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DURANT NEWS, DURANT. MISSIx,aitin Poiiits To Mississippi Advances At Rural Telephone Day In Lincoln LABOVtl: Taking part In Hurul Telcphona IJay at L«»vtl Star wore: Urn to right) Shenft Bob Co*; don. Loyd Stor C itl7.cn. Suncrinteml.nt of Fduootlon Bart Calcote; John F Wil*on President I.incoln Countv Form Burinu; Reverend A W Talbert, Pastor Macedonia Baptist Cluirch; Bryant Cummings. Master of Cere* monies; Hev^iend Luther Carlisle. Pastor Philadelphia Baptist Churrh: Lieutenant Governor Gartin; Willie II Smith. Brookhaven: James M Phillip,. tfiMiulroi M«n-ager for Southern Bell; Mayor W W Goribold. Sr Vir-Youngblood Brookhavcn; I S .Ike. San/ofd Pubhc *vlce_Commi*»ilon Member: and O. W. Maxwell. Mc-Comb Group Manager for Southern Bell.Rober.t. E' (Bob C“* place, »!«ng 1?u,UnIte £?“ over the new rural Uiephone imea. Looktn* on are (left to rlghti oi Sr.. Lieutenant GovernorMCiu.p?M‘?n.ir.l'!i,Kbl^U-,h*rn ^mlasioner •'Ike** Sanford.’HMIVIU UCII IService ComBROOKHAVEN—Lieutenant Governor Carroll Gartin was theThe celebration marked the beginning of service on an importantjf ‘ “part of one of the largest rural telephone undertakings to bestarted in Mississippi this year by~ Trthe Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company.In his address, delivered at the Loyd Star Consolidated School. Lieutenant Governor Gartin pointed with pride to Mississippi great progress in many lines during recent years.“The farm population of our state has made great advances in crop diversification and cultivation. in dairying, cattle raising and other lines/' he declared, “and— — — — ? v« | **savsour industrial progress has been outstanding, too: we have outdistanced many other areas in our improved transportation and communication facilities. These things Mississippi has and we ought to sell the idea everywhere.A large crowd was on hand to hear the Lieutenant Governor and others on the program for the celebration which was sponsored bv citizens of the Loyd Star and New Sight School Districts andbusiness people of Brookhavcn. W B. (Sambo) Smith---------- was chairman of the committee which or-eani7pd the nffnir nrrl I on*livered the address of welcome to which Mayor W W. God bold. Sr., responded.There were brief addresses by Virgil Youngblood, Brookhaven civic leader; Bart Calcote, County Superintendent of Education: John F Wilson, President of the Lincoln County Farm Burdau; and A. W. Jourdan, of Loyd Star.I. S. (Ike) Sanford, member of the Mississippi Public Service Commission, spoke interestingly of growth by the State’s public utilities.Representing the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company were: James M. Phillips. Mississippi Manager and G. w Maxwell, McComb Group Manager.4The ffcst long distance call was placed oVer the new' rural telephone linos by Lincoln County Sheriff Robert E. (Bob) Case, who talked with Henry Grady Turner. Assistant Vice President of Southern Bell in Atlanta. Georgia.A large crowd was on hand to hear the speakers and enjoy the talent show staged under the direction of Mrs. Elsie Graves. Technicolor movies of local scenes and activities were part of the pro-Manager for Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company says the new project, when competed. will serve approximately 186 farm families in a wedge-shaped area of about 100 square miles, extending westward fromU. S. Highway 51. It is northwest khavenof Brookhaven and contains the communities of Loyd Star, New Sight, Caseyvilie and Old Red Star.Approximately 1055 miles of wire and wire in cable will go into the big undertaking, Mr. Sargent stated. This will be strung on over 1200 poles, about 220 ofwhich have been erected by/illSouthern Bell. The balance wii. carry telephone facilities by a joint-use rental agreement between Southern Bell and the Southwest Electric Power Association. Over 1100 cross arms and great quantities of anchors and other material must be used. #The undertaking when completed will represent an investment by the telephone company of over $100,000.James M. Phillips. Southern Bell’s Mississippi Manager, pointed out that the big Lincoln job is part of the overall rural expansion job at which the telephonecompany has been working at record-breaking speed for over 7 years. Since 1945. Southern Bell A. _____ 1 A__Hi; 1 11
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Durant, Mississippi, US
Thu, Aug 13, 1953
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