Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Friday Morning, August 20, 1943 City News Mi Mississippians at War Mrs. Buster B. Thetford and Miss Gertrude Gibson of Jackson spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.
M. Gibson and Mrs. Thetford's little daughter, Dana Elizabeth, of Taylorsville. While there they had the pleasure. of seeing their brother, Clifton Gibson, who has been in California for the past two years.
Clifton is to. be at home on a two month's vacation. Friends of Miss Margaret Lefoldt will be glad to know that she is doing nicely after undergoing an operation at the Jackson Infirmary. Second Lieut. Mary Eidson from the Chicago recruiting office, who joined last December, is visiting her sister, Miss Laverne, Eidson on 927 North Street.
here she visited the recruiting office. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Clark of Jackson were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Smith in Neshoba early in the week. Miss Etheleen Tucker, of Bloome, who has been in school in Jackson, has accepted position with Philadelphia concern. Friends regret the illness of J. D. Garraway of Monticello and hope for him an early recovery.
Mrs. Garraway was with this city last week while he was a patient in a local hospital. He has returned to home. Mrs. Carlton B.
Evans of Jackson visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Carr in New Zion Sunday.
Mrs. C. Alexander of Meridian is in a Jackson Hospital where she is being treated for a fractured hip received when she Miss Jennie Armistead, secretay, and Miss Purnell Wilson, dean of Women at Belha7en College, were the recent weekend guests of Miss Margaret Buchanan in Brandon, recently joined the summer school faculty of Belhaven. Mrs. T.
H. Collier has returned to Brandon from the gulf coast, where she visited her son, Harris Collier, for several days. She was accompanied by, her sister, Mrs. J. F.
Armstrong this city. re Mr. recently and moved Mrs. James from Cooper Jackson have to Brandon, and are occupying an apartment in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Neal. Mr. Cooper, who is connected with the State Highway Patrol, is a brother of A.
M. Cooper, tax assessor, and formerly lived at Newton. Miss Rosalyn Barrow of this city spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.
W. Barrow, in Mountain Creek. Mrs. Lowery Russell and daughter. Rose, of Hickory Ridge, spent Saturday in Jackson with Mrs.
Charles Davis. Miss Jean Mullican of Hickory Ridge spent last week visiting in this city. Sunday visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Smith in Hickory Ridge were Mr.
and Mrs. Oliver Smith of Canton, Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Williams of Jackson and Mr. and Mrs. Otho Griffin of Plain. Among Sunday visitors in the Monterey community were Miss Mary Ella Bullock, Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Hudson and baby, Miss Lois Singletary and Miss Glendale Jones, all of this city. Miss Myrtle Stubblefield of Jackson visited for several days with Miss Frances Webb in the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. B.
Webb, and Wilbur Webb in Monterey. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wroten and small son, Charles Dennis, of this city, and Mr. Wroten of north Mississippi were welcome guests of Mrs.
W. B. McKay and family in Holly Bush Sunday. Mrs. Sam Baker, of Jackson, was a recent visitor with her mother.
Mrs. W. B. McKay, in Holly Bush. Jack White of Jackson spent the weekend with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. White, in Puckett. Mrs.
Mrs. Walter Gray, Mrs. Gray, Ellis Purvis and Mrs. Marlin Lovitt of Puckett were Capital City visitors Saturday. Bobbye Fortenberry and W.
D. Hemphill of Cato made a business trip to Brandon and Jackson Tuesday. Miss Vera Meadows of this city spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
P. Meadows in Cato. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff White of Concord motored to Jackson Saturday after their son, Jeff Edward, who has been visiting relatives here.
Melvin Fortenberry, local busInessman, is in Gulfport on business. He will return to Jackson tomorrow. Edward Burkes of Moss Point was a recent business visitor to the Capital City. Mr. and Mrs.
Ollie Mrs. Flynt Perry and baby Perry and of Jackson were Sunday visitors of relatives in the Sand Hill community. Mr. and Mrs. C.
V. Walters and sons, Elbert and John Dick, of Mosley, were visiting and shopping in Jackson Thursday. Friends of Mrs. J. A.
Robinof Sand Hill are concerned over her condition. He is in the Baptist Hospital here. Lieut. Charles Butterworth of Orlando, Miss Frances Rushton and Louis Rushton of Jackson were delightful weekend guests in the Walter Rushton home in Pelahatchie. and lovely little daughters of JackMr.
and Mrs. a Cade Mashburn son were weekend guests in the L. H. Mashburn home in Pelahatchie. Of Directors Meet This Morning 48 Nominees Listed For Annual Election The Board of Directors of the local Chamber of Commerce will meet in their regularly monthly session this morning at 10:30 in the Chamber committee room.
This will be the last meeting for seven of the members since the annual election of directors will be held during the first and second weeks in September. Those directors, who will complete their two-year term this month, are John C. Batte, A. B. Cook, R.
L. Ezelle, Carl L. Faust, R. M. Hederman, S.
P. McRae and M. H. Utley. The remaining members of the board, who have another year to serve, are L.
K. Arrington, Rex I. Brown, Leon F. Hendrick, D. Owens, D.
C. Simmons and W. W. Wright. Forty eight Jackson business and professional men have been nominated for directors.
They are: Harris Barksdale, I. S. Barnes, Otis M. Barry, C. Frank Batton, Dr.
W. R. Bethea, W. M. Buie, J.
W. Campbell, J. D. Davis, F. S.
Dean, Roper Dial, T. B. Dickson, I. Dreyfus, W. R.
Flippin, John K. Foster, F. E. Fyke, George W. Godwin, H.
M. Haase, C. Harper, M. Hills, W. H.
Hoover, Forrest B. Jackson, A. V. Johnson, E. D.
Kenna, E. Laird, Arthur Landstreet, Lehman, Garner M. Lester, W. D. Lowe, T.
J. uke, J. C. McGee, R. S.
Martin, J. Walter Michel, A. D. Oppenheim, Dr. D.
H. Orkin, Dudley Phelps, W. H. Pullen, C. H.
Russell, Charlie Scott, Simmons, J. D. Slater, A. B. Smith, Hugh O.
Smith, Leland Speed, McCleland Taylor, W. H. Thomas, Sherrod Townsend, T. A. Turner and Wirt A.
Yerger. The names of these men will appear on the ballot which will be mailed to every Chamber member on August 31. The first primary is scheduled from September 1 to noon of September 8. The second primary runs from September 8 to noon September 15. From the list of 48 nominees the 12 receiving the highest number of votes will be in the second primary.
Six will be chosen finally to serve for a period of two years, with the six remaining over for another year. No Chamber member who has served on the Board of Directors within the past three years is eligible. has received Mrs. M. L.
Smith, wife of the college president, as a member. "Flashlight Batteries" -Pyrex PercolatorsRefrigerator Bottles S. BARNES 424 W. Capitol St. Phone 4-8116 -TheClarion-Ledger Is Authorized To Make The FollowingPOLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS For public office, subject to action of the August 24th Primary STATE SENATOR W.
H. Waddell FLOATER REPRESENTATIVE Leon L. (Lonnie) Shelton A. 8. (Stinson) Coody, Jr.
SHERIFF L. M. (John) Gordon Walter Lee SUPERVISOR (First District) Tom L. Gordon Paul Oparka SUPERVISOR (Fifth District) Floyd K. Hawkins Perry Luckett JUSTICE OF PEACE (Fifth District) M.
W. (Wilson) Sharp Edwin T. Calhoun DOG FEEDS Staf-0-Life and Perfection SEEDS SEEDS We have a good stock of Bush Lima and Bush Green Pod Beans for fall planting DAVIS SEED FEED STORE 519 E. Pearl Phone 2-0853 State Supreme Court Justice Recovering After Appendectomy State Supreme Justice William G. Roberds reported Court, getting along "exceptionally well" at the Jackson Infirmary yesterunderwent an appendectomy at midnight Wednesday.
The justice has been on the Supreme Court bench for two and a half years. His residence is at 511 Mississippi street. New Physics Teacher Named At Millsaps James Webb, a recent graduate of Millsaps, has been added to the college physics staff as an instructor, it has been announced by Dr. M. L.
Smith, president of Millsaps. The new instructor was graduated at the commencement and holds membership in ODK, honorary leadership fraternity and Pi Kappa Alpha, social fraternity. Harperville Citizen Dies After Attack Harpersville, Aug. 19 Funeral were held yesterday afternoces, at four o'clock, for Benton aged 67,, prominent Harperville resident, from the HarperBaptist church. Burial was in the church Mr.
Leach with a cemeterytricken heart attack Tuesday morning about 9 o'clock in the Redtop community, and died before medical aid couldu be summoned. survived by his wife; Mrs. Ella Leach of Harperville; three daugnters, Mrs. Ollie Perminter Forest; Mrs. Sallie Coleman of Harperville and Mrs.
Mary Ruth Griffin of Lake; three sons, Earnest of Forest, Dewey of Walnut Grove and W. H. Leach of the United States Army in Alaska. Kemper Circuit Clerk Buried DeKalb, Aug. 19 Funeral services were held at the family residence for John Lee Harbour, cir- Women who suffer SIMPLE ANEMIA If lack of blood-iron makes you pale, weak, "dragged out" try Lydia E.
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BUSINESS- COLLEGE Jackson Telephone 3-3826 On the Home Critical SEND STOCKINGS Materials Jackson women are doing a real home front job when it comes to critical materials. They turn in silk and nylon hose for war use. They save grease and tin cans. They are doing their best to help the boys on the fighting fronts. We invite you to in" on the Capital Corner and meet the splendid folks who do business with us.
You'll like them and we believe you'll like banking with the Capital National, too. MEMBER F.D.I.C. FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM CAPITAL NATIONAL BANK cuit clerk of Kemper county, who ville; Mrs. Clyde Smith, Mrs. Mary died at a Meridian hospital after Henderson, Mrs.
John Lewis, all a short illness. Revs. Gallman and of DeKalb; two sons, Arnold HarBuchanan officiated with burial bour, DeKalb; Roscoe Harbour, following in the DeKalb cemetery. U. S.
Navy; three brothers, A. L. He is survived by four daugh- Harbour, Bailey and A. E. and C.
ters, Mrs. M. L. Wilkerson, Dale- H. Harbour, Philadelphia.
India is the place to be, P. Dawson who is there and ing "plenty to eat, plenty of every day." Private Dawson was prior to being sent overseas. P. M. Dawson of Bolton and Dawson serving with the U.S.
after 16 months overseas. Walter P. Dawson Mississippi men who have been graduated recently as bombardiers West Texas Bombardier quadrangle, M. were: Parrish, Second son Lieuten- Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Parrish of Laurel; Captain Allan C. Shoemaker, son of Mrs. Fredonia Shoemaker of Meridian.
Capt. Shoemaker received only his bombardier wings, having been commissioned previously; Second Lieutenant George J. Guido, son of Thomas J. Guido and Mrs. Albena Guido of Natchez; Second Lieutenant Jesse G.
Henry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiliie C. Henry of Pontotoc; Second Lieutenant Ralph J. Davis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William D. Davis of Tie Plant; and Second Lieutenant George M. Durrett of West Point. William Dewey Godwin of Jackson has received a commission as second lieutenant the Medical Administrative Corps at Camp Barkeley, Texas.
Lt. Godwin was formerly a Staff Sergeant with a medical detachment at Camp Shelby. He is now stationed at the 97th General Hospital, Fort Bragg, N.C. Aviation Cadet Tony E. Mansell has been awarded the gold bars of a second lieutenant at graduation exercises of the Army Air Forces Training Command School at Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
Rated as a TechniOfficer in Communications, he is now prepared to assume duties with tactical units of the AAF. James D. Carr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace W.
Carr Forest has been promoted to Staff Sergeant at the Columbus Army Aur Field. Lawrence J. Watson of Jackson has been promoted to Corporal at the Jackson Army Air Base where his duties are taking care of Army dogs. The War Department announces the promotion of Bennett Everton Everett, Jr. of Corinth and John Robert Williams of Vicksburg to the rank of Captain.
John S. Miller, Jr. John S. Miller son of Mrs. Navy Miller, "Wings 1516 St.
of Gold" Charles, won and was commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve following completion of the prescribed flight training course at the Naval Air Training Center, Pensacola, the "Annapolis of thee Air." Prior to entering Naval service, Ensign Miller attended Millsaps College for three years where he was active in varsity tennis. Having been designated a Naval Aviator, he will go on active duty at one of the Navy's air operational training centers before being assigned to a combat zone. Private First Class Harold D. Grammer of Lyon was killed in action in the North African war theater on July 23 according to a telegram from the War Department received by his mother. Mrs.
Ophelia Grammer Lyon. Pic. Grammer leaves his wife and a five year old daughter. Patricia Ann; two sisters and one brother, Pvt. Kenneth Grammer who is also stationed in the North African theater.
The Aviation Cadet board has qualified eight young men under 18 for the Air Corps Enlisted Reserve. Howell Johnson McBride of Canton was qualified and requests call to the service in March. Joseph Donald Bennett of Vaiden requests call next August. James Leon Fuller Jr. of Hattiesburg requests call immediately after his 18th birthday next Monday.
B. O. Beisel 342 Livingston requests call in September. Frank John Sedlacek, 207 Fredrica St. requests call next July.
Roy Talmadge Gray Jr. of Vicksburg requests call next January. James F. Noble Jr. of according to Private Walter writes his wife that he is havsleep and goes in swimming stationed at Camp N.
C. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. has a brother Pfc. Joseph V.
Marines in San Diego, Brookhaven requests call next February, John Kroeze, 4051 Redwing St. requests call next January. Pinkney B. Odeneal Jr. of Jackson, Willie Reynolds of Harpersville, James W.
Farris of Ocean Springs, Harry Ray Marsh Orleans, La. have been qualified for aviation cadet training by the Board and will volunteer through their local draft boards. Technician Fifth Grade Charles M. Hill, MOP; Private First Class Leon R. Fortune, JAAB; and Corporal Elston M.
Bradley, JAAB, have been found qualified for aviation cadet training and will be transferred to the Air Corps, unassigned. Soldiers Calendar Auditorium "Everybody City, Night" P. M. Saturday City Auditorium formal Dance P. M.
Sunday Auditorium- "Coffee Hour" A. M. Battlefield Park Outdoor P. M. Daily Game Rooms 9 A.
M. to City Auditorium tuppen Lounge and 10:30 P. M. USO Schedule Travelers' Aid Lounge open daily -9 A. M.
to 1 A. Illinois Central Station. Travelers' Aid Information Desk -Tri- State Station, open daily 10 A. M. to 8 P.
M. Thirteen State Boys At Camp Shelby Select The Marines Thirteen young men of this state were inducted yesterday into the United States Marine Corps here, after appearing at Camp Shelby and requesting that they be assigned to the Marine Corps. All were administered the oath by Lieutenant Stirling S. McNair, acting officer in charge of the local recruiting and induction center. The youths have been extended a brief furlough before transfer to Sun Diego, for basic training.
Included in the list are Nolan B. McLean, Gloster; Nelson A. Ball, Smithdale; John W. Culpepper, Sallis; John C. Munlin, Houlka; James F.
Allen, Quitman; Raymond M. Shelton, Pheba; William E. Hill, Woodland; Chester A. Estridge, West Point; J. C.
McGuire, and Pascal R. Gill, Saucier; Realious L. Touchstone, James P. Kotsakos and John O. Cartrett, all of Guifport.
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US TAKES Part in Wewak Raid Capt. Hughie R. Bonner of Courtland was pilot of a B-24 in the recent Allied raids on Wewak in which 215 Japanese planes were destroyed. Capt. Bonner's plane was attacked at close range by two Zeros but tracer bullets damaged one of the enemy craft.
Seventeen Tapped By Millsaps Honoraries Five honorary fraternities on Millsaps College campus took 17 new members at the regular Tap Day ceremony sponsored by Omicron Delta Kappa, National Honorary Leadership Fraternity. Otis Singletary, president of the student body from New Orleans was tapped by Pi Kappa Delta, national forensic honorary recognizing successful participation in debating, oratory, and extemporaneous speaking. Eta Sigma, local honorary, recognizing scholarship, received six new Junior members: Jean Calloway of Indianola, Ed Moak of Philadelphia, Harriet Reagan of Durant, D. A. Reily of Victoria, Zach Taylor of Jackson and Peggy Tyer of Jackson.
Seniors Doye Payne of Gulfport and Julia Wasson of Greenville were taken into the fraternity. The pre-medical honorary, Alpha Epsilon Delta, recognized Ed Moak of Philadelphia, Barry Seng of Greenwood, and Thad Doggett of Kossuth. Theta Nu Sigma, science, tapped Professor Charles B. Galloway into full membership. Alpha Psi Omega, dramatic honorary, tapped of Jackson into full membership.
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vege- See best IT RAINS your grocer for supplies. WHEN POURS WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS LEON L. (LONNIE) SHELTON For Floater Representative QUALIFICATIONS Has had the hardknocks experience. A college man. co practicing lawyer.
4. A progressive man, who will encourage new enterprises within our state. 5. A friend of the farmer, laborer and business man. A friend of the aged, sick and needy.
An independent man, who is not dominated by any selfish groups. Friday YOUR VOTE WILL TELL -you want Taxes Reduced IF -you -you want want to Board Stop Proceedings Speculation in Published Office THIS IS MY PLEDGE to electors in the Fifth District: 1. Citizens will be given an efficient and economical administration. Purchases of a spendthrift nature will not be tolerated. 2.
The taxpayers' money will not be used for speculating in the purchase of surplus and expensive equipment which is rented out to private contractors and others. 3. Monthly proceedings of the Board should be published in a newspaper with county-wide circulation. 4. Tax reductions, in line with tighter economies, will be effected as quickly as possible.
5. County roads and bridges will be maintained in a high state of repair at all times, SO they may be used safely by school busses and other vehicles at -for the splen- will. Thank You did vote given CITIZENS are assured that I am me in the first primary. I am most experienced and competent in grateful. I invite the attention this work.
I thoroughly faof all voters to my qualifications, miliar with county affairs. Your and the program for which I stand. vote and influence will be apI solicit support in the Au- preciated. gust 24th election. FLOYD HAWKINS.
VOTE FOR FLOYD HAWKINS FOR SUPERVISOR, 5TH DISTRICT A PLEDGE A Vote For L. M. (John) GORDON FOR SHERIFF Is a vote for good government with equal rights for all and special privileges for none. Support a man well qualified with a record of proven ability. A lifelong resident of this county.
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