was about to be cal
led by the army and volunteered
in the Army Air Corps. The squad
had already lost seven regulars
from the 1949 squad by various
service calls.
Coaches J. W. Patrick and j
Bobby Oswalt are working hard I
with the squad, and are not too
discouraged over the loss of key
men. Scrimmage sessions this
week should give the coaches a
fair line up on the team person
nel for the opening game Septem
ber 14.
The Jones Junior College game
October 14 has been designated as
Homecoming. A large group of
former players and students are
expected back to the campus for
this important game.
Chain Stores Council
Sponsor 4-H Picnic
The Mississippi Chain Stores
Council sponsored a countywide
4-H club picnic at the armory in
Lexington on Thursday, August
31, at 5:00 p.m. There were 118
4-H club members and seven 4-H
adult leaders enjoying the picnic.
Square dancing was the out
standing feature of the program.
Guests for the occasion were Mr.
Mitehem and Mr. Presley from
Greenwood chain stores. After j
several hours of square dancing,
playing games, and singing the |
group was served hotdoes. Coca-1
Colas and ice cream.
Patients At The Hospital
July 29
Mr. George Ellison, .Tchula
August 27
Glen Shackleford, West
August 30
Mrs. Floyd Reynolds and baby,
Yazoo City
(discharged 4)
August 31
Mrs. J. S. Kealhofer, Durant
Dwight Raspberry, Durant
September 1
Mr. Willie R. Dickard, Lex.
Mrs. J. N. Williamson, Durant
(discharged 5)
September 3
Hazel Lee Shackleford, West
September 4
Mrs. H. H. Spell and baby. Lex.
Mr. H. E. Mullen, Lexington
September 5
David Samuelson, Tchula
discharged 6)
Mr. Marlin R. Cox, Jr., West
September 6
Mrs. M. G. Hitt, Jr.,
Black Hawk
Colored Patients
August 20*
Mose Leflore, Pickens j
August 21
Joanna Davis, Cruger
August 28
Pearl Ellis, Tchula
August 29
Mathias Lee, Tchula
August 31
Harrison Hayman, Piccena
September 1
Lou Monson, Lexington
September 2
Essie Venable, Tchula
September S
Ira Mae Brown, Vaiden
l Jessie Williams, Lexington
Riley Williams, Cruger
$500 Prize Awards >
Classes, Competition
Are Completed
The second annual Holmes
County Fair and Livestock Show
win begin on Monday. September
8 at Lexington. Cash prizes, to
taling $500 will be awarded and
many interesting exhibits will be
an display.
Facilities will be ready for the
placing of entries beginning Mon
Sept. 18 and continuing
through 4:00 p.m. Wednesday,
Sept. 20. •
There will be two divisions, one
for white and one for colored,
rhese two divisions will not show
in competition with each other
but will compete within their own
iivision. Classes and ent»is will
be the same in both divisions and
prize money will be equally dis
tributed.
Superintendents Named
Superintendents of classes and
entries will be: W. R. Sullivan,
Beef and Dairy Cattle, junior and
senior divisions; H. T. Farish,
Hogs, junior and senior divisions;
H. H. Manning, Poultry and Tur
key Show; A. P. Carroll and J. R.
Goza, Crops Division; O. A. Cleve
land, Community Booths- H T
ransh, 'Wildlife Exhibit; Mi»g
Joyce Williams, Women’s Divi
sion; Miss Joyce Williams anH
John Martin, Premiums Commit
tees.
Livestock Regulations
All livestock entering the fair
must be accompanied by an of
ficial health certificate issued by
an acredited veterinarian showing
chat the animals are free from any
infectious or contagious disease.
Cattle must have passed one ne
gative accJutination test for Bangs
disease not more than 30 days be
fore the date of the fair. Cattla
under 18 months of age vaccinated
under state-federal supervision
with brucella abortus vaccine be
tween 4 and 8 monhs of age may
be admitted when accompanied by
health ctrtiiicate stating the age,
sex, breed and date of vaccination.
No certificate is required on baby
beef or barrows.
Swine must be accompanied by
health certificate showing them
to be vaccinated with hog cholera
vaccine or hog cholera serum and
virus 3 weeks before entering the
fair or serum alone within 15 days
of entering the fair.
Veterinarians and inspectors of
the livestock Sanitary Board will
be in attendance to check health
certificates on all livestock.
Directors and Committees
Preparations for this event have
been completed under the direc
tion of the Fair Association .com
posed of members of the Lexing
ton Agricultural Development
Association and Junior Chamber
nf Commerce groups. Members of
the General Executive Board are
Emmett C. Reese, general chair
man, Lawrence W. Rabb, Jr., gen
eral secretary, and John J. Mar
tin, treasurer.
Directors are w. £. Thurmond,
Paul Horan, Vernon King, H. T.
Farish and Gene Thurman.
The following committee mem
bers have contributed a great deal
of time and effort in making pre
parations for the fair. The Build
ing and Grounds committee, com
posed of W. E. Strider, C. C. Tay
lor, and Kelly Criiscoe; Indus
trial Exhibits, Paul Horan and W.
R. McLellan; Publicity and Ad
vertising, Mrs. Hazel Brannon
Smith, M. B. Brown, and Law
rence Rabb, Jr.; Concessions,
Doty Porter and W. R. McLellan;
Traffic and Police, W. E. Thur
mond and Allie Povall; Women’s
Department, Miss Joyce Williams;
Catalog and Program, Gene Thur
man and MrS. Emmett Reese.
The success of the first annual
Holmes County Fair and Live
stock Show, held last fall, leads to
exoectations of an excellent show
this year, with more and better
exhibits and a larger attendance.
The J. A. Ctentsch snows will
be at the fair again, Monday
through Saturday. Admission to
the grounds will be 13c for every
one.
Any inquiries regarding exhibits
may be directed to H. T. Farish
or Miss Joyce Williams at the
County Agent’s office in Lexing
ton.
Mrs. Jake Hermann To
Open Kindergarten
Mrs. Jake Hermann announces
the ooening of her kindergarten
on Monday, Sept. 25th.
All mothers who have children
who are interested are asked to
contact Mrs. Hermann at once.
The telephone number is 216-J.
On The Coast
Charles Barranco and Bobbv
Irby spent several days last week
on the coast.