The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1941-04-04
NEW US. NAVAL HOUSING
PROJECT HOLDS COLOR
GLAMOUR, SURPRISES
New s2.ooo.oOo Coloay Of 200 Homes Far Defense Workers
Rapidly Taking shape As Work
Progress

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les Intervals are OF fiFeproof gyp-
sum board
OF the ee7 dwellings. go are
slngke-famlly residences to4 duplex
ex FIFTY of the duplexcS are fcr The
negro section OF these 10 are Of
me-fAhricsted steel
Lots have q depth Of $50 feet are
&c feet wide Houses win be about
70 feet apart when the screened
pSsrrhsz are up. A sinele-family
dwelling Is q By IS feet Il has
four roonax and q bath Kitchens
are on the front. next 10 the living
room. easur nine By twelve. Ia
the back arr two bedrooms. each
Il feet square. The living room t.
IL feet SIX inches By fifteen feet
The interior color scheme h
neutral. TO blend with any kind OF
furniture OF color. The Kitchen Is
light fvury. All the interior wood.
work Is ivory. The walls are q light
buff. the ceilings light ivory. Bord-
ers IN the bathrooms simulate ivory
tile
There are seven different color
schemes 20 the exteriors. For ex-
ample. a notified red roof viii call
for antique brown shutters and red
screens for doors and Windows That
cIuper-green roof over there tells
o the house II shelters viii have
antique brown shutters and red
screens T1le-red roofs gu with
Spanish blue shutters and -verdas
green screens.
other color schemes are equally
interesting. make ones choice diff
fIcult A dusk blue roof goes with
Spanish blue shutters and "verdas
green screens. Then there is q mot
tied brown roof with antique brown
shutters and red Greens. A green
roof viii have white shutters and
"verdas" green screens stu lanothef
choice would be a blue-blaek roof
combined with antique brown shut
ters and red screen
There are all-white and iieht-gray
houses, in different patterns. as. q
staggered edge, straight edge. or
wavy edge.
Soon blaek-top streets VIII appear
where now all Is mud and clay and
surface rough as a plowed field.
The streets have yet to be named,
although for convenience the Navy
men and civilian employees on the
Project have given them tentative
names. Nine miles Of streets have
70 be paved. and there VIII be be-
tween 20 and 30 miles Of curhs and
sidewalks. Lieutenant rox tells you
SC. noddirle from a blueprint and
indicating the busting area around
YOU A storm sewer Is being pro-
vided he adds that extends for five
miles.
The houses will be unfurnished
but provide such convenienceS as re-
~ffigerators. gas ranges, cabinet
sinks. gas water heaters. electric
lighting fixtures. gas heat.
A freshly worked-on single house
IN q whole new sea OF houses. with
the pines and the Gulf behind you
and the river not far away. is as
much fun TO visit Is any little girl
could find with an unexpected doll
house dropped IN her front yard.
Or jump down from the single
house and plod your way through
the mud to 3 duplex on what VIII be
the next street. Lieutenant Fox's
measurements 20 you Of - BY 20
feet for . duplex come alive when
once you have stepped inside here 70
make your exploration. On one
side is a bedroom. q combination
living and dining room, q kitchen
and a bath. Stepping through the
wall-lke an invisible fairy-you
come out onto the other side, where
you FIND three bedrooms, q eozubin-
alton dining and living room. kitch-
en- and a bath.
Everywhere through the new
homes there win be plenty Of sun
shine and sir Bedrooms have cross
ventilation. and there Is good closet
space that viii make the lady Of
The house sigh IN content. Nor has
the supervising architect overlooked
that needed linen closet ia the hall
The work on the Project. at first
somewhat Impeced b poor drain
age, Is nov proceeding more rapidly
due 20 q huge drainage canal that
Is being dug. eight 70 ten feet deep.
Il feet vide al the bottom and 30
feet vide &C the top. II viii extend
from the beach front through Site