The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1941-04-04
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py ROBERTA SEIFERTH
Yea 0aeEt 70 we tire pretty
eoAsred ro0ss oat 81 uhe HoaAn9
Proscct
It waE q PaScAEC<lla ho%aseNde
who was xpeakfnx she no doNb1
e~haec the enthusiasm ard surprise
81 uiAry others who have On a sun
dnv afternoon driven out % Ire
scerr Of activity at me east corner
Of town. east o. he river and nnrtp
al the Sound where 81 modern
DWELLINGS cupiexeS and single resi-
denceS. have shot up with amazing
nptcisy since thu u 8 NAVY re-
ceived the -Ro-ahead signal fo the
GRa0no0 project January IT ana
began construction.
This community q homes wtll
hostse families OF Uncle Sans de-
feuse workers Miles OF streets,
curtis and sidewalks VIII Be iAid
Gas sewer and water mains are
being installed: 4 large drainage
ditch IA being dug-both the power
and telephone companies have be-
gun putting UP poles
While II is no doubt interesting
10 drive out on a Sunday afternoon
20 view the work that has been ac-
coanpIisbed 90 be IN the mideat OF 9
weekday activity has all the m
Sutratinn ana zest Of being IN On the
beginning Of anything. and gives
one an idea Of the real that fired
ones forbears Ia the building o.
the new country.
As far as the eye can see, topped
By towering pines stAli mercifully
left uncut. stretch the streets anc
columns Of gay new houses. white OF
IRA with their roofs like so many
xplaShes Of color across an artists
palette.
You see the houses. you ~ tht
pattern OF streets. YOU hear ns
hammers. you note the activity o.
sawInin and carpenters shop, watcf
xk.i;e concrete pillars used as foun'
cations are dragged by on special,
arranged skids. Trucks bang anc
sway, workmen plod through ths
mud, there Is a smell OF lumbei
and fresh-cut shavings. groups
passing exchange greetings. the sal
wind comes IN from the Gulf. Their
Is q quick. bright tempo about II al
that invtgorates. heartens.
You e and hear and taste and
smell and breathe IN the scene. anS
the new spring light on 1t al. TIA
steps IL up like a picture brough
sharply into focus in your lens. ant
the SUI Is warm on your head. Yol
know what you view with your sen
ses. and there is something beyond
and above It all. America building
Q firm foundation for the natioria
defense. looking ahead TO the vel
fare OF its workers. Here is . con
trast TO the idea Of a dictatorship.
Why. the very office IN which yol
hear Of plans for recreation field
and Fairgrounds in each Of the fou
building units Is TO be part Of
community house when the Navy
construction job Is completed.
A qu~iet-spoken. powerful-lookine
tanned young naval officer in KHAKI
field uniform tells you modestly o
these community accomplishment
4UI HAA0rE 6AAtRLAA AAAAAAALMAAAAA - =
responsible. He Is Lieut. William
Fox. Jr. U. S. N. resident officer d
charge. A likable Westerner, who's
color shows through his tan. he
at once at home IN the world o
blueprints and plans. his face glow
ing with enthusiasm He speaks O
building a town as confidently AZ
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS child speak
Of putting together 3 puzzle or al
Erecto set.
Two months ago. the 200 acres o
softly waving meadow grass AM
second-growth virgin pines. nov tn
site Of the Housing Project were
wilderness Just marked off. Tn
white sand ran down to the Gull
finding ones way through tn
markers was an adventure IN itself
Outside Of scattered sightseerx o.
Sunday. there were few peopl
around. Town lies q stones thros
away, but here was q world apart
quiet. untroubled. Offering pine air
solitude. peace. shelter for think
ing. for dreaming.
The transformation Is then al tn
more stupendouS. But II does max
more understandable Lieutenan
FoxiE assurance that 1t Is expecte.
that the Housing Project viii b
completed by early summer.
The neatness and dispatch witi
which the work Is being done woul,
delight any housewife. Although
the houses. though different in ex
terror design and variety Of colo
combination. present no uniform
appearance. actually. according q