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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
Mr.. and Mrs. SwuYze
Honor Miss BoYles
AT Farewell Party

Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Swayze,
who are counselors for the Meth
odist Youth Fellowship, enter
tanned at a farewell party in
honor of Miss Mary Virginia
Boyles at their home on Main
street.
Sixteen members of the Fell
lowship group were in attend
ance and dancing and games
were enjoyed. Later cold drinks,
sandwiches and cake were
served.
The honoree, who Is one OF
the most popular members Of
the sub-deb set, was presented
a lovely farewell gift and man,
regrets were expressed over he
| departure Friday to her nes
| home in jackson, where he
father, the Rev A. J. Boyles. goel
to become pastor OF i church.
\
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Cpl. Fred Britt. stationed at
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Mrs. H. C. Herring, whose ILL
ness neeessitated her being taken
to the Jackson County Hospital,
had recovered sufficiently for
her to return home Wednesday,
much te the qualification of her
relatives and friends.
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Puscogoulu Gurden
Club Enferfoins AT
Luncheon Fridoy

The christening of the SIS. Sea
Adder last Friday by Mrs. J. A.
Detrick. winner of the Ingalls, >
sponsored garden club contest.
was the occasion for the lunch
con for members OF the Garden
Club and their guests.
Chairmen in charge of the ar
rangements for the luncheon
were Mesdames Clyde Leavitt,
]. A. Detrick, r. 0. Cole and
james Sweeney.
A corsage of miniature chrys-
anthemums was worn by each
member and guest. Table deco
rations were made by Mrs. ]. A.
Detrick, who used one arrange
ment in the silver bowl which
was presented her by the ingalls,
Shipbuilding Corporation in rec
ognition of her garden achieve
ments.
A musical program was Of
fered by Miss Frances Warden,
who played several selections on
the piano.
Present as honor guests of the
club were Mrs. j. r. Watts and
Mrs. c. I. Torjusen. Others in
cluded in the guest list were
Mesdames r. T. Boyland. w. d.
Pelan, E. Al. Talbot, +. l..
Brantley, E. F. Lindsay, W. C.
Maare, John Haarala, r. P. Tay-
lor, Opal Lentz w. /. Thornton,
/. r. Austin. C.. ] jacobson, Flor
ence E. Leonard and w. G. Me-
Laurin.
Club members present were
Mesdames r. o. Cole, OFT Loree,
H, w. Kenny. N. P. Emmitt,
Warren Seely. James Sweeny,
II. H. Macy. Clyde Leavitt, Da-
vid Peattie. w. A. Watts. M. o.
Poe, Sidney Austin, A, Cure and
Mrs. Elma Lindinger,
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MARION, Ala
Mrs. Russ White and son, Ter
ry, arrived from Dothan. Ala.
Wednesday, for visit with the
formers sister, Mrs. l. w. Brow
der and Mr. Browder.
Dickie and AL Allen, sons Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur l.. Allen.
had beautiful time visiting the
zoo and other points OF interest
to children last Sunday, as
guests Of their aunt, Miss Lucille
Yattaw in New Orleans. They
were in charge OF Leonard Rob-
inson of Moss Point, who is their
uncle, and Mrs. Vasco Dixon
their grandmother. They re-
turned home that night accom-
panied by Mrs, Robinson. who
had been visiting her sister, Miss
Lucille Yattaw. for several days.
Attention is called to the post
ponement of the chicken gumbo
, supper that the Women's Prog
ressive Club was to have given
December is, until after the bond
election. This is q last-minute
change in plans. Should the
election be favorable, the club
win give the supper at a later
date as means OF raising its
quota towards the Recreation
Buildings fund.
The executive committee of
the Central Elementary School
Parent Teacher Association will
meet December 6, at o'clock in
the afternoon in the auditorium
OF the school. The room mothers
are especially urged to be pres
ent at this meeting to discuss
some very important business.
Sue Campbell has returned to
her home at Mobile, after visit
with Gloria Mckenzie at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. B. E. Nc
Kenzie, during the Thanksgiving
season.
Mrs. r. G. Holcombe, who ar
rived last Friday for a visit of
few days with Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
tin Shepard, returned to her
home at Lake Charles, La, Tues
day Of this week.
Mrs. W. H. Hefelfinger departed
Wednesday for a visit with her
brother, 1t. Paul Crane at Balti-
more, where she was joined by
Ensign Hefelfinger, who is on
leave of absence from his sta
tion at Solomons, Md. 1t. Crane
following his graduation as doc
tor has been serving as an in
terne at Union Memorial hospital
in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Walker
Mrs. John o. Grant, Jr., c. w
| Underwood, Mrs. E. d. Moore ane
| Miss Eva Moroe formed part,
that visited New Orleans, Tues
day.
| Mr. and Mrs. c. W. Underwood
spent the past week end IN Crow.
ley, La, where they visited the
latter's brother, A. J. Broussard.
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Announcement has been re-
ceived of the birth of an eight
pound daughter to 1t. and Mrs.
Roy Lee Elder, November 2l,
1914, at the Ozark Field Hos
pital near Dothan, Ala. She has
been named Jewel Carol Mrs,
Elder is the former Miss Jewel
Blake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. j. Blake of this city. 1t. Ell
der is stationed at Dothan.
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Mr. and Mrs. George
Lewis Entertain AT
Thanksgiving Dinner

A pleasant event Of the
Thanksgiving season was din
nef at which Mr.. and Mrs.
George Lewis entertained at
their home on Front street.
Following d traditional menu.
the remainder Of the evening
was spent over the card tables.
At dinner covers were laid for
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. /. Ford. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. @. Stone, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Dempster and the host
and hostess.
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by the South School Parent
Teacher Association. II will be
at $50 o'clock instead of 500,
as previously announced by the
association, and will take place
at the school II is for the rais-
ing of funds to purchase play
ground equipment.
Mrs. NJ. M. Daughdrill, who
has been spending some time
with relatives in Pinola, Ala,
has returned to again make her
home with her daughters. Mes
danes S. E. Cowan and Garnet
Cameron. Mrs. Daughdrill was
accompanied to Pascagoula by
Mrs. S. f. Cowan, Jr., who
comes from Tuscaloosa for a
visit.
Miss Cannie Marie Crane has
returned to Gunnison, Miss,
where she is teaching school,
after spending the weekend
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
A. b. Crane.
Mrs. David Graham has re-
turned to her home in Krebs
Lane, after visit with her
daughter, Mrs. II. S. Johnson, in
Greenville, Miss.
Mrs. j. N. Lockard and daugh-
ter, Catherine, returned Sunday
from a visit with the formers
son. Clinton Lockard. at River
side Military Academy at
Gainesville, Ga.
Mrs. Garnet Cameron is able
to be up after an attack Of
pneumonia with which she was
stricken while on a business trip
to New York.
Barbara Bardwell spent the
weekend in Columbia, Miss,
where she was guest OF Jo Beth
Tynes and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff Fuimer had
as guests during the Thanksgiv-
ing holidays B. |. Fulmer and
May Fulmer of Jackson, Miss.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. c. Scales and
small daughter. Mary Elizabeth,
spent the Thanksgiving holidays
visiting in Tuscaloosa and CO.
lumbiana, Ala,
Among those who spent the
Thanksgiving weekend out of
the city were Mr.. and Mrs. L.
". Duke and son, James, who vis-
tied in York. Ala.
Mrs. c. r. Wilson and daugh-
ter. Julia Carolyn, of 1I05 18th
street have returned from q visit
in Moorhead, Miss, where they
spent Thanksgiving weekend.
Miss Mary Margaret Yates
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Guy
w. Yates of Beach Boulevard
spent Thanksgiving week with
ftiends at Judson College ai
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Miss Mary Elizabeth Eley,
who enjoyed weekend visit
here with home folks, motoring
over from Camp Shelby Satur-
day, had as her guests Misses
Anna Cole, Mary Elizabeth Ep-
ton, Matte Swearnger, camp IL
brarians, and Miss Page More
ton, librarian overseer from At
lanta. Another guest in the
Eley home was DR.. r. c. Eley's
sister, Mrs. ]. H. Lightsay, who
returned to her home in Mont
Rose Saturday.
Cpl. r. Elton Houck, who was
on weekend leave from Fos-
ter General Hospital, where he
has been recuperating since his
return from the Pacific Theater
lof war, his wife and little son
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
c. Houck last week.
First 1t. Jimmie A. Bornman,
with Mrs. Bornman, who is the
former Miss Anna Mcleod, re-
turned Saturday from Miami
Beach, Fla, where he was sent
for rest and recreation for sew
eral weeks following a 32-month
stay in the South Pacific. A
part of the time he was in the
Pacific he was stationed in Aus
tralia, then in New Caledonia
and more recently in New
Guinea. Accompanied by his
wife, 1t. Bornman left Tuesday
for Stark General Hospital in
Charleston, N. c., a redistribu-
ton center He is attached to
medical corps.
Mrs. John Cirlot has returned
from a visit of ten days with
her parents at Bay Springs.
Visitors in the home of Mrs.
A. L. Todd over the weekend
were Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Stew
ems and children, Douglas and
Bobbie, and Mrs. S. jackson and
a party of friends from New Or
leans.
Mrs. James Blount and Mrs.
c. H. Barnes of Collins were re-
cent guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Spann, Jr.
Pvt. Mack Duhe is at home
from Camp Shelby ON ten
day furlough.
Pvt. Milton Hill, after a fur
Tough spent with his wife and
other relatives, left Monday for
camp at Lincoln, New. His wife
and baby and mother, Mrs. Geor-
gia Hill, accompanied him as far
as Mobile.
Among the members of the
city school faculty who left town
for the Thanksgiving holidays
were Mrs. Gwin Stokes. who
went to Tylertown; Mrs. Ann
Slocum, who visited in jackson;
Miss Nan Kemp, who spent the
weekend in Louisville; Miss
Amelia Hunter, who journeyed
to Quitman; Miss Juanita Hull,
who went to Hazlehurst; Mr.. and
Mrs Z. L. Golf and little dsugh-
ter, Peggie, who went to Big
Point; Mr., and Mrs. Red" Bull
lock, who visited in Biloxi, and
Mrs. Lila Blumer, who spent her
holidays in Jackson.
Mrs. H. c. Herring, whose ILL
ness neeessitated her being taken
to the Jackson County Hospital,
had recovered sufficiently for
her to return home Wednesday,
much fe the qualification of her
relatives and friends.
Cpl Fred Britt. stationed at
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Young Alex West spent the
Thanksgiving holidays with his
grandparents in Bay Springs.
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wARFRoNr CLOSE TO DATE

Elizabeth, Ill.--An ensign tele-
phoned from overseas on q Sum
day evening to ascertain whether
furloughing girl Marine pri-
vate would be at her family home
for a while.
The following Wednesday he
arrived for date.
y would have been here Tues
day." he told marveIing town.
folk. IF / hadn't been delayed
in New York.
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MOSS POINT ....
SOCIAL HAPPENINGS

Mrs. Francis VOORHEES,, who
motored to Gulfport Wednesday,
was accompanied home by her
little son, Kent, who is student
at the Gulf Coast Military Acad-
emy.
Will S. Broome is in New Or
leans for a medical check-up this
week.
Miss Lanell Price, a student
at Milsaps College in Jackson,
spent the Thanksgiving holidays
here with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. N. Price, who accompanied
her back to the Capitol City
Mrs. Albert Lynn and her
mother, Mrs. Bertrann, of Es-
catawpa, spent Friday in Mobile.
A family get-together and din
ner party was enjoyed Sunday
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Wilcox. Their guests in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Nc
Innis, Mrs. Keith MeInnis and
baby, Mrs. Rudy Morris and
children of Fairhope, Mrs. May
Garner, Mrs. Lester Garner of
Gulfport, Mr.. Harry Wilcox and
Mrs. Francse VOORHEES, of Moss
Point.
Friends of Mrs. A. II. Shaub
are glad to know she has re-
covered sufficiently to return
home, after a protracted stay at
the Jackson County Hospital,
where she was confined with a
broken hip suffered when she
was struck by hit-and-run
driver.
Mrs. Charles Bratt and young
son, Bertram, arrived today, Fri
day, for a visit with Mrs. Bratt's
mother, Mrs. j. ]. Mcintosh, and
other relatives.
Jesse w. Thompson and Miss
Ina Thompson motored to Mo-
bile Monday as guests of Mr..
Harry Breacher of New Orleans.
Miss Clara Herrin was a visi-
tor to Jackson the first part of
the week.
Miss Margaret Colley. a stu
dent from L. S. U. in Baton
Rouge, is enjoying ten-day pre-
Christmas vacation with home
folks.
Mrs. w. B. McDavid left Sun
day for a stay of three weeks in
Hot Springs, Ark.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Houck
transacted business in Biloxi
Monday.
Ensign Roy Ellers, who re-
Gently received his diploma from
the OCS in Hollywood, Fla,
joined his wife and little daugh-
ter here at the home of Mrs.
Elizabeth Spencer for a few
days leave before going to
Cambridge, Mass, for further
training. While here, Ensign
and Mrs. Ellers enjoyed visit
of several days down the coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Watts and
young daughter, Barbara. ae-
companied by Mr.. E. A. Khayat,
attended the old Miss and Mis-
sissippi State football game at
Oxford Saturday. While there
they enjoyed a visit with Miss
Duverne Watts, who is student
at Old Miss.
Young Alex West spent the
Thanksgiving holidays with his
grandparents in Bay Springs.
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Pfc. Tom r. Germany Receives
Combat Badge
The public Relations Office at
Kennedy General Hospital at
Memphis, where Pfc. Tom r.
Germany is convalescent, after
having been wounded in Nor
mandy, announces that he has
been presented with the Combat
Infantryman Badge.
The award was made by Brig.
Gen. Royal Reynolds, COM
manding officer of the hospital.
Private Germany was overseas
year before being evacuated to
the States.
His parents. Mr.. and Mrs. /.
U. Griffin. reside at sol Center
Street, Pascagoula.
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Mr.. and Mrs. r. K. Hollister
and son. Kay, spent the week.
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Earring
Riis in Mobile.
Philip Alspach arrived home
Thursday from Canada, where he
has been visiting his former
schoolmates at st. Andrew Col
lege He was recently graduated
from Tulane University at New
Orleans as an engineer. Bruce
Alspach, who is entering on his
junior year at Tulane Medical
school, spent Wednesday home
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. L. Alspach.
Mrs. Hugh Matthews and Mrs.
p j. Higginbotham drove to New
Orleans during the past week,
where they met the formers hus-
band. who was coming home on
a nine-day leave from the Great
Lakes training station. Mr.. Mat
thews was formerly lieutenant
in the Civil Aviation Patrol when
it was in existence in Jackson
County. He has since entered
the Navy.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. O'Malley
and daughter, Mickey, departed
for Doddsville, Miss, Sunday,
where they were called by the
illness of Mrs. O'Malley's father,
G. E. Coleman, who was stricken
with pneumonia while on a hunt
ing trip.
Mrs. George Thompson is able
to be up again, after an illness
of several days.
Miss Doris Glenn has arrived
from Hattiesburg for stay and
is domiciled at the home of Mrs.
Walter Robertson, 535 Washing
ton avenue.
Captain and Mrs. Wesley Rob-
inson returned Tuesday from
Morgan City, Ala, where they
were called a few days before
by the death OF the latter's
brother-in-law, H. H. Hilgerson,
who passed away suddenly.
Mrs. Henry Gautier and Mrs.
Hermes Gautier returned home
Wednesday morning, after spend
ing few days with Mrs. Harry
McGinty at Atlanta, Ca, follow
ing visits with their sons, John
Gautier and Mac Gautier at
Riverside Military Academy at
Gainesville, Ca, during the
Thanksgiving holidays.
1t. and Mrs. Charles Gray
have recently moved into apart
ments at the r. K. Hollister
home.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Mahaffey,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. r. B.
Mahaffey, returned Sunday to
Atlanta, Ga, where she is en-
ployed, after spending the
Thanksgiving holidays with her
parents. While here she had
the pleasure of being with her
brother, Richard Marvin, Pho
tographer's Mate 1ic, u. S. NJ,
who was home, following two
years overseas duty. He de-
parted Saturday evening for a
reassignment center in San
Diego.
Mrs. E. ]. Blake and her
granddaughter, Martha Diane
Jane, are expected to arrive
home Sunday from Dothan, Ala,
where they have been visiting
1t. and Mrs. Roy Lee Elder.
DR.. and Mrs. Perry A. Thomp-
son returned Sunday night from
Citronelle, Ala, where they
spent the Thanksgiving season
with the formers parents, DIR.
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Camp Lulu, New Mex, was
called home this week because
of the serious illness of his
mother, Mrs. Ruby Britt, whom
friends are glad to learn is inn
proving following an operation
for appendicitis at the jackson
County Hospital. Mrs. G. c.
Britt has returned to Hartwell,
Ga, after a brief visit to her
aunt.
Surrounded by their children
and grandchildren, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. A. Fails enjoyed a most de-
lightful Thanksgiving season. On
Thursday their spacious dining
room was the scene of a family
dinner. when l6 were present.
Turkey, with all the trimmings,
was enjoyed. The family in
cluded, in addition to Mr.. and
Mrs. Fails, Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
McCray of Mobile, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Dali
Gauthier and two children of
New Orleans. and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Nelson, Jr., and four chill
dren, Jackie Joyce. Carol and
Hosey Nelson.
AID EAST MOSS POINT =.
Pvt. Henry S. (Pete) Morgan
of the Medical Detachment spent
the weekend at home with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Morgan of East Moss Point. Pvt.
Morgan was transferred from
Massachusetts, where he has
been stationed for Is months, to
New Orleans recently.
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Only Z per cent of American
men reaching majority remain
bachelors.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
lsiHRshoniinq
&Remiindery@a

Canned Foods, Etc.-Book No 4
blue stamps A-8 through Z-8 and
AS through VS. good indefinite
ly. Each stamp worth 10 points
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red stamps A-s
through Z-8 and AS through P-5
good indefinitely for 10 points
each.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Book No. 4 stamps so through
80 valid for pounds indefinitely.
Book No. 4 stamp 40 good for s
pounds for home canning through
February %. 1945.
Gasoline-A-11 coupons good for 3
Sc gallons each through November 8.
B-4, Ca, B-5 and C-5 coupons
good for S gallons each. New A
Ration Books good November 9
now available by mail to local
boards. Get applications at serv-
Ice stations or Ration Board and
mail in along with back cover of
present A book.
Airplane stamps l and 2 in
Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
one pair Of shoes each. Stamp
. VIII become valid November /.
tuei Oh-Periods No 4 and cou.
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through August 81, ls45. Period /,
1915 ration. also good for 10
gallons q unit. Consumers In this
area should not have used more
than per cent Of their ration as
of october 30.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
WE. koontz, Navy Veteran
Dies at Texas Air Station

William e. Koontz, 30, aviation
machinists mate second class, USN
a veteran Of the North African
campaign, died Of heart attack
Sunday at Fort Sam Houston, Tex
He was the son of Mr.. and Mrs
John G. Koontz, 7738 Emerson road
West Lanham Hills, Hyattsville. Md
Mr.. Koontz, who has been sta
TONED at the Corpus Christi (Tex. )
Naval Air Station since July, was
on leave at the time of his death.
A native of Baltimore, he served
IN the Navy from 1894 to 1898,
when he received an honorable dis
charge. He re-enlisted in January,
1871, and served Is months in North
Africa, where he was seriously In
1ured In q truck accident. He re-
turned to this country in June.
After his first term of enlistment
IN the Navy, Mr.. Koontz was en-
ployed for two years at the Govern
ment Printing Once. He was a
graduate of Clifton High School.
Clifton, Va.
Other survivors include a twin
brother, John r. Koontz, aviation
machinist'S mate first class, sta
toned at Alameda, Calf: another
brother, 1t. Everett Koontz, now at
the Naval Air Station In Hutchin-
son, Kans.. and q sister, Mrs. Louise
K. Luck, Manassas, Va.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. Monday at the Hines funeral
home. Burial viii be In Arlington
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-11-03

This is as far as I 60" ''Tennes-
see" Lewis, the tall, blond motor
woman on the Fourteenth streetcaI
line, sang out for the last time. She
meant it. 1t was her last run. She
jockeyed the car into the barns and
came back only to turn in her traps
and get her check.
The reason the Capital Transit
Co. has A instead of As woman op-
orators today is that Miss Frances
E. Lewis married Ralph Hill, Cap
ital Transit supervisor of instruc-
ton, who had hand in showing her
how to run streetcar.
Miss Lewis was No. 2 in seniority
among the woman operators, but
she never considered continuing her
work after marriage, she said yes
terday when encountered ealing for
her husband at quitting time.
Il just never thought of it," she
said, after found he wanted me to
run his home. 1 think running a
streetcar and running a home would
be rather difficult"
A colorful line of folk talk from
the hill country quickly determined
Miss Lewis nickname. She comes
from Chattanooga, where she
worked in store. She would put on
a bit for the benefit of passengers
bound for the Agriculture Depart
Evening star., 1944-11-03

cages, the chinchillas climbed all
over each other, and hid behind their
"bathtub"-a box filled with dust in
which they "bathe"-in an effort to
get away from the camera.
Chinchillas reproduce several times
a year. Therefore, the Washington
chinchillas' a. generations extend
only as far back as the middle 30s
Their skins are costly because of
their rarity and because of the fine
ness of their hair. AS many as 100
hairs grow from single hair follicle
and each is as fine as spiders
web. DR.. Mann explained. A chin
chilla coat costs between $4,000
and 500 900. depending on the skins
However, DR.. Mann held out hope
for the men whose wives get chin
chilla ideas from the new Zoo
rodents. Just tell her they look
like rabbits and that anyhow, they
don't wear at all WELL" he advised
Evening star., 1944-11-03

They're coming in from every.
where-New York, Chicago, I. st
Louis, all over" Mrs. Thomas said
today.
A native of Montgomery County
Mr.. Brogden was employed on va.
rious farms around Brookfield an6
Mount Zion as . farmland. The
job he considered permanent" was
the one he had with j. j. Hutton, q
Brookneld farmer, for whom he
worked for A years. Mr.. Brogden
decided to take things easy six years
ago and went to live with Mrs
Thomas and her 10 children at 1895
Lamont street NV.
Last summer, when the annual
family reunion was held, the influx
OF relatives was so grea: that the
affair was held in q large field in
Montgomery County.
Mrs. Brogden seemed q little sur
prised at the interest over the num-
Der Of Mr.. Brogden's kin.
why, that isn't 80 unusual" she
said. MY father was one of 81
children and his sister, Mrs. Lottie
Lee. who is fuB years old, Is still
alive. Their parents had over 30o
grandchildren.
Evening star., 1944-11-03
c. U. Alumni Cancel
Reunion at ODT Reoues,

The annual national reunion of
the Catholic University Alumni As
sociation has been cancelled this
year in accordance with the request
Of the ONCE of Defense Transporta-
ton to relieve the load on railroads,
Msgr. P. j. Mccormick, rector of the
university, has announced.
Instead, a few representatives
from Washington and alumni living
In the vicinity of New York will
meet at the Hotel Pennsylvania
there November 18 and 10 as guests
Of the New York and New Jersey
alumni chapters. A mass will be
celebrated at 1890 am. November
19 at st. Patrick's Cathedral for de-
ceased members of the association.