The Richland Beacon-News from Rayville, Louisiana • 5

THE RICHLAND BEACON-NEWS, RAYVILLE, LA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th, 1944 ANNOUNCEMENT Wins Bronze Star Medal But It's True LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION OF RAYVILLE AND RICHLAND PARISH PEOPLE Miss Maud Ellis Owens, of Start, visited her father, Mr. S. A. Owens, recently.

-Imp TERM 'AAQ-CKTas applied "To SLEDS PULLED BY DOGS. IS DERIVED FROM THE FRENCH WOD MEANING WHICH STAND CH LANO OWNED BV THE ENGLISH CROWN HAVE NOT BEEN PERMITTED TO RING BELLS SINCE 120O A.t. LET US PROCEED. hours before it is stored or ginned. 2.

Keep trash out. Pick cotton as clean as possible, for leaves or shucks cotton will lower the grade and spinning quality, and also the price. 3. Pick before weather damage. Cotton should be picked as rapidly as labor conditions will permit.

Storms cause leaf and soil stains, which lower cotton grades and render the lint unfit for use in high-grade products. 4. Keep good cotton separate from bad. Farmers should avoid sandwiching trashy, green, damp or wet cotton, between clean cotton. If poor grade lint is mixed with better cotton, the poor quality cotton may cause the entire bale to sell at the price of the lower grade.

New Tractor Fuel Is Subject To Rationing Regulations Announcement was made this week W. B. Jackson. District Rationing Executive, that the oil and gasoline distributors in the State of Louisiana have placed on the market for distribution, principally to bulk users, a new product known as Motor Tractor Fuel which is colored green for identification. This new fuel is manufactured for use in farm tractors and for other non-highway purposes.

Nevertheless, it is defined as gasoline and WNU Servic Miss Patsy Greer was a guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Neel Greer, of Holly Ridge, and her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Cobb, of Rayville, this week end. Patsy has a position with the Milton Supply company of Jackson, and is very pleased with her work.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Calvert announce the birth of a daughter, Helen Elizabeth, born in New Orleans, Tuesday, August 29th. This is their first daughter, but second child.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Morgan, maternal grandparents, have been to New Orleans to make the acquaintance of their second grandchild. Mr. W.

A. Southall, manager of Jones Bros. Gin Company, of Warden, was a Rayville visitor and a business caller at this office on Wednesday. Mrs. Helen Snee, who has been employed at the library of the Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, during the summer months, has returned home.

Mrs. H. A. Mangham had as her guests the first of the week Miss Hilda Marcus and Mrs. E.

I. Carnes, of Biloxi, and Mrs. Tom Bounds, of Camden, Ark. Mr. and Mrs.

Jack Meador and grandson, Kenny Ray, of Rayville Route 2, had the pleasure of having their daughter, Mary Alice, who i3 employed in Orange, Texas, spend a week's vacation at home recently. Mary Alice returned by way of Baton Rouge for a brief visit with her sister, Helen, who is employed by Standard Oil company there. Miss Bessie Noble has returned from New Orleans, where she enjoyed a week's visit Mrs. Mrs. W.

O. Noble and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mills. Lt.

Charlie K. Calloway, of the Marine Air Corps, Kingsville, Texas, is spending his leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C.

Calloway, of Holly Ridge. Lt. Calloway has been stationed in Kingsville for the past year as an instructor in dive-bombing. Mrs. Gertrude Watson and Willard Calloway are at home with Mr.

and Mrs. Calloway after attending summer school at L. S. U. Mrs.

J. C. Sartor has had as her guests this week her sister-in-law, Mrs. Eva French, and niece, Miss Polly Ann French, of Kingsville, Texas. Mr.

and Mrs. Desha Sims, who have been making their home in Texas, have removed to Rayville where they will reside at the former home of Mr. Sim3. Dr. and Mrs.

E. S. Richardson, of Minden, were the guests of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J.

E. Mulhearn, this week. The following members of the Rayville Kiwanis Club attended the annual convention of the Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee District of Kiwanis International, held in Vicksburg, Sunday and Monday of this week: President Jim Aycock, Past President and Delegate Jimmie Thompson, Delegate W. W. Kelly, A.

C. Clark, G. D. Cain, Dr. H.

P. Corry and Edwin H. Myrick. Ensign Kenton Deere, of Mangham, son of Mr. and Mrs.

H. P. Deere, is at home on 20 days' leave. He received his promotion in May of this year from chief warrant officer to ensign, supply corps. Ensign Deere entered the navy in 1936 and has been stationed in foreign countries including Germany, England, Scotland, South America and Africa, At the time the Japs attacked Pearl Harbor, Ensign Deere was attached to the battleship Arkansas on the Atlantic.

When he leaves Mangham, he will visit his two sisters in Monroe, Mrs. J. E. Braley and Mrs. Monroe Hawkins.

He will report for shore duty in Rhode Island. SUBSCRIPTION HONOR ROLL RENEWALS Mrs. Normie Robinson, Start J. E. Williams, Los Angeles, Calif.

Pvt. Ray Watts, Postmaster, San Francisco N. C. Woods, Rayville W. R.

Thompson, Rayville NEW Cpl. I L. Sims, Camp Blanding, Fla. Miss Nobie Horton, Rayville 2nd Lt. Thomas E.

Boies, Postmaster, New York Albert J. Watson, 2C, Sampson, N. T. Sam Conger, Rayville Rt. 3 Mrs.

W. L. Yarbrough, Epps Route 1 W. A. Johnston, Rayville Mrs.

J. II. Rose, Shreveport Mrs. Charles Pickett, Rayville Rt-1 Mrs. Elnis Neal, Ft.

Worth, Tex. Mrs. F. M. Phillips, Rayville Rt.

2 to ft Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wilkerson announce the marriage of their youngest son, Supply Sergeant James H. Wilkerson, U. S.

M. to Private First Class Mabel Sweny, Women's Reserve Corps, on August 19th, 1944, at the First Methodist Church at San Diego, Calif. The groom is a graduate of the Rayville high school. He joined the Marines in 1939, serving 33 months overseas. After returning to the States in December of last year, he has been stationed at San Diego.

The bride is from Erie, Pennsylvania, and has been in the service 10 months. She is stationed at San Diego, also. Hughes-Drake Mr. and Mrs. William Leonard Hughes, of Mangham, announce the marriage of their daughter, Eva Raye, to Mr.

Calvin Drake, son of Mrs. Clifton Smith, of Mangham. The wedding was solemnized August 31st. The young couple are residing at present with his mother. Kiwanis Directors Meet The officers and board of directors of the Rayville Kiwanis Club held their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, at the home of Past President Horace Mangham.

Preceding the business session Mrs. Mangham, assisted by her daughters, Mrs. J. H. Trousdale, and Mrs.

H. S. Mangham, and grandson, "Jimbo" Trousdale, served the guests with a delicious fried chicken dinner. In the absence of President Jim Ay-cock, Vice-President Gordon Cain presided at the business session. There were present at the meeting Vice-President Gordon Cain, Vice-President Jake Joseph, Past President Horace Mangham, Secretary Bob Har-gis.

Treasurer Fred Morgan; Edwin Myrick, Foster Jones, Albert Alford, Emile Gutz, George Purvis, members of the board of directors; Sam Fra-gala. Warren Greer, members of the Club and guests; and Hervey Mangham, guest. EPISCOPAL AUXILIARY St. David's Auxiliary met September 4th at 4 p. in the lovely home of Mrs.

Jack Abraugh. Mrs. Hargis, president, presided at this meeting. After the prayer service, business meeting and program, a delectable plate was served by our hostess, Mrs. Abraugh.

We adjourned to meet in the home of Mrs. E. B. Green on September 18th, at 4 p. m.

We hope all Auxiliary members will be present at this important meeting. REPORTER US When the Richland Parish Nutrition Committee begins its September ac tivities in the Food Fights For Freedom program, it will be all out for nutrition. The committee, like 3,000 others in the nation, emphasizes the importance of getting the greatest nutritional value out of the available food supply. It is all part of the plan to make America a nation of well-fed and strong people. Attention is called to the need for more foods of high vitamin, protein, and mineral value in the diet.

Special stress is put on storing, preparing, and cooking food in a way that will pre-) serve the value of the food, and also on preventing waste in preparing and serving. To help the women of Richland parish to help themselves in getting the most out of this program, the committee asks that each one of them get a "Basic 7" food guide to hang in the kitchen. This will aid the home-maker in making meals balance and to choose alternatives for scarce foods. HEALTH DEPENDS ON SOIL It has long been an established fact that for a person to be healthy, both physically and mentally, he or she must eat certain basic foods. These foods when eaten in the right propof-tions, are supposed to furnish all the minerals and vitamins necessary to build and maintain a healthy body; but too often the scientist and nutri tionist have given too little thought as to whether or not the land on which this food is grown is rich in these essential minerals.

We usually think of a carrot being a carrot and turnip greens being turnip greens, regardless of where they are grown, but there is just as much difference in carrots and turnip greens grown on a soil rich in calcium, iron and phosphate as compared to those grown on a poor soil as there is in a good Hereford calf and a scrub calf. These foods grown on a rich soil takes from that soil calcium, iron, phosphate, which go into the making of the plant, and likewise goes into the building of your body when you eat mineral-rich plants or the animals which have eaten them. It is an established fact that the supplementary mineral matter required by stock grazed in piney wood pastures of this state is several times that required by the same stock grazing on our better pasture lands. Why is this true? Because pine wood soils contain a very small amount of the essential minerals which are so necessary for the building of healthy bones, tissue, blood, eta, which make up an animal's body. Our bodies require mineral-rich food as same as the cow.

Therefore, it behooves each of us in this time of emergency to see that our families receive food rich in these essential minerals. When growing your vegetables, remember to see that your With the 37th Infantry Division somewhere in the Southwest Pacific area. "Heroic achievement" during Japanese assaults against Hill 129, Bougainville Island, has earned the Bronze Star Medal for Private First Class James L. Reeves, 22, Brook-haven, Miss. "Reeves located an enemy concentration of men, and despite superior enemy fire power, opened fire and forced the enemy to withdraw, his citation read in part.

He has been overseas 15 months serving also in New Hebrides and Guadalcanal. An automatic rifleman in an Infantry rifle company. Reeves also has been awarded the Soldiers' Good Conduct Medal for "loyal and efficient service" and the Combat Infantryman Badge for combat action in a major campaign. His wife, Mrs. Wisie Reeves, resides on Route 3, Boookhaven, Miss.

His mother resides in Rayville. Joins Husband In South America MRS. VTVIAN HOLMES, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Blackmon, left Monday, August 21st, for Barran-quilla, Colombia, South America, where she will join her husband, Odie M.

Holmes, who is employed there by the Petty Geophysical Engineering Company. Mrs. Holmes joined several other ladies in. Houston, Texas, who made the trip w-ith. her.

They flew first to Brownsville, Texas, then con tinued from there via Pan American Airways to Barranquilla. LETTER FROM PFC. NOBLE ELLINGTON September 5, 1944. Dear Mr. Mangham Mv address is My new address is: (deleted).

Have been getting the paper regu- larly until Sot here- but. had put uii aeuuiug yuu uiy auuiesa I left Lincoln, and the Army forwards your mail a little slow so I have been late getting them. We have all our crew except our navigator and we really have a swell crew. We finish here about the 15th of October and then we are ready to go overseas. The training here is a little rough.

We have ground school eleven hours one day, then fly six hours the next, and that is seven days a week. A fellow can't gripe, though, after thinking about what the boys are going through that are already over there. Tell Bud and June hello for me. Yours truly, NOBLE ELLINGTON WILLIAM M. GREEN An Eighth AAF Liberator Station, England.

The promotion, of William 'M. Green, a gunner on a B-24 Liber- ator bomber, of Rayville. from sergeant to staff sergeant, has been recently announced at this base. Be- fore entering the Army Air Forces, March, 1943, Sgt. Green was employed as grading foreman by Elmhurst Contracting company.

He has been overseas for 2 months. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. James S. Green, live in Rayville, and his wifej Mrs.

Innes Glynn Green, also resides at Rayville. SSGT. GLEN E. HAZLEW OOD For exemplary conduct in combat, SSgt. Glen E.

Hazlewood, of Rayville, has been presented the army's newest award for infantrymen, the combat infantryman badge. Awarded for exemplary conduct in combat in a major operation, the new medal is a silver rifle on a blue field with a silver harder, imposed on an elliptical silver wreath. Staff Sergeant Hazlewood is the son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wilker- I son, of Rayville, and has been in the New Guinea area.

W. II. IHLLACK PROMOTED TO CORPORAL Friends will be pleased to learn that W. H. Hallack has been promoted from private to the grade of corporal.

Corporal Hallack is the son of Assessor W. M. Hallack. and his wife and baby are back home awaiting hi3 return from the service. Johnston and Mrs.

W. Farrar and children. null 4 Mr. S. A.

Owens, of Ward Seven, was a Beacon-News caller last Saturday. Mr. W. A. Johnston, of Rayville, was one of those to call this week and add his name to our subscription list.

Mrj H. W. Crawford spent Thursday with his family. He is working with Midwestern Engineers company at Winnfield. Othor Crawford is spending the week end with his father, Mr.

H. W. Crawford, at Winnfield. Mrs. H.

W. Crawford spent week end with her mother, Mrs. Crawford. the Jim Mrs. Almond T.

Eubanks hears from her husband in Italy often, and he is doing He wishes to say "hello" to his friends through The Beacon-News. Miss Barbara Gowin3 and Miss Vera Mae Lambert, of Rayville Route 4, enjoyed a pleasant week end in Monroe, visiting relatives and friends. The many friends of Mr. Lavernie Hopkins, of New Orelans, are very proud to have him back with them for thirty days. After then he will return to New Orleans, where he is connected with the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation.

Mr. Hopkins says the work is very interesting and that the Consolidated is doing a great part toward winning the war. Mr. and Mrs. H.

M. Rawls and little daughter, Janice, visited Mrs. Anna Tedeton and Mrs. Preston Matheny, of Mangham, recently. They left for California, where they will make their home.

James Preston Matheny, 1C, is now going to a landing craft school of the Amphibious Training Base in Morro Bay, Calif. He has just finished basic engineering school in San Diego, Calif. 8:30 On beptember 2nd, at p. Warren Hansell Hunt III left Rayville en route to Washington, D. to visit his grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Warren E. Hunt, and his uncle. Mr. Oscar P.

Hunt. Warren will be in this city until September 16th. Mr. W. T.

Ins4ey, oil lease man of Delhi, was a business caller at this office while over to. Rayville last Tuesday. Mrs. J. H.

Rose, of Shreveport, and Mrs. L. E. Schucker, of Washington, D. were the guests of their broth ers, A.

J. Willis and J. W. Willis, and families, the first of the week. Mes-dames Schucker and Rose are pleasantly remembered here at their old home as Misses Laconia and Rosalie Willis.

We had the pleasure of a. call from Mrs. Rose Tuesday, at which time she subscribed for her old home paper. Mrs. Traylor Jones left Thursday to spend a few days with her husband, who is employed by the McDonald Aircraft company at Memphis, Tenn.

Mrs. Ben Knight left recently to be wilh uer uusoaiiu, wi.u a wuu i. A- i. i i i. A 1 u.

S. Jttingineers at tireenvine, Miss. Mrs. James Preston Matheny and two sons, Billy and Bobby, are making their home at Mangham. Mr.

Percy T. Abell, of Dallas, Texas, was the guest of his brother, Mr. A. A. Abell, last Monday.

While here Percy was kept busy meeting old friends. I Start, Mrs. Normie Robinson, of was a visitor to Rayville last Satur day, and favored -us with a subscrip- tion renewal. Mrs. W.

H. Hallack and handsome News callers Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Lochburner and son, Erick, of New Orleans, were guests of Mr.

and Mrs. Harvey Bade over the week end- Friends of James Johnston, 2C, will be triad to hear of his leave he 1 o.t active duty for 22 months. He was at home eleven davs. which he enioved very much, spending most of his time in the home of his sisters, Mrs. La- velle Donald and Mrs.

Myrtis Adcock, and father, Mr. J. E. Johnston. Miss Bobbie Donald, of Rayville, spent a delightful visit in the home of Rev.

and Mrs. Ernest Adcock, in Arcadia, La. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde V.

Burdine announce the arrival of a son, born on September 4th at the Delhi Clinic. Mrs. Burdine is the former Miss Georgia Mae Collier. Mrs. Wilbert S.

Larson, formerly Miss Eleanor Corry, is at home for a short time with her parents. Dr. and Mrs. H. P.

Corry. Mr. Larson is at present at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Mrs. Larson hopes to join him when he knows where his army training will be.

was A delightful chicken dinner given August 28th in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Donald, in honor of James Johnston, SC 2C, who was at home on leave. Pictures were taken in the afternoon, and delicious ice cream was served to those present, namely, Mr. and Mrs.

Floyd Donald and Clyde. and Sonny Donald; Mr. and Mrs. J. C.

Collier and daughters; Mrs. W. A. Collier; Mrs. Lav ell Donald and sons; Mr.

J. E. Johnston; Mrs. Myrtis Adcock and daughters; Mr. and Mrs.

Clyde V. Burdine and daughters; SC 2C James I To the Voters of Ward Five of Richland Parish CHAMP KNOWS Pumpkin of Chadim, champion dachshund, watches patiently while his mistress Diane Dimon, of ox-bury, skims the fat from his broth and saves it for salvage. Probably he understands that byproducts of used fat are used in animal foods. High Grade Cotton Brings Premium Careful handling of cotton by growers and pickers during the harvesting process will result in more satisfactory grades which bring extra premium money, says County Agent G. D.

Cain. Grades of strict middling or better are demanded by the War Department for the manufacture of needed war materials, and farmers may collect as much as $30 more per bale for high grade cotton than for ordinary grade cotton. The agent suggested that local cotton farmers adopt the four practices advocated by the National Cotton Council and War Food Administration in their Grade Improvement cam- Pasn- These practices, which will guide producers and pickers toward a better lint product, 'are: 1. Pick cotton dry as possible. Early morning pickings when the cotton is wet with dew, or pickings soon after rain should be sunned for several garden has plenty of the essential minerals to produce foods rich in the minerals which are required by the body.

If there is a deficiency of any of these minerals in your garden, you should see that they are added to the soil in the form of commercial fertilizer, lime, etc. If the soil does not have it in it Plants that grow there do not Or animals that eat those plants Or the people who eat those plants and animals. Buy All the CHARACTER PHONE 3 in the by R.rJoRDARKr.OF POLAND, SAVED HIS LIFE BV USING A PARACHUTE IN USING A CONTRAPTION WHICH LOOKED MUCH LIKE TWO SHEETS HEMMED AT THE EDGES, HE LEAPED FROM A BALLOON AT AN ALTITUDE OF tiOO HE WAS NOT HURT becomes suject to gasoline rationing regulations, as it has a flash point below 100 degrees Fahrenheit. In view of these facts, the Rationing Executive said, "it will be necessary that gasoline coupons or other ration evidences be surrendered for the transfer of this Motor Tractor Fuel. Therefore it would be necessary that all farmers and various other bulk operators make application to their local War Price and Rationing Hoard for the necessary ration evidences that will be required to receive this fuel.

"We have been advised by the distributors that this Motor Tractor Fuel will not be sold by retail service tsta- tions, but will be delivered by wholesale gasoline and oil distributors to the non-highway users. Inasmuch as the wholesale distributors will be the only ones making delivery of this Motor Tractor Fuel, it is strongly recommended for the convenience of all concerned that all operators who can qualify should open a ration bank account and pay their supplier with a ration check instead of coupons. "Everyone is warned not to attempt to use this fuel in an automobile or for any on-the-highway purposes, as this would be in violation of the-gasoline rationing regulations, and furthermore we have been advised it would be most detrimental to motors other than tractor and other off-the-highway motors." Can Afford DEPENDABILITY PHONE 3 NIGHT A full expression of the voters of Ward Five i3 desirable in the Primary Election to be held next Tuesday, September 12th. As a candidate for the Democratic nomination for re-election as Member of the Richland Parish School Board from Ward Five, I take this last opportunity to urge all the voters of the Fifth Ward to come out and vote next Tuesday. I solicit again your vote and support for School Board Member, promising the same measure of service for the future as I have given in the past.

Thanking you, I am, Respectfully, T.W.STARK Candidate for Member of the Richland Parish School Board, Ward Five War Bonds and Stamps You SERVICE riTiiiirit 1' j-r-tr-'IV- mW ritiili'iiiiiiiiiiiirtiiiiii nim i i Una mil mrnmr mi i ii -iniiLirf mm" iiilfc. jlJ IN CASE OF SICKNESS, ACCIDENT OR DEATH NOTIFY FIRST HATIOfLU FUNERAL liOE H. L. BROWN, Manager WINNSBORO A AMBULANCE SERVICE DAY OR.