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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1940 Tune In WTJS THE JACKSON SUN Want Ads 1106 PAGE NINE Principal News Events Of TMs Week In West Tennessee (By Editor Harris Brown) JL JOIN UNION CITY PLEA BIG PARADE Mrs. Beulah Utley. marshal: Mrs. William Lloyd Glover, organist; Mrs. Una Todd, Adah; Mrs.

Connie McAdoo. Ruth; Mrs. Elizabeth Parrish, Esther: Mrs. Linnie Cowan. Martha: Mrs.

Daisy Perry, Electa; Erwin Robinson, warder; Archie Granville Dunnavan. The biggest attendance of West Tennesseamt in Jackson on any occasion, wa that of Friday night when many thousands the annuaj Christinas parade of the Retail Merchants Division of the Chamber of Commerce. Many beautiful floats and quite a num- ber of bands participated. Wm. Holland.

Jr was general chairman of the parade committee. DEATHS OF WEEK Joining with the Union City Chamber of Commerce and with the Dixie community, residents of the Lonoke, Clayton and Midway communities have adopted resolutions urging that the proposed new pavement from Union City to Reel-foot Lake be located along the present course of the gravel road now in existence, known as Highways 22 and Some 50 or 73 persons attended a meeting at Lonoke Friday night Talks were given by Sam E. Kendall. Willis Roney and G. Cloar, and a resolution regarding the highway was adopted.

i Benjamin Easley. 65. at Paris. Mrs. J.

C. McQuiston, 72, at Buchanan. Mrs. Cynthia Alexander at McKenzie. John Norton, 79.

at Union City. Mrs. Laura Westlake at Union City. Alvln W. Holmes.

60, at Lexington. Mrs. Ora D. Forsythe. 53, at Hum.

boldt. Wyatt L. Crawley, 61. at Greenfield. Mrs.

Cora Cotton. 74. at Ripley. John Boone, 69, at Medina. R.

H. Tatum. 57. at Humboldt S. J.

Barber at Jackson. Miss Bettie McClain. 80, at McKenzie. John A. Carrington.

69 at Lexington. Mrs. Alice Bailey, 79. at Medina. Robert Smith.

31. at Humboldt rr j.l ft -'I'" BOY SCOUT ELECTION rf 2 in Edward D. Crawford. 59. at Som-erville.

Wm. Fort Bell. 68. at Savannah. John F.

Anderson, 76, at Newbern. Mrs. Fannie Underwood. 83, at Puryear. Robt Wood White, 23.

at Bolivar. Mrs. John T. Asher. 41, at Humboldt.

John David Hickman, 57. at Union City. 8. A. E.

ALUMNI ELECT District Atty. Gen. David P. Murray was elected president of the alumni of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity at a luncheon meeting at Jackson Wednesday. Carl G.

Stu'cb? was named vice president; Jack WoodalL secretary, and Fred Budde treasurer, treasurer. Officials of the West Tennessee Area Boy Scout Council of America held their second annual meeting here Thursday, reported widespread expansion and progress, showed a bright outlook for 1941 and elected M. G. Freeman of Jackson, president. Mr.

Freeman, insurance man. succeeds J. M. Phillips, Jackson business executive Others elected were: ft. II.

Wheeler of Dyersburg, Sylvane Freed of Trenton, and Fred Ralon of Paris, vice presidents: Fred Jacobs, Humboldt, commissioner; James J. Diffee. Jackson, treasurer, and R. II. Wheeler, Council representative.

The following were elected members at large of the council: J. M. Phillips, Jackson: Joe Tucker. Ripley; Dr. Joe Morris.

Paris: Rice Adams. Trenton: Henry Dickey, Dyer; Hall Galloway. Milan: the Rev. V. E.

Sloan. Covington; B. T. Everett. McKenie: Horace J.

Coyne. Bemis: Sam Lawrence. Dr, John Powers. Ray Wisdom, F. M.

Frankland. Fred Bowyer and Marvin Eagle. Jackson. PLAN FARM PROGRAM FOR RENT Offices SI 0.00 and up. Heat, water and janitor service included.

Also 1,750 sq. ft. floor space in rear of Express Co. Excellent loading facilities. Commercial Building Main Next to City Hall Phone 681 Dr.

H. C. Walton, pastor of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, was elected president of the Protestant Pastors" Association here this week. 4 it. -tic BONDS It IN DEI) "irtT-'i" Church.

The Rev. Mr. Bickers was reared at Ripley and attended the schools there and was ordained to the ministry by the First Baptist Church of Riplty. He is a graduate of Union University, and finished his course at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Fort Worth.

Texas. He has served many years as pastor of churches at Bauxite and Marion. and Tiptonville. Tenn. Discussion of extension plans for 1941 headed the business of West Tennessee farm leaders at a district meeting held at Huntingdon Thursday.

District Agent Judd Brooks and District Home Agent Miss Mildred Jacocks. both of Jackson, presided over the meeting of county agents, assistant agents and home demonstration agents. Those appearing on the program were H. S. Nichols.

Knoxville. state agent: G. L. Herrington. Knoxville, state 4-H Club leader: T.

M. Mark-am, Lexington, state forestry service, and D. M. Thorpe, Paris, district supervisor of relocation work in this territory. The meeting was attended by about 30 farm leaders from Carroll, Benton.

Weakley. Henderson, Henry. Madison and Decatur. Among the matters discussed were 4-H Club work programs for young farmers and home makers mattress program, community organization extension program through the 4-H and AAA nutrition programs and leader meetings. Dr.

Herman L. Turner, left. Atlanta minister and civic leader, officiated at the presentation of the Silver Beaver awards of the West Tennessee Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, to F. M. Frank-land and J.

Phillips, of Jackson. The presentation took place Thursday night during the second annual area council meeting. Mr. Phillips, (shaking hands with Dr. Turner) is the retiring president of the council and Mr.

Frankland one of the first to seek organization of the council. The awards are for exceptional service to Scouting. DIKE PLAN FAVORED EASTERN STAR ELECTS The Fayette County Court, in a special session Monday, voted to refund the first bonds the county ever issued, at an interest rate that will bring a saving of $1200 per year. The bonds, a issue sold in 121. will expire in April.

1941. The new interest rate will be 3'z per cent, compared with 6 per cent on the old bonds. The proposal for re-financing the bonds was prepared by Cumberland Securities Corporation of Nashville, the firm that will buy the funding bonds Tho new issue will be payable in $5000 series, with no payments due in years of a number of small ten-terally located in the cou ity The committee will use funds obtained from the sale of 1940 Christmas seals for this purpose. ance in city court on a reckless driving charge. Police said the boy was caught by dark while delivering messages and did not have a light on his bicycle.

Mr. McLemore, they said, stopped and carried him to a hospital where he died a few minutes later from a fractured skull. A dike to protect Big Sandy from the waters to be impounded by the Gilbertsville. dam is favored by the Tennessee Valley Authority over plans to purchase the entire town or portion of it. Mayor J.

H. Dowdy has been informed by Gordon R. Clapp. general manager of the TV A. HEADS DYERSBURG C.

OF C. In the annual election of officers of Queen Esther Chapter No. 25. Order of Eastern Star, at Medina, the following officers were elected: Mrs. Jane Parrish, worthy matron; T.

Hunter Mills, worthy patron; Mrs. Annie Lou Dunnavan. associate matron; Jacob Abe Utley associate patron: Mrs. Edith McAdoo, conductress: Miss Almeda Stinson. associate conductress: Miss Maudie Parrish, secretary; Mrs.

Louise Rowlett. treasurer; Mrs. Beatrice Parrish, chaplain; MERCER PASTOR CALLED Across the Continent or Across the Street Russell Transfer Co. 117 E. College St.

Phones 115 and 36 Sundays or Holidays Call 243 FARM SPEAKERS NAMED that the county has other heavy debts falling due. MEDICAL GROUP ELECTS The Rev. H. A. Bickers, who has served as pastor of the Baptist Church at Mercer, for the past two years, has been called to the pastorate of the First Baptist FACTORY MOVEMENT Burrell Jernigan was elected president of the Dyersburg Junior Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night for the 1941 year.

Mr. Jernigan. who defeated Tom Curry for the presidency, succeeds Charles Moore. Other officers: Dr. J.

B. Cochran, first vice president; King Rogers second vice president: Joe Wilcox, treasurer: Lonnie Gates, secretary, and O. B. Locklear. R.

Iong. Roper Moore and Franklin Watson. Board of Directors. Miss Corinne Cherry of Jackson, district home supervisor; Robert W. Moore, Jackson, district supervisor, will be principal speakers for the annual MeNairy County Farm Security Administration Live-Al-Home rally at Selmer Dec.

14. Miss Henriita Hall, local home supervisor, will preside. Thirty-six prizes are to be awarded to 15 families who make the highes: score. 4 si FESTIVAL BOARD MEETS it iW DELEGATES ELECTED Dr. E.

B. Smythe of Tiptonville was elected president of the Dyer, Lake and Crockett Counties Medical Society at Dyersburg Wednesday night. He succeeds Dr. P. Watson.

Dyersburg. Dr. C. Denton. Dyersburg, was re-elected secretary.

The following physicians were chosen vice presidents from each of the three counties in the association: Dr J. W. Wynne of Newbern. Dyer: Dr W. Alexander of Ridgely.

Lake, and Dr. W. H. Stall-ings of Friendship. CrockeTl.

The election followed a dinner at Hotel Cordell Hull. given by Baird-Brewer General Hospital of Dyersburg. Papers and discussions were presented by Dr. J. P.

Baird, Dyersburg: Dr W. Williamson. Memphis: Dr. E. Teeter.

Indianapolis: Dr. Lyle Motley. Memphis, and Dr. L. C.

Sanders, Memphis. The Board of Directors of the seventh annual West Tennessee Strawberry Festival met in their The first meeting of all stockholders in the McKenzie Industrial Corp. will be held at. 7 o'clock Monday night at the City Hall. The membership includes business men and individuals who have subscribed to buy stock in the proposed new factory building to bring an Industrial payroll to McKenzie.

The factory building project is being sponsored through the McKenzie Chamber of Commerce with the co-operation of other organizations and individuals of the town. At last Monday night's meeting of the members of the Chamber, stock subscription workers reported a total of $41,200 subscribed and accepted, leaving $UK00 to be obtained. It is the goal of the organization to put the drive over by Christmas. The Carroll County Educational Association has elected delegates to the representative assembly of teachers which will meet in Nashville in January, as follows: R. C.

Austin, county superintendent, arid Marshall Darnall of Huntingdon: Hai rell. Mc-Lemoresvilk Robert Marshall. McKenzie: V. Cooper. Hollow Rock: H.

W. Har-ber. Trezevant; Malcolm Clarksburg. pi? annual meeting Tuesday night with President Lloyd S. Adams presiding.

Following reports of the past year's festival, a nominations committee reported a ticket for the election of a Board of Directors for the eighth annual West Tennessee Strawberry Festival to be held in Humboldt in May. 1941. The newly elected Board of Directors is composed of the following: Neil! Senter. W. Phelan Douglas.

W. Marshall Stalling. Essie C. Reagor. C.

Don Choate. Ben Caldwell. C. Brock, Harold J. Kilduff.

W. L. Jones and John Ay-cock. Mr. Choate was named temporary chairman to call the new board in session Thursday night for election of officers for the year, which includes a president.

vice president anf secretary-treasurer. SLASH PROPERTY' TAX Tl BERt I I.OSIS COLONY Lexington's mayor and Board of Aldermen, in executive session Tuesday night, presented local tax-I payors a pie-Christmas gift in the MESSENGER BOY KILLED Bobby Carpenter. 17-year-old Western Union messenger, was killed almost instantly here Thursday night while riding his bicycle The youth, son of Mrs Eva Moore Carpenter and John James Carpenter, was struck by a car driven by Charles Weldon McLemore of Jackson, Route 3. who made a $100 bond for his appear- Plans for establishment of a tuberculosis colony in Dyer county were announced Tuesday by Mrs. C.

Rogers, county tubcculosis chairman, with the election of an executive committee to promote the project Funds will be sought from the city, county, state and federal gov ernments to forward the rection Hi it. form of a reduction in city property taxes from S2 25 per hundred to S2 or a saving of approximately 11 per cent. It is the first time since 1933 that the city tax rate has tumbled to the 52 titiure and coming in an age of ever-increasing taxation, local citizens arc jubilant today over the action. 4N PASTORS ELECT WALTON The Rev. II C.

Walton was elect-cd president of the Jackson Protestant Pastors' Association for 3941 in the last meeting of the year Monday. Other officers named were: The Rev. Davis Kidwell. vice president and the Rev. Donald Haynes, secretar y-treasurer.

The Rev. Steadman Bagby. new pastor of Highland Heights Methodist Church, was elected to membership. The association indorsed a hcuriori hv Ouinton Edmonds. This Christmas -give your wife a New Lease on Life! It Gives Us Pleasure To Announce That WALTER L.

STEGALL Is Returning To Jackson 1 who seeks to raise $12,000 the annual charity drive. LAW I'NDCR ATTACK Pi Whore he will again represent the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Mr. Stegall will appreciate the patronage of his many friends in Jackson and vicinity. Chancellor W.

W. Herron. who opened chancery court at Covington Monday, held unconstitutional on class legislation and other grounds, special legislative acts providing that the county pay the sheriff an annual salary of $3600 to compensate him for loss of fees for board of workhouse prisoners due to establishment of the Tipton county penal farm, a special act fixing the annual salary of the chief deputv sheriff at S1800 and a special act providing that in event the clerk and master's annual fee do not amount to S1800. the county will supplement his salary up to that amount. THIS jresr give easier living less work added hours of freedom to the women on your Christmas list.

Thw year give your wife Electric Servants to help her stay young: A ROASTER that bakes, broils, fries, roasts and grills. A TOASTER, COFFEE MAKER, WAFFLE IRON or SANDWICH GRILL that makes entertaining easy. A REFRIGERATOR that saves money, steps and food. A RANGE that turns cooking into a glorious adventure. A WASHING MACHINE that saves strength.

A DISHWASHER to keep hands soft. A VACUUM CLEANER that's easy-to-use. A HAND IRON A CLOCK A RADIO. Thk Christmas introduce your loved ones to the easy electrical way of living. Stop in and see the vast axray of electrical gift suggestions on display.

Electrical living can start this Christmas for as little as $3.00 a gift, or with a small down payment on any of the major appliances. FOOD STAMP PLAN sior Hamner announced i Monday that city officials were at 0 II -iJJ The Mutual Life Insurance Co. of N. Y. Commerce Title BIdg.

Memphis, Tenn. J. Frank Hall, Manager REPRESENTATIVES AT JACKSON: WALTER L. STEGALL LE F. WARE Telephone 44 Office: East Wing, The Crook Sanatorium Bldg.

'Jt JO STAY TOVHG tempting to inaugurate me ourpiua Food Stamp Plan in Dyersburg in the near future. On his return from Nashville, where he conferred with Commissioner of Welfare Paul Savage. Mayor Hamner was enthusiastic over the progress alreaoy made toward bringing the plan to Dyer county. "A survey will be started by federal authorities within the next few days." Mayor Hamner said, and I believe our chances of substituting food stamps for the present Surplus Commodities setup are good." Commissioner Savage, in a letter to James S. Allen, regional director of the Surplus Marketing Administration with headquarters at Dallas, favored the proposal by city authorities.

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