The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23


a READER WRITES US thi
week to bemoan the fact tina
finding a given street in Pasca
soula Is like putting together thu
pieces OF a complex jigsaw puz
zle, and asks for the sake o
the thousands OF new settlers her.
that something be done abou
putting up signs giving the nameI
6f streets. We have pointed on
the necessity Of this before. /
need not be an expensive under
taking. Signs could be made o
wood, or, in many instances, tbs
street name could be painted OF
the curbing or sidewalk. 1t il
q small service that would save
citizens many wasted minutes ane
q thinking city government woulc
have provided 1t long ago.
VACANT LOTS. BOTH in the
business and residential districts
continue with as fine a growth
Of weeds as we have ever seen
The writer is a little better thar
six feet tall. and we walked into
q lot on the main business street
Delmas avenue, the other day
The weeds lowered a good two
feet above our head. The city has
the power to force the cleaning
o. these lots. The cry of labor
shortage is ridiculous. AS we
have pointed out time and again
there Is no reason why prisoners
from the county farm could moi
be used for this work. and the
costs charged to the owners OF
the lots. Everyone would gain;
including a few of the habitues
of the prison farm to whom q
little wholesome exercise might
bring a new outlook on lire.
WITH A NEW SCHOOL season
approaching steps should be taxi
en- now to make available for the
teacher corps more adequate
housing. The teaching staff Of
our schools is swollen far above
normal, and, as a consequence,
teachers are drawn from all sec
tiens of the state. Teachers, COM
ing here for the duration of the
school season only should not be
expected TO equip an unfur-
nikhed apartment. Their work
isA-certainly important. for they
are moulding the future America
in the children under their care,
and their priority for adequate
housing should be high.
ONCE MORE THE YOUNG
Business. Mems Club of Moss
Point backed BY the city admin
istration and citizens, has
launched on a project to make
their city an even better place
to live. This time 1t is . commun,
ity swimming pool, and plans are
to finance the cost through pop.
uiar subscription. Knowing the
YMBC and its work. the citizen:
Of Moss Point and their interesi
in anything for the betterment o.
their city, it is our prediction
that sometime in the not too dis.
tant future, Moss Point win have
a swimming pool. II is a wor.
thy project and one that vii
bring pleasure TO present and fu
ture- generations. incidentally /
is a. pleasure to watch Moss Poin'
20 into action on these projects
Plans are laid with q minimum 0,
wasted effort, carried through
with q concerted drive, and prove
that a wide awake. able and pro
gressive oity government. backee
by an interested and intelligen
citizenry. can accomplish almos
anything they set their minds to
Moss Points recreation program
is a case in point. A little NOR,
than thirty days ago plans wer'
first laid. and a few short week
later the program was in full
swing with five supervised play
grounds and a teen-age you'll
canteen at the community house
A READER PHONES in thi
week to comment en- q fine &C
of neighborliness. which othe
folks might well adopt durinI
present conditions. Her neigh
Dor. che said, has an electric re
frigerator and she does not. Dun
ing the ice shortage the neighbo
stepped up the freezing unit c
her refrigerator and shared he
ice. Il don't know what We woul